Virtual Workshops for GEO REU Students and PIs During COVID-19

为了应对COVID-19国家紧急情况，由于缺乏住房和旅行限制，许多本科生研究经验（REU）网站项目取消了2020年夏季的项目。一些由海洋科学部资助的REU网站为能够远程访问和分析数据的学生创建了虚拟实习机会。大学大气研究公司（UCAR）将组织一次在线专业发展研讨会，旨在为2020年夏季参加虚拟REU实习的约60名本科生和教师导师提供支持。这个专业发展研讨会系列将确保参加虚拟实习的学生有专业发展的机会，这通常是真人REU项目的一部分。该项目将支持一个以两个主题为重点的研讨会系列。1. 学生专业发展：每周为参加虚拟reu的学生提供一系列专业发展研讨会。这些研讨会将达到双重目的：一是培养学生之间的群体意识；教师支持和材料：支持教师导师准备运行虚拟REU，为教师提供促进专业发展主题的研讨会，并为指导学生活动提供一些网络研讨会录音和材料。该项目也将成为未来虚拟实习项目的典范。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In response to the COVID-19 national emergency, many Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site programs have cancelled their programs for the summer 2020 due to a lack of housing and travel restrictions. Some REU sites that are funded by the Division of Ocean Sciences have created virtual internships for students who will be able to access and analyze data remotely. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will organize an on-line professional development workshop that is designed to support about sixty undergraduates and faculty mentors who are participating in virtual REU internships during the summer 2020. This professional development workshop series will ensure that students who are participating in the virtual internships have the professional development opportunities that are normally part of an in-person REU program.This project will support a workshop series that will focus on two topics. 1. Student Professional Development: providing a series of weekly professional development seminars for students participating in the virtual REUs. These seminars will serve the dual purpose of developing a sense of cohort amongst students, and 2. Faculty Support and Materials: supporting faculty mentors in preparing to run a virtual REU, providing faculty with seminars on facilitating professional development topics, and providing some webinar recordings and materials for guided student activities. The project will also be a model for future virtual internship programs.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.