Enhancing REU Programs through a Meeting of Chemistry PIs; San Antonio, TX, Summer 2009

REU领导小组(LG)将组织一次化学REU PIs讲习班，以吸收化学界的集体经验，详细评估REU计划内的当前情况，并制定前进道路。为期三天的研讨会将集中讨论四个主要主题，包括：(1)对农村地区联盟领导小组的评估；(2)对农村地区联盟计划的整体评估；(3)对吸纳未被充分代表的少数民族的努力的评估；以及(4)对高效做法的庆祝。研讨会将由一个由化学REU LG成员组成的委员会组织和执行，并由联合主席辛西娅·拉里夫(PI)和蒂莫西·汉克斯(共同PI)领导。组委会将负责研讨会的所有方面，包括选址、会前与与会者的沟通、举办有效的研讨会、编写会议报告并通过REU LG网站进行传播。一份简短的研讨会前问卷将让与会者参与，以便他们在到达研讨会之前开始思考要讨论的主题，并促进介绍概述数据，这些数据描述了REU网站之间的一般趋势和网站主任的经验。研讨会前的活动将为与会者提供意见，让他们就制定研讨会议程时可能忽视的区域和区域联盟方案所面临的重要问题发表意见，并将这些问题纳入为会议计划的分组会议。关于“来自NSF的观点”和“REU伦理部分”的演讲，以及关于“扩大REU计划的参与”和“评估REU站点和REU计划”的小组讨论，将使参与者了解有效的本科生研究实践的各个方面，并将为有意义的小组讨论奠定基础。研讨会的一个主要特点是三次分组会议，与会者将以小组形式开会，讨论与扩大参与、评估REU地点和REU计划以及评估LG的作用和有效性有关的具体问题。这些小组将向聚集的参与者报告他们的调查结果，以便进行大型小组讨论和综合想法。研讨会的发言和建议将汇总并汇编成一份报告，分发给研讨会参与者和国家科学基金会负责人，并通过互联网广泛传播。

A workshop for Chemistry REU PIs will be organized by the REU Leadership Group (LG) to engage the collective experience of the chemistry community in a detailed assessment of the current state of affairs within the REU program and chart a path forward. The three day workshop will focus on four major themes, including: (1) an assessment of the REU Leadership Group; (2) evaluation of the REU program as a whole; (3) an assessment of efforts to involve under-represented minorities; and (4) a celebration of highly effective practices. The workshop will be organized and executed by a committee constituted by members of the Chemistry REU LG and lead by co-chairs Cynthia Larive (PI) and Timothy Hanks (Co-PI). The organizing committee will be responsible for all aspects of the workshop including site selection, pre-meeting communication with participants, execution of an effective workshop, preparation of a meeting report and its dissemination via the REU LG website. A short pre-workshop questionnaire will engage participants so that they begin thinking about the topics to be discussed prior to their arrival at the workshop, and facilitate presentation of overview data that describe general trends among the REU sites and the experiences of the site directors. The pre-workshop exercise will provide a voice to participants to share their views about important issues facing REU programs that may have been overlooked in the development of the workshop agenda and will permit their incorporation into the breakout sessions planned for the meeting. Presentations on "The View from NSF" and "REU Ethics Components" along with panel discussions on "Broadening Participation in REU Programs" and "Evaluating REU Sites and the REU Program" will inform participants on various aspects of effective undergraduate research practice and will set the stage for meaningful small group discussions. A key feature of the workshop will be three breakout sessions in which participants will convene in small groups to address specific questions related to the topics of broadening participation, evaluation of REU sites and the REU program, and assessment of the role and effectiveness of the LG. These small groups will report their findings to the assembled participants allowing for large group discussion and synthesis of ideas. The workshop presentations and recommendations will be summarized and complied in a report that will be distributed to the workshop participants and NSF principals, and disseminated broadly via the Internet.