STEM Double Bridge: Connecting High Schools, Community Colleges, and Universities for Tomorrow's Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

中俄克拉荷马大学与其他八所大学以及社区和技术学院合作，继续加强全州范围内的机构网络，以增加STEM学科学生的招生、留住和毕业。俄克拉荷马州的STEM双桥项目：为未来科学、技术工程和数学领域的领导者连接高中、社区学院和大学，利用他们在以前资助的STEP奖方面的经验，制定了针对即将入学的高中生和社区大学转学的活动和倡议。该项目的夏季桥梁项目将为对STEM学科感兴趣的新生提供为期四周的住宿讲座和研究体验。俄克拉荷马州计划的新元素将包括五名地区高中教师，他们将担任该计划的顾问，并将与学生一起进行他们的研究项目。第二座桥名为Fall Bridge，将面向社区和技术学院的学生，这些学生将进入四年制项目。这个为期一周的住宿计划将为学生提供校园定位和学术建议，帮助学生发展写作和数学技能，向学生介绍图书馆系统，并提供阅读科学文章的研究方法和指导课程。

The University of Central Oklahoma, in collaboration with eight other universities and community and technical colleges, is continuing to enhance a statewide network of institutions to increase recruitment, retention and graduation of students in STEM disciplines. The Oklahoma project, STEM Double Bridge: Connecting High Schools, Community Colleges, and Universities for Tomorrow's Leaders in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics, has used their experience with a previously funded STEP award to develop activities and initiatives that target incoming high school students and community college transfers. The project's Summer Bridge program will provide a four-week, residential lecture and research experience to incoming freshmen who have expressed an interest in a STEM discipline. New to the Oklahoma program, this program element will incorporate five area high school teachers who will serve as advisors to the program and who will work with the students on their research projects. A second bridge, called the Fall Bridge, will target community and technical college students who are entering four-year programs. This one-week residential program will provide the students with a campus orientation and academic advisement, provide assistance in developing writing and mathematics skills, introduce the students to the library system, and provide sessions on research methods and guidance in reading scientific articles.