Sustainability for Livelihood, Values, and the Environment

SOLVER（我们生活，价值观，环境和资源的可持续发展）项目为26名学术上有才华，经济上有困难的转学生或正在升读生物学，地质学，化学，数学，物理学，工程学或计算机科学专业的大三学生提供为期两年的奖学金。该计划的总体目标是提高在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域获得学士学位毕业的学生的质量和多样性，重点是西班牙裔和美洲土著学生的招聘，保留和毕业。该计划为学者提供财务，学术，个人和专业支持。它正在使用六种相互关联的做法，这些做法已被证明可以提高学生在STEM专业人员基本学习成果方面的坚持性和成就：围绕可持续性问题组织的学习社区，学者之间的共同知识经验，多样性学习，本科生研究机会，学术服务学习和实习。这些实践与强有力的学生支持相结合，包括有针对性的招聘和申请援助，社区和家庭参与，个性化的学术咨询，教师和同伴指导，辅导，职业发展和领导力培训。该计划基于教育实践，这些实践已被证明在促进STEM学生的保留，学术卓越和职业准备方面非常有效。根据已发表的STEM教育研究，这些代表了所有学生的最佳实践，但对代表性不足的少数民族来说尤其强大。正在收集关于SOLVER学者和STEM学生对照组的定量和定性数据，以评估每种做法的影响。此外，所有学者都有机会通过独立的研究项目为STEM知识库做出贡献。更广泛的影响：SOLVER计划旨在通过建立针对西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生的实践来增加STEM专业的数量和多样性。SOLVER奖学金项目涉及学术服务学习，研究或实习，旨在对当地社区产生直接，积极的影响。该计划正在加强大学与当地西班牙裔和美洲原住民社区之间的联系;在文化响应和学生支持服务方面培训教师导师;并通过校园活动使大学社区更具包容性和区域多样性。所有这些活动都建立了大学的能力，以增加未来STEM毕业生的数量和多样性。

The SOLVER (Sustainability for our Lives, Values, Environment, and Resources) project is offering two year scholarships to 26 academically talented, financially needy transfer or rising junior students majoring in biology, geology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, engineering, or computer science. The overall objective of the program is to increase the quality and diversity of students graduating with baccalaureate degrees in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, and graduation of Hispanic and Native American students. The program is providing scholars with financial, academic, personal, and professional support. It is using six interrelated practices that have been shown to increase both student persistence and achievement on essential learning outcomes for STEM professionals: a learning community organized around the issue of sustainability, common intellectual experiences among scholars, diversity learning, undergraduate research opportunities, academic service learning, and internships. These practices are being coupled with strong student support, including targeted recruiting and application assistance, community and family involvement, individualized academic counseling, faculty and peer mentoring, tutoring, career development, and leadership training.Intellectual Merit: This program is based on educational practices that have been shown to be exceptionally effective in promoting retention, academic excellence, and career preparation in STEM students. Based on published STEM education research, these represent best practices for all students, but are particularly powerful for underrepresented minorities. Quantitative and qualitative data on SOLVER scholars and a control group of STEM students are being gathered to assess the impact of each practice. In addition, all scholars have the opportunity to contribute to the STEM knowledge base through independent research projects.Broader Impacts:The SOLVER program is designed to increase the number and diversity of STEM majors by instituting practices that target Hispanic and Native American students. SOLVER scholar projects, involving academic service learning, research, or internships, are designed to have direct, positive impacts on local communities. The program is strengthening the ties between the university and the local Hispanic and Native American communities; training faculty mentors in cultural responsiveness and student support services; and making the university community generally more inclusive and aware of regional diversity through campus wide events. All of these activities build the capacity of the university to increase the number and diversity of STEM graduates into the future.