The California-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education (CAMPARE)

该提案将使用2009年美国复苏和再投资法案提供的资金进行奖励（公法111-5）。加州-亚利桑那州少数民族天文学研究和教育合作伙伴关系（CAMPARE）计划的使命是通过建立加州州立理工大学（CPP），一个大型，位于洛杉矶县东部的种族多元化的西班牙裔服务机构，以及位于亚利桑那州图森市的亚利桑那大学（UA）天文学系。 这一使命将通过各种活动来完成，包括CPP学生与UA教师合作的夏季研究经验，CPP学生和教师在UA的管家天文台使用望远镜，以及与CPP和UA教师就如何教授“天文101”进行合作教育研究。 所有这些活动都旨在建立一个教师，本科生和K-12学生的网络，以增加西班牙裔和其他少数民族学生在天文学研究生院的存在，并招募和激励南加州当地K-12学生上大学并主修天文学或其他STEM学科。位于西班牙裔人口爆炸性增长的地区，天文学系，如UA，有着让本科生参与研究的良好记录，而且地理位置也很接近，并且在西班牙裔占主导地位，将允许创建一个将达到该国最大的多元化学生集中地之一的计划，并对他们的未来产生真实的影响。CAMPARE计划将刺激各级天文学教育和研究：K-12学生，本科生以及为这些人群服务的教师，实现超越学术界的利益。希望这个项目能成为其他为少数民族服务的加州州立大学学校以及全国西班牙裔和少数民族服务机构的典范。

This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The mission of the California-Arizona Minority Partnership for Astronomy Research and Education (CAMPARE) program is to advance Astronomy research and education among Hispanic and other minority students by creating a partnership between California State Polytechnic University (CPP), a large, ethnically diverse, Hispanic-serving institution, located in eastern Los Angeles County, and the University of Arizona (UA) Department of Astronomy, located in Tucson, Arizona. This mission will be accomplished through a variety of activities including summer research experiences for CPP students working with UA faculty, access for CPP students and faculty to telescopes at UA's Steward Observatory, and collaborative education research with CPP and UA faculty on how "Astro 101" is taught. All of these activities are aimed toward creating a network of instructors, undergraduates, and K-12 students in order to increase the presence of Hispanic and other minority students in Astronomy graduate school, and to recruit and inspire local K-12 students in Southern California to attend college and major in Astronomy or other STEM disciplines.The combination of an Hispanic-serving institution, such as CPP, located in a region of explosive growth in Hispanic population, and an Astronomy Department, such as UA, with a strong track record of involving undergraduates in research, and which also happens to be geographically close and in a heavily Hispanic state, will allow for the creation of a program that will reach one of the largest concentrations of diverse students in the country, and have a real impact on their futures. The CAMPARE program will stimulate Astronomy education and research at every level: among K-12 students, among undergraduates, and among the instructors who serve these populations, achieving benefits beyond the limits of academia. It is hoped that this program can become a model for other minority-serving California State University schools, and for Hispanic and minority-serving institutions nationwide.