PILOT REGIONAL LOUIS STOKES CENTER: Midwest Center of Excellence

试点地区路易斯斯托克斯中心：中西部卓越中心

• 批准号: 1202563
• 负责人: Zaldwaynaka Scott
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: Chicago State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1202563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PILOT; REGIONAL; LOUIS; STOKES; CENTER

The Louis Stokes Midwest Center of Excellence (LSMCE) will serve as a resource and support entity to broaden the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) students at 28 non-LSAMP institutions in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin and who have chosen academic majors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree programs. The Center?s activities will be concentrated in areas of information dissemination and outreach. Its goal is to strengthen the recruitment and retention of URM students through mentoring and providing support to ease the transitional challenges at critical educational junctures. LSMCE has three primary objectives: Objective 1: Taking a leadership role to articulate the national critical need for broadening minority participation and success in STEM undergraduate programs. Objective 2: Developing an information hub that provides consistent on-line resources and sustained opportunities to showcase best practices in STEM teaching/learning and to support URM students? persistence and engagement through research and internship experiences. Objective 3: Establishing a cyber portal, cLSMCE hub, to disseminate information and create networks of support for non-LSAMP students on the 28 partner campuses in the Midwest. LSMCE activities will broaden the participation of historically underrepresented groups, including women and ethnic and racial minorities in the STEM enterprise, by providing access to research and science programs and by working diligently with non-LSAMP institutions. The Center will not only help to close the gap created by the paucity of underserved individuals who are STEM professionals functioning creatively, it also encourages others who have been reticent to attempt baccalaureate-level science work.

路易斯斯托克斯中西部卓越中心 (LSMCE) 将作为资源和支持实体，扩大印第安纳州、伊利诺伊州、俄亥俄州、密歇根州、密苏里州和威斯康星州 28 个非 LSAMP 机构中代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 学生的参与，这些学生选择科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学位课程的学术专业。该中心的活动将集中在信息传播和外展领域。其目标是通过指导和提供支持来加强 URM 学生的招募和保留，以缓解关键教育时刻的过渡挑战。 LSMCE 具有三个主要目标： 目标 1：发挥领导作用，阐明国家对扩大少数族裔参与和 STEM 本科课程取得成功的迫切需求。目标 2：开发一个信息中心，提供一致的在线资源和持续的机会来展示 STEM 教学/学习的最佳实践并支持 URM 学生？通过研究和实习经历的坚持和参与。目标 3：建立网络门户 cLSMCE 中心，为中西部 28 个合作校园的非 LSAMP 学生传播信息并创建支持网络。 LSMCE 活动将通过提供研究和科学项目的机会以及与非 LSAMP 机构的勤奋合作，扩大历史上代表性不足的群体的参与，包括妇女和少数民族在 STEM 企业中的参与。该中心不仅有助于缩小因缺乏服务而缺乏创造性工作的 STEM 专业人士所造成的差距，而且还鼓励其他一直保持沉默的人尝试学士学位级别的科学工作。