Canisius Science Scholars: Providing an Integrated Academic and Social Support Scaffolding in the Biological Sciences

卡尼修斯学院的S-STEM项目将帮助有学术天赋、经济困难的生物学、环境科学和动物行为、生态与保护专业的学生从理科学生过渡到科学家。卡尼修斯科学学者计划将提高在卡尼修斯学院攻读生物科学本科学位的传统学生和转校生的招生、留住、毕业率和进入STEM职业生涯的机会。为了实现这些目标，S-STEM奖学金获得者将参加一个以生物为基础的学习社区。学生将受益于帮助培养技能并建立对STEM领域的承诺的共享课程；他们帮助计划的特殊活动；接触担任顾问、模型、教师和导师的科学家；以及社交和庆祝他们以学术和职业为重点的成就的机会。学习社区及其组成部分的成功将在STEM、社会科学和/或教育会议上展示，并将被广泛分享，以将成功的倡议更广泛地应用于STEM教育。Canisius科学学者计划的目标是：1)招募和留住更多的生物科学学生，特别是寻求为那些从其他机构转学的学生提供援助，2)在这些学生的学习过程中建立一个积极的学习社区，3)增加对帮助转学学生适应对4年制生物科学计划日益增长的期望的关注，以及4)为所有这些学生提供直接进入劳动力大军或准备进入研究生院所需的技能。该计划将通过加强学术支持、职业咨询、包括学术支持和指导在内的转学计划、提供专业技能和科学培训的研讨会课程以及会议旅行，增加学生支持系统和教育机会。学生将通过各种活动来学习成为科学家，这些活动鼓励他们对科学进行批判性思考，包括参与教师的研究，以及批评科学出版物和演示文稿。作为项目的一部分。成功/有影响力的课程组成部分将永久纳入课程，供所有未来的学生使用。在校园、特定学科的会议和适当的科学教育期刊上展示由此产生的奖学金，将允许其他人将成功的个人项目组成部分纳入他们自己的项目中。

The S-STEM project at Canisius College will help academically-talented, financially-needy Biology, Environmental Science, and Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation (ABEC) majors make the transition from science students to scientists. The Canisius Science Scholars program will improve recruitment, retention, graduation rates, and entry into STEM careers for both traditional and transfer students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the biological sciences at Canisius College. To achieve these goals, the S-STEM scholarship recipients will participate in a biology-based learning community. Students will benefit from shared courses that help build skills and establish commitment to STEM fields; special events that they help plan; access to scientists who serve as advisors, models, teachers, and mentors; and opportunities to socialize and celebrate their academic and career-focused accomplishments. The success of the learning community and its components will be presented at STEM, social science, and/or educational conferences and will be shared broadly to provide wider application of successful initiatives to STEM education.The goals of the Canisius Science Scholars program are: 1) to recruit and retain additional students in the biological sciences, especially seeking to provide aid to those that transfer from other institutions, 2) build an active learning community across these students' course of studies, 3) increase the focus on assisting transfer students to adapt to the increased expectations of a 4-year biological sciences program, and 4) provide all these students with the necessary skills to enter the work-force directly or to prepare for graduate school. This program will increase student support systems and educational opportunities through enhanced academic support, career counseling, a transfer initiative including academic support and mentoring, seminar courses that provide professional skills and scientific training, and conference travel. Students will learn to be scientists through a variety of activities that encourage them to think critically about science, including involvement in research with faculty and critiquing scientific publications and presentations. As part of the program. Successful/impactful program components will be permanently incorporated into the curriculum, making them available to all future students. The presentation of the resulting scholarship on campus, at discipline-specific conferences, and in appropriate science education journals will allow others to incorporate successful individual program components into their own programs