Building Trojan STEM Infrastructure

弗吉尼亚州立大学（VSU）将实施一项综合项目，该项目将使STEM毕业生的数量在五年项目结束时从平均每年70人增加到105人以上。 项目活动将吸引和准备高中学生，让他们有机会探索，学习和体验几个STEM学科。 课程和课程的改进，以及先进的教学技术，特别是看门人课程，将提高学生的技能和保留STEM。 学生和教师将有机会通过专门设计的学习活动来提高他们的知识和研究技能。该项目还将支持STEM本科生顺利过渡到竞争激烈的研究生院课程。 智力优势：该计划将通过解决参与所有科学领域的一些现有障碍，提供获得科学和技术的机会。 战略将侧重于（1）利用技术学习，而不是关于技术;（2）强调内容和教学法，而不仅仅是硬件;（3）提供技术方面的专业发展，以及（4）促进跨学科科学研究。 该项目将为本科生提供参与最具挑战性和最令人兴奋的跨学科科学研究项目的机会。更广泛的影响：该项目将促进教师和学生之间的密切互动，鼓励少数民族学生在VSU STEM领域的学术潜力。 学生将有机会与常春藤盟校的学生互动，以鼓励他们参加这些机构的研究生课程。该项目还将使学生接触现代教学技术和学习看门人课程的经验。该项目还旨在提高弗吉尼亚州立大学的科学和数学教育质量，增强该大学的机构能力，使其走向更高的机构地位。

Virginia State University (VSU) will implement a comprehensive project which will result in an increase in the numbers of STEM graduates from an average of 70 to over 105 per year by the end of the five-year project. Project activities will attract and prepare high school students by giving them an opportunity to explore, learn and experience several STEM disciplines. Course and curriculum enhancement, and advance teaching technology especially for the gatekeeper courses, will improve student skills and retention in STEM. Students and faculty will have opportunities to enhance their knowledge and research skills through specially designed learning activities. The project will also support the smooth transition of STEM undergraduates into highly competitive graduate school programs. Intellectual Merit: This program will provide access to science and technology and opportunities by addressing some existing barriers for participation in all of the science arenas. Strategies will focus on (1) learning with technology, not about technology; (2) emphasizing content and pedagogy not just hardware; (3) providing professional development in technology, and (4) promoting interdisciplinary scientific research. The project will provide opportunities for undergraduate students to become engaged in the most challenging and exciting interdisciplinary scientific research projects.Broader Impact: The project will foster close interactions between faculty and students to encourage the academic potential of the minority students in the STEM fields at VSU. Students will have the opportunity to interact with students from Ivy League institutions in order to encourage their participation in the graduate programs at these institutions. The project will also expose students to modern teaching techniques and learning experience in gatekeeper courses. The project is also intended to improve the quality of science and mathematics education at VSU enhancing the institutional capability moving the University toward a higher institutional status.