Expanding HBCU Participation at the National Association of Black Geoscientists Annual Technical Conference

扩大 HBCU 参与全国黑人地球科学家协会年度技术会议

• 批准号: 1723859
• 负责人: Stephen Boss
• 金额: $ 4.98万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1723859&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expanding; HBCU; Participation; National; Association

This award will support approximately 60 student to attend the Annual National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) conference. The meeting will take place September 6-9, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. Participants will be recruited from two dozen environmental science degree programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Students in these programs are historically under-represented at the NABG annual conference. Thus, the objective is to expand the disciplinary representation of NABG to include more people of color interested in environmental issues. Expanding NABG membership in environmental sciences will also significantly increase membership in NABG, enhancing the stability and long-term viability of the organization.A primary aim of this project is to engage faculty and students in HBCU environmental sciences programs and aid their participation in a national conference of importance to placing them in the 21st Century geosciences workforce. The project will provide support for key faculty in these programs and their students to attend the conference, develop a network of persons of color with whom they may interact going forward, and become active members in a vibrant minority-serving STEM organization. Students will also receive important instruction in development of non-technical competencies (also known as soft skills). "Soft skills" are defined as desirable life and employment skills crucial to workplace success and career progress. This project offers support for participating students from all academic levels to attend the pre-meeting "soft skills" workshop and opportunity to practice learned skills throughout the conference through interactions with professional attendees.

该奖项将支持大约 60 名学生参加全国黑人地球科学家协会 (NABG) 年度会议。会议将于 2017 年 9 月 6 日至 9 日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行。参与者将从历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的两打环境科学学位课程中招募。历史上，这些项目的学生在 NABG 年会上的代表性不足。因此，目标是扩大 NABG 的学科代表性，以纳入更多对环境问题感兴趣的有色人种。扩大 NABG 在环境科学领域的成员资格也将显着增加 NABG 的成员资格，从而增强该组织的稳定性和长期生存能力。该项目的主要目的是让教师和学生参与 HBCU 环境科学项目，并帮助他们参与国家级项目这次会议对于将他们纳入 21 世纪地球科学劳动力队伍具有重要意义。该项目将为这些项目的主要教师及其学生提供支持，让他们参加会议，建立一个有色人种网络，他们可以在未来与他们互动，并成为一个充满活力的少数族裔服务 STEM 组织的积极成员。学生还将接受非技术能力（也称为软技能）发展的重要指导。 “软技能”被定义为对职场成功和职业发展至关重要的理想生活和就业技能。该项目为所有学术水平的参与学生提供支持，让他们参加会前的“软技能”研讨会，并有机会在整个会议期间通过与专业与会者的互动来练习所学到的技能。