TSIP: United Tribes Technical College's Community STEM Engagement Initiative

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为本国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构的STEM课程设置和研究能力将扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、有回报的职业的机会，提供可能具有文化意义的领域的研究性学习，并鼓励社区和世代认识到科学和数学在劳动力准备和解决生活质量问题中的作用。该项目直接符合这一目标，并将为本科生STEM学生准备和大学前招生提供一个模式。联合部落技术学院(UTTC)将提供一个多方面的外展战略，由本科生STEM学生领导社区活动，突出STEM作为城市和农村环境中的预科学生的一条潜在的学习路线。这些活动将通过团队和一名文化顾问开发的材料来完成，将包括一个户外教室和自然步道，还将提供一个移动制造商空间，为与世隔绝的社区提供难得的机会。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。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings and research capacity at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for the role of science and mathematics in workforce preparation and addressing quality-of-life issues. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will provide a model for undergraduate STEM student preparation and pre-college student recruitment.United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) will offer a multi-faceted outreach strategy in which undergraduate STEM students lead community activities that highlight STEM as a potential line of study for pre-college students in urban and rural environments. These activities will be accomplished with materials developed by the team and a cultural consultant, and will include an outdoor classroom and nature trail, and will also offer a mobile maker space to provide isolated communities access to rarely-available opportunities.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.