MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Professional Development Program: A Track 2 Full-Scale Project

少数民族在地球系统科学（MS PHD）专业发展计划中努力追求更高程度的成功提供了一个支持性的环境，在这个环境中，四组25名未被充分代表的本科生和研究生少数民族学生发展了在地球上追求有意义的职业所需的策略和专业技能系统科学与工程领域。与三个NASA组织、七个专业学会、一个国家研究机构联盟、一个正规和两个非正规教育机构合作；MS PHD的参与者在MS PHD的组织合作伙伴会议、NASA设施、科学博物馆和华盛顿特区的国家科学院进行研究暴露、专业发展、指导和社区建设活动。MS PHD的专业发展计划促进了三个阶段的活动，提供有关未来资金、教育和职业机会的信息；通过由同行、研究人员和教育工作者组成的虚拟社区成员进行持续的沟通和指导支持。第一阶段包括学生参与者和导师指导，最初的导师-学员合作伙伴的互动，网络，专业发展，广泛的地球系统科学和工程暴露，美国宇航局艾姆斯研究中心设施之旅和MS博士的社区建设活动，与美国地球物理联盟秋季会议一起在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行。第二阶段使学生参与者能够在七个MS博士专业协会合作伙伴会议之一上获得额外的地球系统科学和工程知识，导师-学员互动和网络。在第三阶段，参与者参与讨论，访问政府机构，并与专业协会和基金会代表进行对话。除了这些第三阶段的活动外，在华盛顿特区的学生还可以获得1,000美元的奖学金，参观美国宇航局艾姆斯戈达德太空飞行中心的设施，并参加美国生态学会组织的周边地区的城市流域实地考察。研究暴露，指导，技术和能力建设活动是MS博士的专业发展计划的关键方面。正在进行的评估导致更多的专业学会报告、期刊文章和两篇博士论文的数据库。

Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) Initiative's Professional Development ProgramAbstract The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) Professional Development Program provides a supportive environment within which four cohorts of 25 undergraduate and graduate underrepresented minority students develop strategies and professional skills necessary to pursue meaningful careers in Earth system science and engineering fields. In collaboration with three NASA organizations, seven professional societies, a national consortium of research institutions, one formal and two informal education institutions; MS PHD'S participants engage in research exposure, professional development, mentoring and community building activities undertaken at MS PHD'S organizational partner meetings, NASA facilities, science museums, and the National Academies, in Washington, D.C. The MS PHD'S Professional Development Program facilitates three phases of activities that provide information regarding future funding, education and career opportunities; and on-going communication and mentoring support via membership within a virtual community comprised of peers, researchers, and educators. Phase I includes student participant and mentor orientations, initial mentor-mentee partners' interactions, networking, professional development, broad Earth system science and engineering exposure, a tour of NASA Ames Research Center facilities tour and MS PHD'S community building activities that occur in San Francisco, CA in conjunction with the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. Phase II enables student participants to receive additional Earth system science and engineering exposure, mentor-mentee interaction and networking at one of seven MS PHD'S professional society partners' meetings. During Phase III participants engage in brownbag discussions, government agency visits, and dialogues with professional society and foundation representatives. In addition to these Phase III activities, while in Washington, D.C. students receive $1,000.00 scholarships, tour of NASA Ames Goddard Space Flight Center facilities and participate in an Ecological Society of America-organized urban watershed field trip of the surrounding area. Research exposure, mentoring, technology and capacity building activities are key aspects of the MS PHD'S Professional Development Program. Ongoing assessments result in additional professional society presentations, journal articles and the database for two doctoral dissertations.