GP-UP: Building Opportunities through Networks of Discovery in the Geosciences (GEOBOND)

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公共法律117-2)。弗雷斯诺州立大学和州立中心社区学院学区为加利福尼亚州圣华金河谷农业资源丰富、种族多样、社会经济条件较差的地区提供服务，为地球科学专业的学生和职业生涯提供关键的教育途径。该项目将加强专业网络并简化圣华金河谷内的学生通道，该河谷受到严重空气污染、干旱和水污染问题以及气候变化影响，所有这些都对社会经济不利社区造成了不成比例的影响。PIS计划实施一个学生支持系统，以及基于社区的问题解决课程，以及跨机构的本科生研究经验。该项目旨在增加进入和毕业于地球科学本科专业的学生的数量和多样性，以支持一支创新和坚定的地球科学劳动力队伍，以应对圣华金山谷和其他地区的环境正义挑战。通过地球科学发现网络(GEOBOND)建立机会是弗雷斯诺州立大学(四年制大学)和多所当地两年制学院合作的项目，旨在为地球科学本科学生创建一个新颖的学生支持系统，以适应他们加入弗雷斯诺州立大学该项目的各种途径：第一次新生、转专业和转学学生。该项目涉及三个相辅相成的活动：1)开发一个本科生地球科学学习社区队列计划，其中包括一系列相关的课程、共同的课程专业发展活动和脚手架研究经验；2)建立一个专业学习社区，在合作机构中合作重新设计地球科学课程，纳入环境正义主题和循证教学战略；以及3)建立一个社区研究计划，与社区组织和地球科学专业人员合作调查当地的环境问题。拟议的项目将促进人们了解哪些战略最有效地招收和留住本科生，并在地球科学中创造包容的环境，吸引和支持来自STEM历史上被排除在外的群体的学生。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).Fresno State and the State Center Community College District serve the agriculturally-rich, ethnically-diverse, and socio-economically disadvantaged San Joaquin Valley of California, providing critical educational pathways for geoscience majors and careers. This project will strengthen professional networks and streamline student pathways within the San Joaquin Valley, which has been affected by severe air pollution, drought and water contamination issues, and climate change impacts, all of which disproportionately impact socio-economically disadvantaged communities. PIs plan to implement a student support system, along with community-based problem solving curriculum, and undergraduate research experiences that cross institutions. The project aims to increase the number and diversity of students entering and graduating from undergraduate geoscience majors in order to support an innovative and committed geoscience workforce that can tackle environmental justice challenges in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond.Building Opportunities through Networks of Discovery in the GEOsciences (GEOBOND) is a collaboration between Fresno State (four year college) and multiple local two-year colleges to create a novel student support system for undergraduate geoscience students that accommodates the various pathways through which they join the program at Fresno State: first-time freshmen, change of major, and transfer students. The project involves three-mutually reinforcing activities:1) Developing an undergraduate Geoscience Learning Community cohort program that includes a connected sequence of courses, co-curricular professional development activities, and scaffolded research experiences; 2) forming a Professional Learning Community to collaboratively re-design geoscience courses across partner institutions that incorporate environmental justice themes and evidence-based teaching strategies; and 3) establishing a Community-Based Research Program to investigate local environmental issues in collaboration with community organizations and geoscience professionals. The proposed project will advance knowledge about which strategies are most effective for recruiting and retaining undergraduate students and creating inclusive environments in the geosciences that are attractive and supportive to students from groups that have been historically excluded in STEM.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.