UMEB: Training Ecologist Doctors for the 21st Century

NSF资助将在密苏里-哥伦比亚大学（MU）建立一个跨学科的环境生物学本科生导师（UMEB）计划。该计划将在四年内招募32名学生。MU UMEB计划将在全球和美国中西部的环境健康三个相互关联的研究领域培养代表性不足的少数民族学者，特别是：（一）作物改良的生态学和遗传学;（二）森林和草原栖息物种的保护;（三）生态学和高度影响城市环境的管理。学生将在密苏里-哥伦比亚大学度过至少两年的时间，在三个学科主题之一进行全年教师指导的研究，从夏季实地项目开始，并在全国专业会议上进行海报展示。因为解决环境挑战需要机构，企业和教师研究人员之间的伙伴关系，MU UMEB学者将花费他们的第二个夏天在合作伙伴机构和公司，包括保护，美国林务局，孟山都公司，密苏里州部的研究实习生工作，先锋高繁殖，和密苏里州植物园。MU UMEB计划通过包括导致环境研究认证的选修课程，进一步强调学年期间的专业培训。为了促进跨学科思维，MU UMEB包括两门核心课程，培养专业沟通和外展技能，考虑研究和环境道德，并提供K-6户外教育和环境新闻的学习服务经验。UMEB计划通过与两所主要的城市社区学院，密苏里州堪萨斯城的大都会社区学院和密苏里州圣路易斯的圣路易斯社区学院合作，扩大了代表性不足的少数民族学生的招聘渠道。为了确保学生的保留，UMEB学者将与研究生和同行导师形成密切的指导关系，并将参与团队建设活动，学习小组和家庭包容性活动，庆祝他们的成就。 UMEB计划旨在使其32名学生参与者具备从跨学科角度解决环境问题的技能，并获得在环境生物学中获得突出地位的资格。 欲了解更多信息，请联系坎迪斯·盖伦博士，网址为galenc@missouri.edu（573-882-4832）或查尔斯·尼隆博士，网址为nilonc@missouri.edu（573-882-3738）。

NSF funding will establish an interdisciplinary Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) program at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). Thirty-two students will be recruited to the program over four years. The MU UMEB program will train under-represented minority scholars in three inter-related research areas central to environmental health globally and in the American Midwest, in particular: (i) the ecology and genetics of crop improvement; (ii) the conservation of forest and grassland dwelling species; and (iii) the ecology and management of highly impacted urban environments. Students will spend at least two years at the University of Missouri-Columbia conducting year round faculty-mentored research in one of the three disciplinary themes beginning with a summer field project and leading to a poster presentation at a national professional meeting. Because solutions to environmental challenges require partnerships between agency, corporate and faculty researchers, MU UMEB scholars will spend their second summer working as research interns at partner agencies and corporations that include the Missouri Department of Conservation, the US Forest Service, Monsanto Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred, and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The MU UMEB program further emphasizes professional training during the academic year by including elective courses that lead to Certification in Environmental Studies. To promote interdisciplinary thinking, the MU UMEB includes two core courses that develop professional communication and outreach skills, consider research and environmental ethics, and provide learning service experiences in K-6 outdoor education and environmental journalism. The UMEB program broadens the recruitment pipeline for under-represented minority students through collaboration with two major urban community colleges, Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO and St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, MO. To ensure student retention, UMEB scholars will form close mentoring relationships with graduate student and peer mentors and will engage in team building activities, study groups, and family-inclusive events that celebrate their accomplishments. The UMEB program aims to equip its 32 student participants with skills to attack environmental problems from an interdisciplinary perspective and credentials to attain positions of prominence in environmental biology. For more information contact Dr. Candace Galen at galenc@missouri.edu (573-882-4832) or Dr. Charles Nilon at nilonc@missouri.edu (573-882-3738).