URM Proposal: Undergraduate Research & Mentoring in Environmental Biology on Land-Lake ecosystems

URM计划在托莱多大学将培养本科生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的少数群体，在研究和准备他们未来的研究生学习环境生物学。 四组六名学生，谁将从校园里一个非常多样化的学生群体中抽取，将获得财政支持，参加两个日历年的密集，独立和综合的研究和指导计划。 至少有11名教师将担任URM计划的导师，并让学生参与广泛的环境和生态学科，重点关注陆地-湖泊生态系统界面的压力，包括（i）有毒藻类水华和外来物种，（ii）鱼类产卵栖息地下降和新兴的VHS病毒性疾病，（iii）湿地和水质，以及（iv）陆地对流域服务的影响。 URM学生将在联合课程和研讨会课程中互动，同时获得独立的研究学分。 该URM将提供与机构和环境专业人员的定期互动，以了解其研究工作的意义和应用，同时增强对人为压力因素在水质危机中的作用的理解。 欲了解更多信息，请联系Von Sigler博士，电子邮件：von. utoledo.edu，或访问http://www.utoledo.edu/as/envsciences/NSF-URM.html。

The URM program at the University of Toledo will train undergraduate students, especially those from under-represented minority groups, in research and prepare them for future graduate study in environmental biology. Four cohorts of six students, who will be drawn from a very diverse student population on campus, will receive financial support to participate in two calendar years of intensive, independent, and integrated research and mentoring program. At least eleven faculty members will serve as mentors in this URM program and engage the students in a wide-range of environmental and ecological disciplines focusing on stresses to the land-lake ecosystem interface, including (i) toxic algal blooms and exotic species, (ii) declining fish spawning habitat and emerging VHS viral disease, (iii) wetlands and water quality, and (iv) terrestrial impacts on watershed services. URM students will interact in a joint course and seminar curriculum while earning independent research credits. This URM will provide regular interaction with agency and environmental professionals to develop an understanding of the significance and application of their research work, while augmenting the understanding of the role of anthropogenic stressors in water quality crises. For additional information, please contact Dr. Von Sigler at von.sigler@utoledo.edu, or visit http://www.utoledo.edu/as/envsciences/NSF-URM.html.