CAYEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE--RISE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

为了改善我们的整体学术环境，MBRS计划于1985年启动，为理科学生和教职员工提供研究机会。作为这一长期目标的一部分，我们在本申请中提议在新的MBR RISE倡议下改进和扩大我们当前计划中开发的几项活动。将对这些变化进行评估，并由一名外部评估员与活动协调员、计划主任和MBRS咨询委员会合作对每个组成部分进行监测。RISE计划将由三个部分组成：一系列在校园内的研究经验，以吸引和留住积极的一年级和二年级学生；一系列由访问科学家为所有学生举办的研讨会和讲习班；以及最后，暑期研究机会，在岛外的主要大学为三年级和四年级学生进行调查。每项活动都使学生和教职员工能够通过与不同的专家群体互动来发展基本的研究技能：1)校园内的教员导师，2)位于选定附属机构的岛上研究导师，3)来自岛外大学的访问科学家，以及4)位于合作机构的科学家。第一个组成部分有在校和岛上的导师，他们在学生的头两年与他们合作。在这两年的时间里，学生将与五位不同的导师合作，学习实验设计的基础和分子生物学、细胞生物学、遗传学、组织学等方面的相关技术。第二部分由来访的科学家介绍当前生物医学研究的主题和最新方法的研讨会和工作坊，以扩大教职员工和学生的视野。第三，大三学生和传感器可以通过暑期与离岛科学家一起工作来体验研究生生活，科学家们是研究密集型机构。每一个组成部分都是对学生的挑战，因为他们利用合适的环境和专业知识水平培养出将成为生物医学研究科学家的加州大学校友。目前，30%的MBR毕业生(n=133)正在攻读博士学位(n=14)或硕士学位(n=23)。

To improve our overall academic environment, the MBRS program was initiated in 1985 to offer research opportunities to science students and faculty. As part of this long term goal, we are proposing in this application to improve and expand under the new MBRS RISE initiative, several of the activities developed in our current program. These changes will be assessed and each component monitored by an external evaluator working with the activity coordinators, the program director, and the MBRS Advisory Committee. The RISE program will consist of three components: a series of research experience son campus to attract and retain motivated freshmen and sophomores, a series of seminars and workshops by visiting scientists for all students, and finally, summer research opportunities to conduct investigations off-island in major universities for juniors and seniors. Each activity enables students and faculty to develop basic research skills by interacting with a different group of experts: 1) on-campus faculty mentors, 2) on-island research mentors located at selected affiliated institutions, 3) visiting scientists from off-island universities, and 4) scientists located in collaborating institutions. The first component has on-campus and on- island mentors working with students during their first two years. During this two year period students will work with five different mentors learning the bases of experimental design and the associated techniques in molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, histology, etc. The second component has visiting scientists presenting seminars and workshops on current topics in biomedical research and state of the art methodologies to expand the faculty and student horizons. Third, juniors and sensors can experience graduate school life by working during the summer with an off-island scientists are research intensive institutions. Each component challenges the students as they develop utilizing the appropriate environment and level of expertise to produce CUC alumni who will be biomedical research scientists. Currently 30% of all MBRS graduates (n=133) are pursuing either a Ph.D.(n=14) or an M.S. degree (n=23).