Society of Wetland Scientists Minority Undergraduate Mentoring Program

湿地科学家协会（SWS）已经建立了一个与年会相关的少数民族本科生指导计划。该计划的前四年取得了巨大成功。该提案寻求资金，以支持来自代表性不足群体的7名本科生每年参加辅导计划，为期4年。SWS成立于1980年，旨在促进与湿地相关的信息交流。SWS在科学协会中是独一无二的，因为它的成员来自学术界、政府和私人咨询部门，代表了湿地科学的各种观点。拟议活动的知识价值和更广泛的影响密切相关。SWS设计了多种策略（座谈会、社会活动、实地考察、指导、后续行动），以确保获奖者能够从为期一周的SWS年会经验以及会前和会后接受的指导中获得最大收益。参加年度科学会议的一组来自代表性不足群体的选定本科生为每个学生提供了一个关于以及接触湿地科学的广度和深度，以及在单一学术机构无法获得的个人联系。学会年会包括为期四天的并行会议，沿着还有全体会议和海报会议。由于SWS跨越学术，政府和私人咨询部门，个别学生将能够定制他们的日常活动，以自己的个人利益在湿地科学。通过在年会上将本科生与研究生或教师导师配对，并通过提供面向职业发展的研讨会和专题讨论会，SWS将促进积极参与和讨论，每一个都是推进科学和促进本科生智力发展的关键组成部分。SWS认识到需要接触代表性不足的群体，为个人成长和发展提供智力机会。参加科学会议通常可以提供智力火花，沿着为未来建立联系的机会，鼓励本科生在学士学位之后继续他们的专业教育。我们的目标是利用指导计划为代表性不足的群体中的本科生打开大门。每位获奖者将被分配一位导师，导师将以多种方式发挥作用，包括作为个人桥梁建设者，向每位学生介绍其专业兴趣与本科生一致的SWS成员。

The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) has established a minority undergraduate mentoring program associated with its annual meeting. The first four years of the program have been highly successful. This proposal seeks funding to support the participation of 7 undergraduate students per year from underrepresented groups in the mentoring program for an additional 4 years. SWS was established in 1980 to allow and promote the exchange of information related to wetlands. SWS is unique among scientific societies in that its members, from the academic, government, and private consulting sectors, represent a variety of perspectives on wetland science. The intellectual merit and broader impacts of the proposed activity are closely intertwined. SWS has devised a variety of strategies (symposia, social events, field trips, mentoring, follow-up) to ensure that award recipients will get maximum benefits out of their week-long SWS annual meeting experience and the mentoring they receive before and after the meeting.Intellectual Merit: Attendance of a select group of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups at an annual scientific meeting provides each student with a perspective on and exposure to the breadth and depth of wetland science and personal contacts that cannot be obtained at a single academic home institution. The annual meeting of the Society includes concurrent sessions over four days, along with plenary and poster sessions. Because SWS spans academic, government, and private consulting sectors, individual students will be able to tailor their daily activities to their own personal interests in wetland science. By pairing undergraduate students with graduate student or faculty mentors at the annual meeting and by providing workshops and symposia oriented toward career development, SWS will foster active participation and discussion, each a key component of advancing science and promoting the intellectual development of undergraduate students.Broader Impacts: SWS recognizes the need to reach out to underrepresented groups to provide intellectual opportunities for personal growth and development. Attendance at a scientific meeting can often provide the intellectual spark, along with the opportunities to make contacts for the future, that encourage undergraduate students to continue their professional education beyond the Bachelor's degree. The goal is to use the mentoring program to open doors for undergraduate students in underrepresented groups. Each award recipient will be assigned a mentor, who will function in many ways, including as a personal bridge-builder, introducing each student to SWS members whose professional interests are in line with those of the undergraduate student.