EMSW21-MCTP - The SUM Project: A Statistics Undergraduate Mentoring (SUM) Program

圣奥拉夫学院（St. Olaf College）的统计学本科生指导（SUM）项目将展示四年制大学如何成功招募和指导统计学本科生和博士后。该项目的目标是增加四年制大学攻读统计学研究生的本科生人数，增加在四年制大学攻读统计学博士学位的人数。统计专业的学生将成为该项目的核心本科生，预计将从目前的20 - 35名学生增加。招收本科生的努力将侧重于提高新生对统计学课程的机会和好处的认识。我们吸引和留住统计学学生的方法是在统计学和其他学科之间创造一个协作环境。将建立一个跨学科研究中心（CIR），本科生、博士后助理和教师导师将与校园其他部门的教师和学生就专业和本科研究的统计方面进行合作。统计专业的学生将在学院主任的指导下担任CIR的工作人员。其他学生将参加由统计学学生和其他学科的暑期研究学生组成的本科暑期研究人员的跨学科研究小组（IRTs）。两名夏季研究学生将在第一年得到irt的支持，每年2-5年有四名。此外，每年将有一名学生与教师导师一起开发与其他学科（如生物学）课程相关的统计模块，为期5年。SUM项目的一个核心特征是在第2-3年和第4-5年连续有两名博士后参与。每位博士后助理将协助运行CIR，教授各种本科统计学课程，在跨学科研究项目中与学生密切合作，并继续发展自己的研究计划。博士后研究员将在第一年和第三年招聘。招聘博士后助理将包括访问统计和生物统计的研究生课程。圣奥拉夫学院加入“少数族裔强大存在联盟”，将加强从代表性不足的群体吸引博士后学生的努力。该计划的成功将直接通过就读研究生院的本科生、在其他机构获得终身职位的博士后助理、总结研讨会、在专业期刊上的出版物和在国家会议上的演讲来传播。四年制大学代表了一种宝贵但尚未充分利用的资源，可以填补统计学研究生课程的空缺。我们希望通过更多的努力来展示统计学与他们学科的相关性，吸引其他学科的学生学习高级统计学。通过将积极参与研究与课程作业相结合，学生将对统计学研究生学习做好充分的准备和热情。博士后招聘工作将提高人们对本科教育作为一个可行的职业选择的认识，从而扩大和提高潜在的本科统计教育工作者的数量。这些博士后的新观点将通过他们参与夏季irt、实习、社区建设和课程开发，为该项目注入活力。此外，博士后将在指导统计学本科生方面发挥重要作用。综合教育项目的所有活动都将专门为在四年制院校实施而设计。项目目标和活动将与四年制大学的资源和使命相一致。

The Statistics Undergraduate Mentoring (SUM) Project at St. Olaf College will demonstrate how four-year institutions can successfully recruit and mentor undergraduate and post-doctoral associates in statistics. The project goals are to increase the number of undergraduates from four-year colleges who attend graduate school in statistics and to increase the number of PhDs in statistics who pursue careers at four-year colleges. Statistics concentrators will form the core group of undergraduates for this project and are expected to increase from the current 20 - 35 students in the program. Efforts to recruit undergraduates will focus on increasing the awareness of incoming students about the opportunities for and benefits of statistics courses. Our approach to attracting and retaining statistics students is to create a collaborative environment between statistics and other disciplines. A Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) will be established where undergraduats, post-doctoral associates, and faculty mentors will collaborate on statistical aspects of professional and undergraduate research with faculty and students from other departments on campus. Statistics students will staff the CIR under the mentorship of faculty directors. Other students will participate in Interdisciplinary Research Teams (IRTs) of undergraduate summer researchers formed by combining statistics students with summer research students from other disciplines. Two summer research students will be supported on IRTs in the first year and four during each year 2-5. In addition, one student per year will work with a faculty mentor to develop statistical modules associated with courses in other disciplines (e.g., biology) over the 5 year period. A central feature of the SUM Project is the integral involvement of two consecutive post-doctoral associates in years 2-3 and 4-5. Each post-doctoral associate will assist in running the CIR, teach a variety of undergraduate statistics courses, work closely with students in inter-disciplinary research projects, and continue to develop their own research program. Post-doctoral associates will be recruited during years 1 and 3. Recruiting for post-doctoral associates will include visits to graduate programs in statistics and biostatistics. Efforts to attract post-doctoral students from underrepresented groups will be enhanced by St. Olaf College's membership in the Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence. The success of the program will be disseminated directly by undergraduates attending graduate school, post-doctoral associates securing tenure-track positions in other institutions, a summative workshop, publications in professional journals and presentations at national conferences. Four-year colleges represent a valuable but not fully exploited resource for filling the pipeline to statistics graduate programs. We hope to attract students from other disciplines to advanced statistics by additional efforts demonstrating the relevance of statistics to their discipline. By integrating active participation in research with course work, students will be well prepared and enthusiastic about post-graduate study in statistics. The post-doctoral recruiting efforts will raise awareness of undergraduate education as a viable career option thereby enlarging and enhancing the pool of potential undergraduate statistics educators. The post-doctoral fellows' fresh perspectives will vitalize the program through their participation in summer IRTs, internships, community building, and course development. Furthermore, the post-doctoral associate will play a crucial role in mentoring of statistics undergraduate students. All of the SUM Project activities will be specifically designed for implementation at four-year institutions. The Project goals and activities will be in line with the resources and mission of four-year colleges.