GP-UP: Growing Rowans Environmental Education Network in Southern New Jersey (GREEN-SJ)

新泽西州是美国最多元化的地区之一，正在发展成为东海岸的海上风能中心。新成立的罗文大学环境科学系(Rowan ES)隶属于最近成立的罗文大学地球与环境学院，它将通过与附近的社区学院--南泽西坎伯兰校区罗文学院(RCSJ-C)--一家为拉美裔服务的机构合作，作为地学领域区域劳动力发展的纽带。GP-UP：Growing Rowan在新泽西州南部的环境教育网络(GREEN-SJ)将RCSJ-C的环境科学转学学生与已经在Rowan ES注册的来自历史上被边缘化社区的专业学生联合起来，建立他们作为环境科学家和该领域从业人员的身份，并最终为他们领导新泽西州的绿色能源未来做好准备。招聘工作将延伸到高中，并提高地区对与绿色能源相关的环境科学职业和机会的认识。Green-SJ学生将得到他们不同的同龄人群体和来自类似社区的三名科学家导师的支持，因为他们在致力于创造一个欢迎和有吸引力的学习环境的教育社区中获得了工业或研究方面的实际经验。成长中的罗文在新泽西南部的环境教育网络(GREEN-SJ)旨在通过多层次的方法在该地区建立一支多样化的地球科学劳动力队伍。通过院校之间的课程调整，直接支持来自西班牙裔服务机构RCSJ-C的转学学生，以及在转学前了解罗文的入门机会以提高保留率，将扩大罗文环境科学(Rowan ES)这一新兴和不断增长的专业的多样性。一旦这些学生转到罗文，他们将加入一个同龄人小组，其中包括已经在该专业学习的历史边缘化社区的学生，并参与职业准备，包括实习和研究经验，学术和专业准备研讨会。一个受欢迎和有吸引力的学习环境，通过为教师和我们的工业合作伙伴提供侧重于文化多样性、种族和族裔意识的培训，将有助于为新泽西州南部更多样化的地球科学界奠定基础。具有文化能力的项目评估将使我们地区更广泛地实施，并与更多的两年制学校建立联系。记录我们的经验和分享经验教训将有助于尝试类似举措的其他机构。最终，GREEN-SJ将帮助新泽西州南部的绿色能源和环境科学劳动力多样化，通过该计划提供的强大准备，罗文ES GREEN-SJ毕业生将帮助使新泽西州南部以外的更广泛的劳动力多样化。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。

New Jersey, one of the most diverse regions in the nation, is developing into the east coast hub for offshore wind energy. The new Rowan University Department of Environmental Science (Rowan ES), in the recently formed Rowan University School of Earth and Environment, will serve as a nexus for regional workforce development in the geosciences by partnering with a nearby community college, Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland Campus (RCSJ-C), an Hispanic-serving institution. GP-UP: Growing Rowan’s Environmental Education Network in Southern New Jersey (GREEN-SJ) unites Environmental Science transfer students from RCSJ-C with majors from historically marginalized communities who already enrolled in Rowan ES to build their identities as environmental scientists and practitioners in the field, and ultimately prepare them to lead NJ’s green energy future. Recruiting efforts will extend to high schools and increase regional awareness of environmental science careers and opportunities associated with green energy. GREEN-SJ students will be supported by their diverse peer group and three scientist mentors from similar communities, as they gain practical experience in industry or research within an educational community committed to creating a welcoming and attractive learning environment. Growing Rowan’s Environmental Education Network in Southern New Jersey (GREEN-SJ) is designed to build a diverse geoscience workforce in the region through a multi-layered approach. Direct support of transfer students from RCSJ-C, an Hispanic serving institution, through course alignment between institutions, and an on- ramp opportunity to orient to Rowan before transferring to improve retention, will expand diversity in a new and growing major, Rowan Environmental Science (Rowan ES). Once these students transfer to Rowan, they will join a peer group that includes students from historically marginalized communities already in the major, and engage in career preparation including internship and research experiences, academic and professional preparation workshops. A welcoming and attractive learning environment, facilitated by training focused on cultural diversity awareness for race and ethnicity for faculty and our partners in industry will aid in laying the foundation for a more diverse geoscience community in southern NJ. Culturally competent program evaluation will enable broader implementation in our region with connections to more 2-year schools. Documentation of our experiences and sharing lessons learned will aid other institutions attempting similar initiatives. Ultimately, GREEN-SJ will assist in diversifying the green energy and environmental science workforce in southern NJ, and with the strong preparation this program provides, Rowan ES GREEN-SJ graduates will assist in diversifying the wider workforce beyond southern NJ.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.