CC* Regional: Sun Corridor Network ? Arizona Community College Research Expansion

北亚利桑那大学(NAU)与亚利桑那州立大学(ASU)和亚利桑那大学(UA)是太阳走廊网络(SCN)的创始成员。SCN通过高速连接和互联网2向亚利桑那州的研究型大学提供研究和教育网络。亚利桑那州社区大学的研究和专业网络连接有限，学术或专业技术课程通常无法使用。该项目将全国最大的社区学院系统之一和北部NAU合作者连接到SCN。将网络扩展到亚利桑那州的社区学院，使马里科帕社区学院县地区的埃斯特雷拉山社区学院(固德伊尔，亚利桑那州)、钱德勒-吉尔伯特社区学院(钱德勒，亚利桑那州)、菲尼克斯学院(凤凰城，亚利桑那州)和科科尼诺社区学院(弗拉格斯塔夫，亚利桑那州)的学生和教职员工能够实现研究和教育连接，并为他们提供支持。网络扩展推进了面向科学的工作流程、高性能计算在本科生研究、仪器共享、STEM教育和作业间隙连接中的使用，并引入了符合网络安全学术要求的广域和校园网络功能。NAU和SCN将提高园区网络性能，通过将它们作为区域聚合器连接到SCN来增加到每个园区的外部连接。这利用了与NAU的强大现有地区关系，NAU是农村和在线项目和服务的领先者。该提案强调通过外联来确定需求和要求，然后是设计、讲习班和科学网络的实施。通过建立新的合作关系和扩大连接，NAU和SCN为凤凰城大都市区和亚利桑那州北部的20多万名学生改善了本科生的科学和技术指导。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a founding member of the Sun Corridor Network (SCN) along with Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Arizona (UA). SCN delivers research and education networking to Arizona's research universities through high-speed connections and Internet2. Research and specialized network connectivity at Arizona community colleges are limited and generally unavailable to academic or to specialized technical programs. This project connects one of the nation's largest community college systems and the northern NAU collaborator to SCN. Network expansion to Arizona's community colleges enables research and education connectivity and support to the students and faculty of Maricopa Community College County District's Estrella Mountain Community College (Goodyear, AZ), Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Chandler, AZ), Phoenix College (Phoenix, AZ) and Coconino Community College, (Flagstaff, AZ). The network expansion advances the use of science-oriented workflows, high performance computing in undergraduate research, instrument sharing, STEM education, and homework gap connectivity and introduces wide area and campus networking capacities that align with cybersecurity academic requirements. NAU and SCN will improve campus network performance, increasing external connectivity to each campus by connecting them to SCN as a regional aggregator. This leverages a strong existing regional relationship with NAU, a leader in rural and online programs and services. The proposal emphasizes outreach to determine needs and requirements, followed by design, workshops, and science network implementation. By building new collaborations and by expanding connectivity, NAU and SCN improve undergraduate science and technical instruction for over 200,000 students in the Phoenix metropolitan area and northern Arizona.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.