NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Growing STEM engagement and participation in Native Pacific Islander communities

关岛大学（UOG） NSF包括启动试点项目GROWING STEM，解决了在国家STEM企业，特别是在环境科学领域增加太平洋土著岛民代表性的巨大挑战。该项目以文化相关和基于地点的研究为框架，吸引、吸引和留住太平洋原住民学生。与关岛教育部、胡马塔克社区基金会、太平洋中学后教育理事会、关岛科学和发现协会、奇卡诺人/西班牙裔和美洲原住民科学促进会（SACNAS）和阿拉斯加-费尔班克斯大学等伙伴关系合作，将全面解决从K-12到研究生学习的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）途径问题。随着项目的进展，该项目预计将与维尔京群岛大学目前的NSF INCLUDES启动试点项目进一步合作。试点活动包括高中生暑期实习，本科生和研究生通过UOG的植物苗圃和Humatak社区基金会遗产之家获得研究机会。STEM专业发展活动将通过在关岛科学和发现协会的关岛全岛科学博览会和SACNAS等场所参加会议和学生研究报告来提供。将聘请教师为项目参与者制定指导协议。社区外展和推广服务将通过GROW STEM项目扩大公众对环境科学的了解。项目指标将包括监测合作伙伴的多样性、社区参与的增加、太平洋土著岛民参与STEM活动、希望获得最终STEM学位的学生人数以及试点STEM扩展和外展活动所达到的社区成员人数。GROWING STEM试点项目结果的传播将通过NSF INCLUDES国家网络、合作伙伴年度会议和地方、区域和国家STEM会议进行。

The University of Guam (UOG) NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilot project, GROWING STEM, addresses the grand challenge of increasing Native Pacific Islander representation in the nation's STEM enterprise, particularly in environmental sciences. The project addresses culturally-relevant and place-based research as the framework to attract, engage, and retain Native Pacific Islander students in STEM disciplines. The full science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pathway will be addressed from K-12 to graduate studies with partnerships that include the Guam Department of Education, Humatak Community Foundation, Pacific Post-Secondary Education Council, the Guam Science and Discovery Society, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) and the University of Alaska-Fairbaanks. As the project progresses, the project anticipates further partnerships with the current NSF INCLUDES Launch Pilot project at the University of the Virgin Islands.Pilot activities include summer internships for high school students, undergraduate and graduate research opportunities through UOG's Plant Nursery and the Humatak Community Foundation Heritage House. STEM professional development activities will be offered through conference participation and student research presentations in venues such as the Guam Science and Discovery Society's Guam Island-wide Science Fair and SACNAS. Faculty will be recruited to develop a mentoring protocol for the project participants. Community outreach and extension services will expand public understanding in environmental sciences from the GROW STEM project. Project metrics will include monitoring the diversity of partners, increases in community engagement, Native Pacific Islander participation in STEM activities, the number of students who desire to attain terminal STEM degrees and the number of community members reached by pilot STEM extension and outreach activities. Dissemination of the GROWING STEM pilot project results will occur through the NSF INCLUDES National Network, partner annual conferences, and local, regional and national STEM conferences.