Kansas Bridges to the Future

堪萨斯州立大学和来自堪萨斯州西南部道奇城的三所社区学院 社区学院、花园城市社区学院和西沃德县社区学院， 在过去的11年里，他们有一个欣欣向荣的堪萨斯桥到未来的合作伙伴关系。 在2014-2015学年，NIH免费延长了该项目；因此，这一新的 该提案正在为新的五年拨款周期寻求NIH的支持。到目前为止，来自一年级的104名学生 这一代人和经常是移民的家庭都转到了堪萨斯州立大学。这个 大多数通向未来之桥的学生的家庭都是从西班牙语移民过来的- 在这些国家的肉类加工厂和农业中工作 工作时间长，遇到了许多经济、健康、语言和文化方面的挑战。 21名布里奇斯学生目前在K-State就读；65名布里奇斯学生 从K-State大学毕业，获得学士学位；35人从事高级研究 学位或进入专业生物医学课程学习，其中包括五名目前 其中6人攻读博士学位，17人正在攻读或攻读硕士学位 已完成医学相关学位。社区学院的学生们已经准备好参加 等待资金的桥梁。这项提案显示了所有四所学院对 保持一条关键和成功的道路，为布里奇斯的学生进入大学 通过以下方式：1)在学校期间与学生及其家人建立关系 社区大学；2)把学生和他们的家人带到K-State，帮助他们成为 熟悉较大的校区、支持人员，以及以前录取的桥牌学生； 3)通过提供成熟的、非常成功的本科生研究计划， 发展学者计划，在学术上和个人上支持他们；以及4)通过 提供研讨会、工作坊、实验室体验和研究实习，以帮助学生 探索他们在生物医学和行为科学方面的选择。通过Bridges计划 学生们准备在研究生院取得成功，并建立蓬勃发展的专业 事业。堪萨斯州立大学将继续提供三年的学费 大学，从而消除了可能是不可逾越的障碍。每一位 社区学院还将继续向布里奇斯的学生提供学费奖学金，以 完成他们的副学士学位。这个项目的总体目标是增加 拥有生物医学和行为科学学士学位的学生人数不足 并启动旨在增加博士、医学博士和其他 生物医学和行为科学方面的专业博士学位。

Kansas State University and three community colleges from southwest Kansas, Dodge City Community College, Garden City Community College, and Seward County Community College, have had a thriving Kansas Bridges to the Future partnership during the past eleven years. During academic year 2014-15, the project had a NIH no-cost extension; therefore, this new proposal is seeking NIH support for a new five-year grant cycle. To date, 104 students from first generation and often immigrant families have transferred to Kansas State University. The families of the majority of the Bridges to the Future students have migrated from Spanish- speaking countries to work in the meat packing plants and agricultural industries where they work long hours and encounter numerous financial, health, language, and cultural challenges. Twenty-one Bridges students are currently enrolled at K-State; 65 Bridges students have graduated with baccalaureate degrees from K-State; 35 have pursued advanced research degrees or entered professional biomedical programs of study including five who are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs, six have completed master's degrees; and 17 are working on or have completed medical related degrees. Community college students are ready to enroll in Bridges pending funding. This proposal shows the solid support from all four colleges to maintain a critical and successful path for Bridges students to enter the university in the following ways: 1) by building relationships with the students and their families while at the community colleges; 2) by bringing students and their families to K-State to help them become familiar with the larger campus, the support staff, and previously matriculated Bridge students; 3) by providing an established, highly successful undergraduate research program, the Developing Scholars Program, to support them academically and personally; and 4) by providing seminars, workshops, lab experiences, and research internships to help students explore their options in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Through the Bridges program students are prepared to succeed in graduate school and establish thriving professional careers. Kansas State University will continue to provide tuition for three years of study at the university, thus removing what could have been an insurmountable obstacle. Each of the community colleges will also continue to provide tuition scholarships to Bridges students to complete their associate degrees. The overall goal of this project is to increase the number of underrepresented students with baccalaureate degrees in biomedical and behavioral science and to set into motion pathways designed to increase the number of Ph.D.s, M.D.s, and other professional doctorates in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.