Expanding Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas Undergraduates

Track 1：德州本科生在大气科学领域的更多机会德州农工大学（TAMU）是目前德克萨斯州唯一一所提供气象学学士学位的机构。这极大地限制了该州学生接受气象学培训的机会，然后继续满足未来与天气和水文预报相关的州和国家劳动力需求。在南德克萨斯州以西班牙裔学生为主的院校就读的学生可能会受到不成比例的劝阻，不愿在TAMU攻读气象学学位，因为1)他们更喜欢上离家更近、西班牙裔学生人数更多的大学；2)由于TAMU严格的学术录取政策，他们的高中没有为他们申请和被录取做好充分的准备；或者3)他们和他们的家人不理解或欣赏与地球科学职业相关的可能性。这个短期试点项目旨在扩大德州本科生获得气象学学士学位的机会。项目合作者包括：TAMU、地球科学学院、大气科学和海洋学系；德克萨斯农工大学-科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（西班牙裔服务机构，西班牙裔学生占36%）德州农工大学金斯维尔分校（一所西班牙裔服务机构，有63%的西班牙裔学生）德克萨斯农工国际大学（拉雷多）（一所西班牙裔服务机构，90%的西班牙裔学生）艺术与科学学院、生物与化学系、地球与环境研究中心（提供地球科学辅修课程）和南德克萨斯水文气象学中心。该项目为学生在国内机构学习两年后转到TAMU学习气象学创造了选择，通过衔接协议和一系列协调活动，通过为期一周的夏季气象学计划，访问学生指导，并与来自TAMU美国气象学会学生分会的导师建立联系，了解、参与和建立对地球科学的兴趣。学生与导师一起参加年度专业学会会议，提高对地球科学社会相关性的认识。

Track 1: Expanded Opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences for Texas UndergraduatesTexas A&M University (TAMU) is currently the only institution in the state of Texas that offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in meteorology. This drastically limits the opportunities for students in this state to become trained in meteorology, and then go on to meet future state and national workforce needs related to weather and hydrologic forecasting. Students in the predominantly Hispanic institutions of South Texas may be disproportionately discouraged from pursuing meteorology degrees at TAMU because 1) they prefer to attend colleges closer to their homes and those with larger Hispanic student populations; 2) their high schools have not adequately prepared them to apply and be admitted to TAMU given its rigorous academic acceptance policies; or 3) they and their families do not understand or appreciate the possibilities associated with a career in the geosciences.This short-term pilot project is designed to expand opportunities for Texas undergraduates to obtain B.S. degrees in meteorology. Project involves collaborators include: TAMU, College of Geosciences, Departments of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography; Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (a Hispanic serving institution with 36% Hispanic students) College of Science and Technology, Department of Physical and Life Sciences; Texas A&M University - Kingsville (a Hispanic serving institution with 63% Hispanic students) College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Geosciences; and Texas A&M International University (Laredo) (a Hispanic serving institution with 90% Hispanic students) College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Center for Earth and Environmental Studies (which offers a minor in Earth Sciences), and South Texas Center for Hydrometeorology. This project creates options for students to transfer to TAMU to study meteorology after two years at their home institution through articulation agreements and number of coordinated activities to inform, engage, and build excitement about the geosciences through a one week Summer Meteorology Program, visiting student mentoring with mentors drawn from the TAMU student chapter of the American Meteorological Society, student attendance with mentors at annual professional society meetings and building increased awareness of the societal relevance of the geosciences.