CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SAN MACROS U*STAR PROGRAM

描述(由申请者提供)：CSUSM MARC U*STAR计划将准备 少数民族学生在美国从事专业研究工作 生物医学科学。该项目将成为CSUSM博士项目的一部分。 制作将包括早期外展，高中外展，MARC前， 和Marc U*STAR培训和研究参与导致安置 Marc研究员进入享有盛誉的研究生和学术专业项目 在全国各地。该计划将包括第三和第四年的荣誉 学生在一体化的学术和研究环境中学习，包括： (1)参加为期八周的暑期研究培训机构 CSUSM理科教员；(2)参加MARC荣誉课程(传播学 成效I和I以及综合顶石研究I和II)；(3) 参加系列研讨会；(4)有机会在 CSUSM或一些经批准的外部站点；(5)全面的学术和职业 建议；和(6)准备研究生入学考试和辅导 在准备博士前奖学金方面(例如，MARC博士后 团契)。我们计划的主要目标是在 CSUSM，种族和少数民族学生以学术为职业的地方 生物医学科学是可以实现的。这种学术生涯文化的创造 成就将使该计划能够实现以下目标：(1)将MARC研究员 在全国著名的研究生项目中；(2)加强 MARC院士学历；(3)增加CSUSM MARC U*STAR库 合资格的学生；及。(4)提升理科的知识气氛。 组织。具有可衡量的评估标准的评估计划 项目目标将用于监测项目成功与否。我们攻读博士学位的渠道。 生产将产生一大批在学术上成功的人才 种族和少数民族理科学生成为 Marc Follow是一个主要的激励因素。被提议的项目主管有很长的时间 加州大学圣克鲁斯分校MARC计划1980-91年成功运作的历史 他是领导CSUSM MARC U*STAR计划的理想人选。 与MARC计划的目标一致，CSUSM使命声明承诺 该大学致力于创建以学生为中心的多元文化教学和 学习环境。在这方面，该校拥有世界上最大的校园之一 少数民族教师在全国任何一所大学中所占的百分比。这个 校园致力于通过多样化实现卓越，并结合其新的科学 和配备了现代科学仪器和强大的 教学资源使CSUSM成为启动成功 Marc U*STAR计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CSUSM MARC U*STAR Program will prepare racial and ethnic minority students for professional research careers in the biomedical sciences. The Program will be part of the CSUSM Pipeline for Ph.D. Production which will include early outreach, high school outreach, pre-MARC, and MARC U*STAR training and research participation leading to placement of MARC Fellows into prestigious graduate and academic professional programs around the country. The Program will involve third and fourth year honors students in an integrated academic and research environment that will include: (1) participation in an eight-week Summer Research Training Institute offered by CSUSM science faculty; (2) enrollment in MARC Honors Courses (Communication Effectiveness I and 1I, and Integrated Capstone Studies I and II); (3) participation in a Seminar Series; (4) an opportunity to conduct research at CSUSM or at some approved external site; (5) comprehensive academic and career advising; and (6) preparation for the Graduate Record Exam along with mentoring in preparation of pre-doctoral fellowships (e.g., MARC Pre-doctoral Fellowship). The primary objective of our Program is to create a culture at CSUSM where racial and ethnic minority students view a career in the academic biomedical sciences as achievable. Creation of this culture of academic career achievement will allow the program to reach it goals to: (1) Place MARC Fellows in prestigious graduate programs around the country; (2) Strengthen the academic credential of MARC Fellows; (3) Increase the pool of CSUSM MARC U*STAR eligible students; and (4) Enhance the intellectual climate of the Science Division. An evaluation plan with measurable assessment criteria for each project goal will be used to monitor project success. Our Pipeline for Ph.D. Production will function to create a large pool of academically successful racial and ethnic minority science students where the possibility of becoming a MARC Fellow is a major incentive. The proposed program director has a long history of successful operation of the UC Santa Cruz MARC Program from 1980-91 and is ideally suited to lead the proposed CSUSM MARC U*STAR Program. Consistent with the MARC Program's goals, the CSUSM Mission Statement commits the university to creating a student-focused multicultural teaching and learning environment. In this regard, the campus has one of the largest percentages of ethnic minority faculty of any university in the country. The campus commitment to Excellence Through Diversity coupled with its new science and academic buildings equipped with modern scientific instruments and powerful instructional resources makes CSUSM an ideal location to initiate a successful MARC U*STAR Program.