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TI: Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science Initiative
AU: * Pyrtle, A J
EM: apyrtle@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida College of Marine Science, 140 Seventh Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Williamson, V A
EM: vivian.williamson@sbcglobal.net
AF: University of St. Thomas, 6666 Chetwood Drive #277, Houston, TX 77081 United States
AB: The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success (MS PHD'S) in Earth System Science Initiative was developed by and for underrepresented minorities, with the overall purpose of facilitating our increased participation in Earth system science. The initiative was established with the goals of providing professional development experiences and mentoring opportunities that facilitate the advancement of minorities committed to achieving outstanding Earth system science careers. The MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Initiative sponsors activities that provide minorities with increased exposure to the Earth system science community, via participation in scientific conferences, mentoring relationships, and virtual community activities. The 2003 MS PHD'S in Ocean Sciences Program, which was sponsored by the MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Initiative and the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Program, facilitated activities that supported meaningful engagement of 25 underrepresented minority students at the final JGOFS Open Science Meeting, entitled A Sea of Change: JGOFS Accomplishments and the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry. Future MS PHD'S sponsored activities will facilitate the engagement of program participants at American Geophyical Union and other professional society meetings.
UR: http://msphds.marine.usf.edu/
DE: 4299 General or miscellaneous
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 6630 Workforce
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting