HR: 08:45h
AN: ED21D-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) Initiative's Professional Development Program
AU: * Pyrtle, A J
EM: apyrtle@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida College of Marine Science, USF CMS 140 Seventh Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Williamson, V A
EM: vivian.williamson@sbcglobal.net
AF: University of South Florida College of Marine Science, USF CMS 140 Seventh Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Williamson, V A
EM: vivian.williamson@sbcglobal.net
AF: University of Saint Thomas School of Education, 6666 Chetwood Dr. 277, Houston, TX 77081 United States
AU: Powell, J M
EM: jpowell@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida College of Marine Science, USF CMS 140 Seventh Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Powell, J M
EM: jpowell@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida Instructional Technology Program, USF CMS 140 Seventh Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Lodge, A
EM: alodge@seas.marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida College of Marine Science, USF CMS 140 Seventh Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Griess, C A
EM: cgriess@admin.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida Media Innovation Team @The C21TE, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SVC 1088, Tampa, FL 33620 United States
AU: Hutcherson, M L
EM: myrnh@sbcglobal.net
AF: University of New Orleans Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 917 Dante Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 United States
AB: The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) 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 a goal of providing professional development experiences and mentoring opportunities that facilitate the advancement of minorities committed to achieving outstanding Earth system science careers. The 2003 MS PHD'S in Ocean Sciences Program facilitated activities that supported meaningful engagement of 25 student participants at the final Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Open Science Meeting, entitled 'A Sea of Change: JGOFS Accomplishments and the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry.' During the 2004 AGU fall meeting, the MS PHD'S initiative will undertake Phase I of its newest endeavor, entitled the MS PHD'S Professional Development Program (MS PHD'S PDP). Phase I includes student participant and mentor orientations, initial mentor-mentee partners' interactions, networking, professional development, broad Earth system science and engineering exposure, a tour of NASA Ames Research Center facilities tour and MS PHD'S community building activities. In 2005, Phase II will enable student participants to student receive additional Earth system science and engineering exposure, mentor-mentee interaction and networking at one of five MS PHD'S professional society partners' meetings. Each MS PHD'S PDP participant will attend the meeting that most closely aligns with his or her specific academic interests. The third and final phase of the MS PHD'S PDP will be hosted by The National Academies' Ocean Studies Board in Washington, D.C. During Phase III participants will engage in brownbag discussions, government agency visits, and dialogues with professional society and foundation representatives. In addition to these Phase III activities, while in Washington, D.C. students will receive \$1,000.00 scholarships, tour of NASA Ames Goddard Space Flight Center facilities and participate in an Ecological Society of America-organized urban watershed field trip of the surrounding area. Students who successfully complete all three phases of the MS PHD'S PDP will be better prepared to achieve their academic and professional goals. As a result of mentor-mentee partnerships, science exposure, and networking activities, these individuals will likely remain actively engaged in their fields of specialization and respective professional societies.
UR: http://www.msphds.usf.edu/
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting