UMEB: Building Undergraduate ENvironmental Opportunities (BUENO)

培养本科生环境机会(Bueno)项目将在德克萨斯农工大学-科珀斯克里斯蒂进行，这是一家西班牙裔服务机构。布埃诺的目标是增加环境生物学职业中代表性不足的学生的数量。将通过全年教师指导、学生研究和特别活动来实现这一目标，包括实地方法培训、加强批判性思维、沟通和专业技能的讲习班、培养科学和环境道德意识、通过新生生物实验室的教学助理职责发展教学技能以及为研究生院做准备。学生被培养成模范。UMEB项目包括一对一指导、实践研究体验、正式课程作业、期刊俱乐部、在会议上的陈述、外展活动、GRE预备课程和Bueno论文。研究项目的主题是人类对环境的影响，包括保护生物学、生态管理、污染的影响和补救战略，以及生境的破坏和恢复。辅导模式包括教师和同辈学生互动，有经验的Bueno学生将通过外联活动指导Bueno新手学生、其他本科生和K-12学生。布埃诺的招聘将于每年春天开始，目标是第二学期代表性不足的大二学生。选择标准包括：美国公民身份/永久居留权；动机；成功的潜力；在春季学期结束前完成24个学期的学分；平均绩点2.8；以及个人面试。在四年的时间里，每年都会有四名大二新生参加这个项目。两批四名布埃诺学生(共八名学生)将在资助期结束时毕业。参加该项目的大三和大二新生将在大四期间转移到其他资金来源。激烈的师生互动预计将提高留校率和毕业率，并进入环境职业生涯。欲了解更多信息，请联系苏泽特·肖邦博士(schopin@Falcon.Tamucc.edu/361-825-6022)或尤金·比利奥特(ebilliot@Falcon.Tamucc.edu/361-825-2680)。

The Building Undergraduate ENvironmental Opportunities (BUENO) program will be conducted at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic Serving Institution. The goal of BUENO is to increase the number of under-represented students in environmental biology careers. This goal will be achieved through year-round faculty mentoring, student research and special activities, including training in field methodology, workshops to enhance critical thinking, communication and professional skills, development of scientific and environmental ethics awareness, development of teaching skills through Teaching Assistant responsibilities in freshman biology labs, and preparation for graduate school. Students are groomed to become role models. The UMEB Program features one-on-one mentoring, hands-on research experiences, formal coursework, a journal club, presentations at meetings, outreach activities, a GRE Prep course and a BUENO thesis. Research projects, under the theme of anthropogenic impacts on the environment, include conservation biology, ecological management, effects of pollution and remediation strategies, and habitat destruction and restoration. Mentoring model includes faculty and peer student interaction, where experienced BUENO students will mentor novice BUENO students, other undergraduate researchers and K-12 students through outreach activities. Recruitment for BUENO will begin each spring and will target second semester under-represented sophomores. Selection criteria include: U.S. citizenship/permanent residency; motivation; potential for success; completion of 24 semester credit hours by the end of the spring semester; a GPA 2.8; and personal interview. Four rising sophomores will enter the program each of the four years. Two cohorts of four BUENO students (eight students total) will have graduated by the conclusion of the funding period. The rising juniors and rising sophomores who are in the program in Year 4 will be migrated to other sources of funds through their senior years. The intense faculty-student interactions are expected to promote retention and graduation rates and entrance in environmental careers. For more information, contact Drs. Suzzette Chopin (schopin@falcon.tamucc.edu/ 361-825-6022) or Eugene Billiot (ebilliot@falcon.tamucc.edu/ 361-825-2680).