LMR
CSC
Co
ho
rt Expe
rien
ce fo
r Grad
uate
Stud
en
tsA
bstractTh
e nu
mb
er of grad
uate an
d u
nd
ergradu
ate stud
ents, p
articularly
un
derrep
resented
min
ority (U
RM
) grou
ps, ch
oo
sing careers in
ocean
, earth
and
atmo
sph
eric sciences rem
ains very lo
w co
mp
ared to
the
oth
er scientific d
isciplin
es. The N
OA
A Livin
g Marin
e Reso
urces
Co
op
erative Science C
enter (LM
RC
SC) recru
its, trains, an
d retain
s stu
den
ts, particu
larly tho
se wh
o are u
nd
errepresen
ted in
marin
e and
fish
eries science d
isciplin
es, by d
elivering co
nten
t, instru
ction
, and
exp
eriences th
at pro
vide stu
den
ts with
career-ready skills. Facu
lty and
staff in
the LM
RC
SC leverage several ap
pro
aches an
d p
rogram
s to m
eet th
ese ob
jectives.
Ackn
ow
ledgem
ents: "Th
is pu
blicatio
n w
as mad
e po
ssible b
y the N
atio
na
l Ocea
nic a
nd
Atm
osp
heric A
dm
inistra
tion
, Office o
f Edu
catio
n Ed
uca
tion
al Pa
rtnersh
ip
Pro
gra
m aw
ard n
um
ber (N
A1
6SEC
48
10
007
). Its con
tents are so
lely the resp
on
sibility o
f the aw
ard recip
ient an
d d
o n
ot n
ecessarily repre
sent th
e official view
s of th
e U.S. D
epa
rtmen
t o
f Co
mm
erce, Na
tion
al O
cean
ic an
d A
tmo
sph
eric Ad
min
istratio
n.”
•En
han
ce stu
den
t literacy in
N
OA
A Fish
eries
•In
crease kn
ow
ledge o
f N
OA
A M
ission
Scien
ce
NO
AA
M
ission
•G
oals
•O
bjectives
LMR
CSC
B
uild
system
awaren
essStu
den
t Su
pp
ort
Geo
science
s B
ridge P
rogram
•6
wee
k exp
eriential
experien
ce
•Paid
intern
ship
•R
ising Fresh
man
•C
on
tent fo
cus
geoscien
ce an
d
math
Co
ast Cam
p
Pro
gram
•4
wee
k, half d
ay p
rogram
•Exp
erien
tial p
rogram
•A
ges 7-1
8yrs
•C
on
tent fo
cus o
n
marin
e science
s an
d lo
cal reso
urces an
d
com
mu
nity
Sum
me
rR
ese
arch Exp
erie
nce
s for U
nd
ergrad
uate
sH
osted
By
NSF
Research
Experien
ce fo
r Un
dergrad
uates (R
EU)
•U
niversity o
f Marylan
d Eastern
Sho
re•
Orego
n State U
niversity
•Savan
nah
State Un
iversity
Sum
mer U
nd
ergradu
ate P
rogram
•U
niversity o
f Marylan
d C
enter fo
r En
viron
men
tal Science In
stitute o
f Marin
e an
d En
viron
men
tal Techn
olo
gy
LMR
CSC
Risin
g Sop
ho
mo
re Exp
eriential Train
ing
Pro
gram (R
SETP)
•U
niversity o
f Marylan
d Eastern
Sho
re
Key
Features
•In
divid
ualR
esearch
Pro
jects•
Receive
Men
torsh
ip•
Han
ds o
nexp
erience
•G
eared to
ward
rising
sop
ho
mo
res •
Stipen
d p
rogram
•Tech
nicalw
riting
skills
•Particip
ants d
evelop
Presen
tation
skills•
Co
llege credit
(pro
gram
dep
end
ent)
K-1
2 p
rogram
sTh
e Co
ast Cam
p p
rogram
takes place o
n a co
llege camp
us w
ith a m
arine
scien
ce pro
gram. Th
is instru
ction
al de
sign is to
intro
du
ce stud
en
ts to
collegiate p
ractice as well as recru
it them
to B
ache
lor o
f Science p
rogram
s in
marin
e scien
ce.
The G
eo
sciences B
ridge p
rogram
at UM
ES. These se
nio
rs earn
two
college
credits to
ward
s a bach
elor’s d
egree
in a geo
science d
isciplin
e. Th
e pro
gram
acts as a pip
eline
for stu
de
nts w
ho
are seekin
g STEM ed
ucatio
n an
d caree
rs
Socio
-eco
no
mic
Stock
Assessm
en
t
Aq
uacu
lture
& Seafo
od
Safety
Ecosystem
Scien
ce
LM
RC
SC
S
tud
ent
Develo
pm
ent
Plan
Acad
emic d
evelop
men
t o
f stud
ents
•R
esearch an
d m
ento
ring
•Literacy in
NO
AA
Missio
n
related d
isciplin
es
Pro
fession
al d
evelop
men
t of
stud
ents
•C
ore
com
peten
cies in
fisheries scien
ce
Social
develo
pm
ent o
f stu
den
ts•
Co
ho
rt experien
ce
•Stu
den
t foru
m
Pro
po
sal Writin
g
•Sm
all grou
p
•U
tilized R
FP fo
r basis
•Stu
den
t grou
ps assign
ed ro
les to w
rite grant
•P
resen
ted p
rop
osal to
a votin
g com
mittee
•C
om
men
ts were p
rovid
ed to
stud
ents
Stress and
Co
nflict M
anagem
ent Sem
inar
•R
ealistic scenario
s were p
resen
ted
•Stu
den
ts engaged
in d
ebate
•R
ecom
men
ded
resolu
tion
s were sh
ared
Career O
pp
ortu
nities in
Marin
e and
Fish
eries Science
•Path
ways P
rogram
•R
esum
e wo
rksho
p
•A
pp
lication
web
inar
Semin
ar Series
•Stu
den
t led sem
inar serie
s
•C
on
du
cted o
nlin
e and
is abo
ut 4
5 m
in
•P
resen
t curren
t research
•O
pp
ortu
nity to
share rese
arch w
ith p
eers an
d
receive feed
back.
Cen
ter Directo
r &
Lead
Institu
tion
•U
MES
Ad
min
istration
•A
ssistant D
irector
•Ed
ucatio
n Exp
ert
•A
dm
inistrative A
ssistant
•P
rogram
Co
ord
inato
r for
Bu
dget, D
ata, &
Info
rmatio
n M
anagem
ent
•C
om
mu
nicatio
n
Specialist
•D
istingu
ished
Research
Scien
tist
Pro
ject D
irectors
•D
SU
•H
U
•SSU
•IM
ET
•R
SMA
S
•O
SU
The N
OA
A LM
RC
SC an
d its M
ultifaceted
Ap
pro
aches to
Facilitate Stud
ent Develo
pm
ent an
d D
iversity in th
e Marin
e Scien
cesV
ictoria Yo
un
g, Dio
nn
e H
oskin
s-Bro
wn
, Pau
linu
s Ch
igbu
, Maggie
Sexton
, De
idre
Gib
son
, Ro
sem
ary Jagus,
Elizabe
th B
abco
ck, Jessica M
iller, Stacy L. Sm
ithan
d B
radley Steve
ns
Go
als of th
e LM
RC
SCEd
ucatio
n G
oal 1
: Prep
are the
futu
re w
orkfo
rce fo
r marin
e an
d
fishe
ries sciences
Edu
cation
Go
al 2: Stren
gthen
collab
oratio
ns acro
ss un
iversities to
en
han
ce acad
em
ic pro
grams
in m
arine
and
fishe
ries sciences
Re
search
Go
al 3: D
evelop
an exem
plary cap
acity for scie
ntific
collab
oratio
ns am
on
g partn
er institu
tion
s in th
e fields o
f marin
e
and
fishe
ries sciences
Ad
min
istration
Go
al 4. O
rganizatio
nal excellen
ce for effective an
d
efficient m
anage
me
nt
of th
e p
rogram
s and
activities of th
e C
enter
Ad
min
istration
Go
al 5. Effectively co
mm
un
icateth
e activities and
acco
mp
lishm
ents o
f the
Cen
ter
Ad
min
istration
Go
al 6. A
ssess an
d evalu
ate th
e Cen
ter’s goals an
d
ob
jectives
Pro
fessio
nal D
evelo
pm
en
tR
EU in
Marin
e Estuarin
e Sciences P
rogram
and
in
terns in
the R
SETP at U
MES p
articipate in
a join
t p
rogram
that in
clud
es ind
ividu
al research p
rojects.
The p
rogram
emp
loys a p
eer-led w
riting w
orksh
op
th
at utilizes b
est practices fo
r peer review
and
p
repares stu
den
ts for p
rofessio
nal w
riting.
The IM
ET Sum
mer In
ternsh
ip P
rogram
pro
vides
stud
ents w
ith in
divid
ual research
pro
jects, trainin
g in
science co
mm
un
ication
/visualizatio
n an
d exp
osu
re to
pitch
ing id
eas for start-u
p en
viron
men
tal co
mp
anies. Stu
den
ts are eligible to
receive 3 cred
its at th
eir ho
me in
stitutio
n.
Ab
ove
: 2018 SSU R
EU C
oh
ort w
ith D
r. Ch
rist Hin
tz at Tybee
Islan
d, G
A p
ho
to cred
it: T. Cox
Belo
w: 2018 IM
ET sum
me
r intern
s with
Dr. R
osem
ary Jagus
ph
oto
credit: R
. Jagus
Ab
ove
: 2018 SSU C
oast C
amp
collectin
g marsh
data Savan
nah
, GA
p
ho
to cred
it: E. Weigel
Belo
w: 2018 G
eoscien
ce Brid
ge Pro
gram p
articipan
ts particip
ate in
a cano
e trip o
n Po
com
oke R
iver.
Structu
re•
5-d
ay wo
rksho
p
focu
sed o
n fo
ur
core co
mp
etencies
in N
OA
A Fish
eries Scien
ce
•Stu
de
nts en
gaged
in ½
day an
d fu
ll d
ay imm
ersion
exp
erien
ces led b
y facu
lty and
NO
AA
scien
tists
•P
rofessio
nal
develo
pm
ent
wo
rksho
ps are
given th
rou
gh th
e co
ho
rt expe
rience
Evaluatio
n o
f the
Wo
rksho
p•
19
gradu
ate stud
en
ts from
7 p
artne
r in
stitutio
ns (M
arch 2
01
8 w
orksh
op
)•
15
stud
en
ts com
pleted
a survey at th
e en
d o
f the w
orksh
op
•
Stud
ents rep
resented
6 o
f the 7
in
stitutio
nal p
artners
•6
stud
en
ts are pu
rsuin
g MS d
egree
s, an
d 9
are Ph
D stu
de
nts
Two
clusters o
f wo
rksho
p m
od
ules em
erged as
statistically significan
t value p
oin
ts for stu
den
t p
articipan
ts (based
on
Ch
i-sq
uare extractio
ns at
a p ≤ .0
5 level).
Develo
pin
g relation
ship
s betw
een an
d am
on
g o
ther stu
den
ts, faculty, an
d N
OA
A scien
tists was
a significan
t experien
ce in stu
den
t scorin
g.
Ob
tainin
g career path
way in
form
ation
, in
terviewin
g skills, and
enh
anced
kno
wled
ge of
career op
po
rtun
ities was a sign
ificant exp
erience
in stu
den
t scorin
g.
NO
AA
Living M
arine
Re
sou
rces C
oo
pe
rative Scie
nce
C
en
ter
2018 UM
ES REU
intern
s seinin
g in th
e Marylan
d C
oastal B
ays. P
ho
to C
redit: M
. Sexton
NO
AA
LMR
CSC
Co
ho
rt Experien
ce for G
radu
ate Stud
ents, 2018. p
ho
to cred
it: M. Sexto
n
The NOAA LMRCSC and its Multifaceted Approaches to Facilitate Student Development and Diversity in the Marine Sciences
Victoria Young1, Dionne Hoskins-Brown1, Paulinus Chigbu2, Maggie Sexton2, Deidre Gibson3, Rosemary Jagus4, Elizabeth Babcock5, Jessica Miller6, Stacy L. Smith7 and Bradley Stevens 2 1
Savannah State University, 2University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 3Hampton University, 4University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science-IMET, 5University of Miami-RSMAS, 6Oregon State University, 7Delaware State University
The number of graduate and undergraduate students, particularly underrepresented minority (URM) groups, choosing careers in ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences remains very low compared to the other scientific disciplines. The NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) recruits, trains, and retains students, particularly those who are underrepresented in marine and fisheries science disciplines, by delivering content, instruction, and experiences that provide students with career-ready skills. Faculty and staff in the LMRCSC leverage several approaches and programs to meet these objectives. A cohort workshop was developed to enhance students’ literacy in NOAA Fisheries related disciplines, increase their knowledge of NOAA mission science and the LMRCSC goals and objectives, and build systems-awareness for each student cohort across the LMRCSC institutions. The workshop content focused on socio-economics, ecosystem science, stock assessments, and aquaculture. Instructors for each short course module included NOAA scientists and LMRCSC faculty. Nineteen students (M.S. and Ph.D.) who participated in the 2018 workshop indicated strong perceptions that the workshop met its goals (p≤ .05). Faculty and staff working in the NOAA LMRCSC have wide-ranging experience in STEM education as mentors and program directors in a variety of programs, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at multiple partner sites, LMRCSC-funded Rising Sophomore Experiential Training Program (RSETP), IMET's Summer Undergraduate Program, Geoscience Bridge programs and, summer camp programs for K-12 students. The interns in the REU in Marine Estuarine Sciences Program and interns in the RSETP at UMES participate in a joint program that includes individual research projects. The program employs a peer-led writing workshop that utilizes best practices for peer review and prepares students for professional writing through the process of guiding them to produce posters, oral presentations, and manuscripts about their research. The IMET Summer Internship Program provides students with individual research projects, training in science communication/visualization and exposure to pitching ideas for start-up environmental companies. The Geosciences Bridge Program trains rising freshmen in various areas of geosciences and strengthen their math skills. The marine science summer camp was begun in 2007 to serve as a pipeline for students to pursue STEM education and careers at the NOAA LMRCSC. Curriculum focus for the marine science program includes the ocean literacy principles in addition to the state science standards. The summer camp incorporates best practices used in the NOAA LMRCSC cohort experience and REU programs to engage K-12 students in experiencing science. Throughout these undergraduate and K-12 programs, graduate students are involved as mentors and instructors, thus providing supervised mentorship and teaching experience. These multi-tiered approaches engage small cohorts and broad assemblages of students at different levels of the academic development, incorporate NOAA and academic mentors and culminate by reinforcing competencies that will assist students in any STEM field.
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