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NIH-BRIDGES / USDA-BRIDGES / GIS / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE /EDRDAS PROGRAMSVIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY - NIH BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE SUMMER PRGORAMThe BRIDGES to the Baccalaureate is a three-year project (2001-2004) funded by the National Institute of Health at Virginia State University (VSU). Through this program, Minority students from the community colleges and two-year institutions in Southside Virginia are provided support for their seamless transition into four-year institutions. This project is conducted under the leadership of Dr. Shobha Sriharan, Associate Professor of Environmental Science. The students are provided hands-on research experiences in biomedical and behavioral sciences in VSU's research laboratories. The participating community colleges in the BRIDGES to Baccalaureate project are: J. Sergeant Reynold Community College , Southside Virginia Community College-Keysville, Southside Virginia Community College-Alberta, Germanna Community College, John Tyler Community College and Richard Bland College (2-year institution). VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY - USDA GIS PROGRAMVSU plans to strengthen its ongoing partnership which is developed as a result of the ongoing USDA Teaching project on GIS, “Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Technologies for Improving Teaching Agriscience, Environmental and Natural Sciences,” with 1890 Institutions (Delaware State University-DSU, Southern University-SU, and Tennessee State University-TSU; HBCUs (Elizabeth State University -ECSU and Jackson State University -JSU), Virginia Community Colleges (Southside Virginia Community College-Keysville and Alberta, and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community). The activities will focus on curriculum development, faculty enhancement, undergraduate student training in GIS, and precollege awareness of GIS technology. The outcomes of this project will be offering of undergraduate courses: Precision Agriculture, Advanced GIS and Remote Sending for Mapping at VSU and partner 1890 Institutions and HBCUs, and Introduction to GIS at Virginia Community College partners, and pipeline of minority students with skills in GIS. Remote Sensing Workshop at ECSU, November, 2005
VIRGIN USDA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAMThe main goal of this grant application is to increase the transfer of minority community college students from South-Central regions of Virginia and recruitment of high school students into Virginia State University’s agricultural sciences programs by offering an intensive six-weeks course, "Introduction to Environmental Science (AGRI-150). In addition, the students have hands-on research experiences in agricultural sciences in VSU’s Agricultural Research Station laboratories. To complement these activities, high school science teachers will be selected for the continuing education. To prepare a pipeline of qualified minority youth in the field of agricultural and food systems, and environmental management at USDA Agency, the proposal will develop courses which will lead to the offering of Concentration in Environmental Science (ES), through its Department of Agriculture and Human Ecology. The students and teachers will be provided opportunities to work as student-teacher teams to understand the applications of the environmental science education. All the participants will be exposed to field-related activities through field trips to USDA-ARS Laboratories and Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences for awareness of career opportunities to qualified minority youth. The school teachers will be provided opportunities to discuss the current Standards of Learning through special session with curricula experts. The project will strengthens VSU’s partnerships with the community colleges (through student transfer) and high schools in South-Central Virginia (through recruitment into VSU’s ES course). The ongoing collaborative efforts on integration of Geographic Information System education in sciences, will be further increased with the USDA-ARS Collaborators, USDA-ARS Laboratory on Remote Sensing and GIS Data Analyst, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and US Geological Survey staff, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Virginia State University USDA ERDA PROGRAMThe Phase I EARDA project enabled Virginia State University (VSU) to establish the Office of Sponsored Research in Health-Related Sciences (OSRHRS) under the direction of a trained Extramural Associate, Dr. Shobha Sriharan and develop preliminary sponsored research activities. The investment made through Phase II EARDA is crucial for the establishment and implementation of biomedical and behavioral research and research training programs for VSU's minority faculty and students. The main goal of this Phase II EARDA proposal is to continue to strengthen the activities initiated during the Phase I EARDA project for enhancing the research capacity of Virginia State University (VSU), a Historically Black College and University, so that VSU has an effective Office of Sponsored Research. The infrastructure developed during the Phase I EARDA will be strengthened through the proposed project under the direction of the project director, Dr. Shobha Sriharan, an Extramural Associate (EA) who served as the director of the Phase I EARDA project. For More Information Contact: |
