The Virginia-North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation: Mid-level LSAMP

弗吉尼亚州-北卡罗来纳州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（VA-NC联盟）将扩大代表性不足的少数民族人口（UREP）在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科中的参与。弗吉尼亚-北卡罗来纳州联盟由弗吉尼亚州和北卡罗来纳州的八所学院和大学组成：四所历史上的黑人学院和大学，包括贝内特女子学院、伊丽莎白市立大学、约翰逊c史密斯大学和圣奥古斯丁？年代大学;以及四所授予博士学位/广泛研究的大学，包括乔治梅森大学、弗吉尼亚大学、弗吉尼亚联邦大学、弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学，它们将继续领导该联盟。该联盟将随着皮埃蒙特弗吉尼亚社区学院的加入而扩大。VA-NC联盟将学生整合到他们的学术机构中，并提供学科社交机会；此外，合作学校在中学、两年制机构、四年制学院或大学和研究生课程之间的关键时刻进行合作，以留住学生。VA-NC联盟？uep的目标是大幅增加uep学生每年获得STEM学士学位的数量。联盟的学生具备成功过渡到研究生院的知识、技能和经验。作为第二个目标，联盟将增加UREP STEM学生进入研究生院的人数。该联盟提供广泛的活动，包括研究经验、专题讨论会、研讨会和研究生院准备务虚会，这些活动向合作学校的所有学生和教师开放。VA-NC联盟暑期研究项目是跨机构共享资源以实现共同目标的典范，该项目将合作学校的精选学生带到一个校园，与教师一起参与研究项目。VA-NC联盟项目将创造新的知识、创新和模式，以扩大代表性不足的群体在STEM学科和STEM劳动力中的参与。将传播这些努力的结果。项目评价和监测活动将产生关于各种扩大参与模式和创新的有效性的循证知识。更广泛的影响VA-NC联盟将通过提高UREP STEM毕业生的数量和质量，为在研究生阶段取得成功做好准备，并为STEM劳动力做出贡献，从而产生更广泛的影响。为了应对21世纪的挑战，特别是在科学和技术领域，美国劳动力的日益多样化对增强国家实力至关重要。年代的竞争力。通过利用在STEM领域代表性不足的劳动力，VA-NC联盟将确保将不同的观点应用于复杂的全球问题，使其地理区域和整个国家受益。

The Virginia - North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC Alliance) will broaden the participation of underrepresented minority populations (UREP) in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The VA-NC Alliance consists of eight colleges and universities in Virginia and North Carolina: four historically black colleges and universities including Bennett College for Women, Elizabeth City State University, Johnson C. Smith University, and Saint Augustine?s College; and four doctorate-granting/research-extensive universities including George Mason University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, which will continue to lead the consortium. The Alliance will be expanded with the addition of Piedmont Virginia Community College. The VA-NC Alliance integrates students into their academic institutions and provides disciplinary socialization opportunities; in addition, partner schools collaborate to retain students across the critical junctures between secondary schools, two-year institutions, four-year colleges or universities, and graduate programs. The VA-NC Alliance?s goal is to substantially increase the number of STEM baccalaureate degrees earned annually by UREP students. Alliance students are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to transition successfully to graduate school. As a secondary goal, the Alliance will increase the number of UREP STEM students entering graduate school. The Alliance offers a broad array of activities including research experiences, symposia, workshops, and graduate school preparation retreats which are open to all students and faculty at partner schools. The synergy created by sharing resources across institutional lines in order to achieve a common goal is exemplified by the VA-NC Alliance Summer Research Program, which brings select students from partner schools to one campus to engage research projects with faculty. Intellectual MeritThe VA-NC Alliance project will create new knowledge, innovations and models for broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines and the STEM workforce. Results of these efforts will be disseminated. Project evaluation and monitoring activities will yield evidence-based knowledge concerning the effectiveness of the various broadening participation models and innovations. Broader ImpactsThe VA-NC Alliance will yield broader impacts by increasing the quantity and quality of UREP STEM graduates well prepared to succeed at the graduate level, and contribute to the STEM workforce. In order to address the challenges of the 21st century, particularly in the science and technology sectors, the increased diversification of the United States labor force is critical to enhancing the nation?s competitiveness. By tapping into a workforce underrepresented in the STEM fields, the VA-NC Alliance will ensure that diverse perspectives are applied to complex and global problems, benefitting its geographic region and the nation as a whole.