INDIVIDUAL Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

提交的提名包是为了支持总统卓越科学、数学和工程指导奖（PAESMEM），以表彰杰出的指导工作或计划，这些指导工作或计划增强了历史上代表性不足的群体在科学、数学和工程领域的参与。Tanya Furman是宾夕法尼亚州立大学地球科学系的副教授。她开发了一系列创新的指导项目，这些项目有可能对越来越多的代表性不足的学生产生广泛的影响，这些学生正在考虑以stem为基础的职业机会，特别是在地球科学领域。福尔曼博士还成功地在其他学术机构建立了合作关系，这些机构现在使用她有效的指导计划。福尔曼还帮助那些希望在数学、科学、工程和技术领域发展自己的指导项目的组织确定最佳实践，这样她的项目可能会对其他学术机构如何复制指导项目产生影响。弗曼博士的提名引用了她在增加少数族裔和女性学生参与地球科学方面所做的努力。她的指导工作集中在设计吸引非裔美国学生的学术研究机会上。她还在设计她的指导活动方面取得了进展，这样就可以在其他学术机构复制，以增加来自代表性不足的群体的成员数量，这些人获得stem领域的学位，并继续攻读研究生。

HRD 0528089The submitted nomination package is in support of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) to recognize outstanding mentoring efforts or programs that enhance the participation of historically underrepresented groups in science, mathematics, and engineering.Dr. Tanya Furman is an associate professor in the department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. She has developed a series of innovative mentoring programs possessing the potential to have a broad impact on increasing underrepresented students considering STEM-based career opportunities, especially in the geosciences. Dr. Furman has also been successful building collaborative relationships at other academic institutions that now use her effective mentoring programs. Furman has also helped identify best practices for organizations wishing to develop their own mentoring programs in mathematics, science, engineering and technology, such that her programs may have impact on how mentoring programs are replicated by other academic institutions. Dr. Furman's nomination cites her efforts to increase minority and female student participation in the geosciences. Her mentoring efforts have focused on designing academic research opportunities that are engaging for African-American students. She has also made inroads designing her mentoring activities so that they can be replicated at other academic institutions seeking to increase the number of members from underrepresented groups who obtain degrees in STEM-based fields and go on for graduate study.