OUTREACH: RURAL ALASKA HONORS INSTITUTE--INBRE

推广：阿拉斯加乡村荣誉学院--INBRE

基本信息

批准号：
7610103
负责人：
SUE HILLS
金额：
$ 7.65万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-05-01 至 2008-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7610103
关键词：
Admission activity Alaska Alaska Native Arctic Regions Bachelor&apos s Degree Biochemistry Caring Chemistry Class Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database Development Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Educational process of instructing Elements Environment Family Funding Gatekeeping Grant Habits Home environment Image Institutes Institution Laboratories Laws Libraries Life Life Style Master&apos s Degree Medical Molecular Biology Object Attachment Peer Pressure Pharmacology Postdoctoral Fellow Preparation Research Research Personnel Resources Rural Scholarship Schools Science Social Environment Source Standards of Weights and Measures Stretching Students System Time Time Management Travel United States National Institutes of Health Universities Woman career college cultural values high school outreach programs role model skills social stereoscopic virtual reality

项目摘要

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Project Summary: The Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI) (www.uaf.edu/rahi) was organized in 1982 at the request of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and others, to prepare rural Alaska Native high school students to succeed in college. This summer residential bridging program for high school seniors and rising freshmen assists students from Rural Alaska to make the academic and social transition between high school and college. Admission to RAHI is competitive; full scholarships cover all summer program expenses including travel, room, board, supplies and tuition for up to 9 college credits. Rigorous academic activity combines with social, cultural and recreational activities for early preparation for college. Students are treated as honors students and are purposely stretched beyond their comfort levels academically and socially to prepare for the step from home or village to a culturally western urban campus. RAHI students are treated as honors students and are expected to meet all rigorous academic and social standards set by the program. The program takes great care to encourage students to maintain their own distinctive cultural values while also adapting to the academic and social environment of college life. Career and lifestyle choices are examined, role modeling and positive peer pressure are encouraged, academic skills, study habits and time management strategies are sharpened or developed, and bonding with other students and staff create life-long support networks. RAHI becomes a family with close, supportive relationships between students, and also between students and staff. Students rely upon each other, a key to survival in college. INBRE chose to add to this well-known, successful, respected bridging program, rather than to compete with it by developing a similar program. Every summer, beginning in 2003, INBRE has sponsored full summer scholarships for seven students (all Alaska Native rising freshmen). In summer 2003, INBRE sponsored development of a new course, CHEM 195, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Modern World, a four credit class with laboratory. The two Alaska Native women UAF graduates in chemistry who developed the course in 2003 have moved on, one to pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology at Stanford and one to full time high school science teaching but the class has continued. In 2004, the 12 students in the class were taught by a post-doctoral fellow and a grad student from the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. New elements continue to be added to the class. For example, in 2005, several labs will be held in the Arctic Region Super computing Centers Discovery Lab in the Rasmuson Library (a Virtual Reality immersive environment Mechdyne MD Flex system). The room is equipped to display stereoscopic images to allow students to virtually immerse themselves in biochemistry. Beginning in summer 2007, the class will be modified to better prepare the students to succeed in the basic chemistry courses that are required for science majorssome of the gatekeeper courses. Over 1100 students have attended the program between 1983 and 2006. Approximately 65% of RAHI's alumni have entered four-year college academic programs. Over 198 have earned a bachelors degree, thirty-three have earned masters degrees, and six have graduated with professional degrees (5 J.D. and one M.D.). Most alumni attend UAF, while others select the University of Alaska Anchorage or schools outside the state. Some are in graduate school including medical and law schools.

该子项目是利用该技术的众多研究子项目之一资源由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和研究者 (PI) 可能已从 NIH 的另一个来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他 CRISP 条目中表示。列出的机构是中心，不一定是研究者的机构。项目概要：阿拉斯加乡村荣誉学院 (RAHI) (www.uaf.edu/rahi) 应阿拉斯加原住民联合会 (AFN) 和其他机构的要求于 1982 年成立，旨在帮助阿拉斯加乡村高中学生在大学。这个针对高中高年级学生和新生的夏季住宿衔接计划帮助来自阿拉斯加农村地区的学生实现高中和大学之间的学术和社会过渡。 RAHI 的入学竞争非常激烈；全额奖学金涵盖所有暑期课程费用，包括旅行、住宿、膳食、用品和最多 9 个大学学分的学费。严格的学术活动与社交、文化和娱乐活动相结合，为大学的早期准备做好准备。学生被视为优秀学生，并有目的地在学术和社交方面超越他们的舒适水平，为从家庭或村庄迈向具有文化西部城市校园的步骤做好准备。 RAHI 学生被视为荣誉学生，并应满足该项目规定的所有严格的学术和社会标准。该项目非常注重鼓励学生保持自己独特的文化价值观，同时适应大学生活的学术和社会环境。检查职业和生活方式的选择，鼓励榜样和积极的同伴压力，提高或发展学术技能、学习习惯和时间管理策略，并与其他学生和教职员工建立终身支持网络。 RAHI 成为一个学生之间以及学生和教职员工之间有着密切、支持性关系的家庭。学生之间相互依赖，这是在大学生存的关键。 INBRE 选择加入这个众所周知的、成功的、受人尊敬的桥接项目，而不是通过开发类似的项目来与之竞争。从 2003 年开始，每年夏天，INBRE 都会为七名学生（全是阿拉斯加原住民新生）提供全额夏季奖学金。 2003 年夏天，INBRE 赞助开发了一门新课程：CHEM 195，现代世界的生物化学和分子生物学，这是一个带有实验室的四学分课程。 2003 年开发这门课程的两名阿拉斯加原住民 UAF 化学专业女毕业生已经继续前进，其中一人继续攻读博士学位。在斯坦福大学获得药理学博士学位，并在全日制高中从事科学教学，但课程仍在继续。 2004年，班上12名学生由化学与生物化学系的一名博士后和一名研究生带教。新的元素不断添加到类中。例如，2005年，北极地区超级计算中心的Rasmuson图书馆的发现实验室（虚拟现实沉浸式环境Mechdyne MD Flex系统）将举办多个实验室。该房间配备了显示立体图像的设备，让学生几乎沉浸在生物化学中。从 2007 年夏季开始，该课程将进行修改，以更好地帮助学生做好基础化学课程的准备，这些课程是科学专业所需的一些把关课程。 1983 年至 2006 年间，已有 1100 多名学生参加了该项目。大约 65% 的 RAHI 校友已进入四年制大学学术课程。超过 198 人获得学士学位，33 人获得硕士学位，6 人毕业获得专业学位（5 名法学博士和 1 名医学博士）。大多数校友就读于 UAF，而其他校友则选择阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校或州外的学校。有些人在研究生院，包括医学院和法学院。