A place-based, oceanography summer bridge course as part of an academic and curricular pathway from 2YCs to a 4YC for Native Hawaiian and other underrepresented students in the geosciences

Michael Guidry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Global Environmental Science Program, Honolulu, HI, United States, Rosie Alegado, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, Margaret Anne McManus, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Alma CAROLINA Castillo-Trujillo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Haunani H Kane, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Honolulu, United States, Mariko Hatta, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, United States, Victoria Sindorf, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Kimberley Kanani Mayfield, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Maxime Grand, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States
Abstract:
The Oceanography Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) is part of an ongoing multi-institutional, five-year NSF TCUP-PAGE award. The ultimate goal of the award is to increase the number of underrepresented students that obtain an undergraduate geoscience degree. To do this, the participating institutions are developing a multi-faceted, place-based geoscience curricular pathway for Native Hawaiians and other underrepresented minorities from the University of Hawaii’s 2YCs to 4YC geoscience programs. UHM’s Oceanography Department has twice hosted (2018 and 2019) a six-week, residential oceanography summer bridge course as one component of this curricular pathway. We will review the results and progress to date in developing a successful and sustainable place-based oceanography summer bridge program along with the adjustments we will make to improve the program for the upcoming summer.
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