Empowering students to achieve STEM success

该项目旨在培养一个学者社区，并通过利用他们对动物生物学职业的共同热情，在一群高潜力，高需求的本科生中发展21世纪世纪STEM思维。在农业和生命科学学院强大的机构支持的基础上，该项目确定并招募学术人才，但经济上处于不利地位的崛起的大学生，每年提供16个奖学金，为期三年，最高可达10，000美元。该项目的智力价值来自于提高知识和动物生物学和农业科学的多学科性质的理解高度积极的本科生。 这些学生正在开发基于科学推理，协作和创造性解决问题的技能。该计划旨在培养一批能够在全球工作场所和日常生活中使用STEM技能的学生。该项目建立在从以前的NSF S-STEM工作中吸取的经验教训的基础上，并利用机构的承诺和部门的卓越表现。更广泛的影响来自作为该项目的一个功能而添加到课程中的新的和创新的课程。不仅学者可以参加，其他学生也可以参加。此外，还计划出版强调大学生和整个项目努力的出版物。计划为农业教育工作者社区做介绍，这类项目通常不会接触到他们。通过利用成熟的教学方法，该计划建立了STEM劳动力，并创建了一个全面的支持系统，以增强经济上处于不利地位的学生的能力，并指导他们毕业及以后。

This project is designed to foster a community of scholars and to develop 21st century STEM thinking among a cohort of high-potential, high-need undergraduate students by capitalizing on their common passion for a career in animal biology. Building on strong institutional support in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, this project identifies and recruits academically-talented yet economically disadvantaged rising sophomores for 16 scholarships of up to $10,000 annually for three years. The intellectual merit of the project comes from advancing the knowledge and the understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of animal biology and agricultural science among highly motivated undergraduate students. These students are developing skill sets based on scientific reasoning, collaboration, and creative problem solving. The plan is to create cohorts of students well-equipped to use STEM skills in the global workplace and in their everyday lives. The project builds on lessons learned from previous NSF S-STEM efforts and leverages institutional commitment and demonstrated departmental excellence. Broader impacts derive from the new and innovative courses added to the curriculum as a function of this project. Not only will the scholars be allowed to participate, but also other students will as well. Further, publications highlighting the efforts of the undergraduates and the project as a whole are planned. Presentations are planned for the community of agricultural educators, which is an audience that isn't often reached by such projects. By capitalizing on proven pedagogical methods, this program builds the STEM workforce and creates a comprehensive support system to empower economically disadvantaged students and guides them to graduation and beyond.