Planning for BUILD at Pine Manor College

描述（由申请人提供）：松树庄园学院旨在通过响应建设基础设施导致多样性倡议（BUILD），提高其准备本科生物学专业的生物医学研究职业的能力。在为期六个月的规划期间，Pine Manor将与我们的研究合作伙伴合作;塔夫茨大学医学院的Sackler研究生生物医学科学学院，为利用现有优势并发展新合作伙伴关系的计划奠定基础。松树庄园学院自20世纪90年代中期以来一直倡导为来自不同背景的女性提供教育计划，并高度重视生物学培训。我们的多数少数民族机构服务于高度弱势的学生，真正未开发的潜力人口。60%到65%的松树庄园学生是美国国立卫生研究院认为在科学领域代表性不足的群体的成员，80%的学生有资格获得佩尔赠款，这表明他们需要很高的资金。大多数松树庄园的学生到达学校在任何水平的生物医学研究的职业几乎没有意识。学校非常努力地为生物学专业的学生提供研究职业和高级培训。他们已经启动了一个S-STEM NSF资助的生物学者计划，并在萨克勒学校建立了与NIH资助的管道计划的联系。这两项举措都提高了松树庄园生物学培训的质量。这些经验使学院能够进行BUILD计划的规划。通过我们的规划过程中，我们将扩展与萨克勒学校和其他现有的合作伙伴机构的现有关系。我们的努力将基于对当前成功和挑战的数据分析。规划将侧重于确定更多的管道合作伙伴，并制定新的战略，以吸引学生，建立一个基于调查的，能力驱动的生物学课程，导致强大的BUILD奖学金计划的发展。我们的计划将吸引好奇的年轻人进入一个途径，包括强大的学士学位培训，接触生物医学研究，有意和有针对性的指导，并提供了一个明确的道路，以先进的研究培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pine Manor College seeks to enhance its ability to prepare undergraduate biology majors for careers in biomedical research by responding to the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Initiative (BUILD). During a six-month planning period, Pine Manor will collaborate with our Research Partner; the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine, to lay the groundwork for a program that leverages existing strengths and develops new partnerships. Pine Manor College has championed educational programs for women from diverse backgrounds since the mid-1990s and has placed a high value on training in biology. Our majority minority institution serves highly disadvantaged students, a population with truly untapped potential. Between 60 and 65 percent of Pine Manor students are members of groups considered under-represented in science by the NIH and 80 percent of its students qualify for Pell grants, indicating high financia need. Most Pine Manor students arrive at the school with little awareness of careers in biomedical research at any level. The school has worked extremely hard to provide its Biology majors with access to research careers and advanced training. They have initiated an S-STEM NSF-funded Bio Scholars program and built links to NIH-funded pipeline programs at the Sackler School. Both of these initiatives have elevated the quality of biology training at Pine Manor. These experiences position the college to undertake planning for a BUILD program. Through our planning process, we will extend existing relationships with the Sackler School and other existing partner institutions. Our efforts will be grounded in a data-focused analysis of current successes and challenges. Planning will focus on identifying additional pipeline partners and developing novel strategies to engage their students, establishing an inquiry-based, competency-driven biology curriculum, leading to development of strong BUILD Scholar program. Our program will attract inquisitive young minds to a pathway encompassing strong baccalaureate training, exposure to biomedical research, intentional and focused mentorship and provides a clear path to advanced research training.