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Session Proposal: Creating and Strengthening Transformative University and Community College Connections (AGU25)

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Creating and Strengthening Transformative University and Community College Connections

Session ID#: 252450

Session Description:
Community colleges often provide the first higher education experience for students; many of whom transfer to universities. The objective of this session is to create a space for community college and university attendees to connect and share strategies for supporting the unique populations served within the community college-university transfer process. We are interested in research questions that address how to best cultivate a sense of belonging and encourage persistence within STEM, for example: (1) How can we strengthen the community college/university pipeline? (2) What are strategies to bridge educational gaps for lower division students, for example in foundational mathematics? (3) What are techniques for supporting students who had online education during formative social and academic years? (4) Are you completing research with community college and/or transfer students (e.g. CURE’s, ITYC)? (5) How can we use programmatic strategies to support these students (e.g. mentorship, campus visits, experiential learning, faculty professional development)?
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener:  Tess S Weathers, Chabot Community College, Division of Science and Mathematics, Hayward, United States; Cal Poly Humboldt, School of Engineering, Arcata, United States
Conveners:  Cristina Cardona, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Sonya R Lopez, Chabot Community College, Division of Science and Mathematics, Hayward, United States and Karen Menge, Delgado Community College, Arabi, LA, UNITED STATES
 
From Uncertainty to Preparedness: Leveraging Outreach to Strengthen the 2YC to University Pipeline (Invited) (1855872)
Nicole K Murray, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States and Bridget Reed, University of Washington, Department of Biology, Seattle, United States
 
Engaging community college students in field experiences with 4-year partners. (1892970)
Cristina Cardona, Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States
 
Engaging non-Earth Science students through a field-based Volcanoes and Ice Summer Program (VISP) in the Chilean Lake District of central Chile (1894455)
Pablo Moreno-Yaeger1, Ivo Fustos-Toribio2, Brad S Singer3, Benjamin R Edwards4, Matias Romero3, Yasmeen Orellana-Salazar5, Chelsea Volpano6, Franco Vera7, Lalo Guerrero8, Amy Myrbo9 and Shaun A Marcott3, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Universidad de La Frontera, Department of Civil Engineering, Temuco, Chile, (3)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, United States, (4)Dickinson College, Department of Geosciences, Carlisle, PA, United States, (5)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, United States, (6)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States, (7)SERNAGEOMIN National Geology and Mining Service, Geology and Hazards of Volcanic Systems, Santiago, Chile, (8)DOGAMI, Portland, United States, (9)Amiable Consulting, Box 18654, Minneapolis, United States
 
Improving STEM Transfer Student Success through Leadership Development: Early Results from an NSF S-STEM Project (1911902)
Reed Perkins1, Joanna Weremijewicz1,2, Margaret J. Gill3 and Michael T. Stefanik3, (1)North Central College, Environmental Studies Program, Naperville, United States, (2)North Central College, Department of Biology, Naperville, United States, (3)North Central College, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Naperville, United States
 
ARISE: Bringing the Search for Life in the Universe to Undergraduate Science Education (1928795)
Joel Earwicker and Vishal Gajjar, SETI Institute, Mountain View, United States
 
Co-Collaboration Between Community College and University Students in Research at Sea Yields Mutual Benefits (1938225)
Tess S Weathers, Cal Poly Humboldt, School of Engineering, Arcata, United States; Chabot Community College, Division of Science and Mathematics, Hayward, United States, Jessica Aquino, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, United States, Trinity Barrueta, Elmhurst University, Biology, Elmhurst, United States, Madison Braswell, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, United States, Mark Dragovich, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, Sarina Gautier, San Diego City College, San Diego, United States, Bishesh Shah, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States, Fae Lorenzo, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, United States, Kaylee Ly, Mission College, San Jose, United States, Jennifer Valenzuela, Organization Not Listed, San Jose, United States, Rip Pacier, Fullerton College, Fullerton, United States, Victoria Vilton, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States and Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, U.S. Science Support Program, Palisades, United States
 
Preparing Community College Students for STEM Careers through Multiple Opportunities for Research Experiences in Ocean Sciences and Engineering at WHOI (1952305)
Julie A Huber1, Margrethe Serres1,2, Kama Thieler3, Bridget Burger2,4, Margaret K Tivey3 and Diane L Foster3, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, United States, (2)Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (4)Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
 
A field-based Volcanoes and Ice Summer Program (VISP) in the central Oregon Cascades to engage community college students (1972731)
Chelsea Volpano1, Pablo Moreno-Yaeger2, Lalo Guerrero3, Amy Myrbo4, Christina Friedle5, Benjamin R Edwards6, Brad S Singer2, Meredith Townsend7 and Shaun A Marcott2, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, United States, (3)DOGAMI, Portland, United States, (4)Amiable Consulting, Box 18654, Minneapolis, United States, (5)Portland Community College, Geography / GIS, Portland, United States, (6)Dickinson College, Department of Geosciences, Carlisle, PA, United States, (7)Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, United States
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