CHEMISTRY BEGINNINGS … OSI’S HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT APPROACH MISSION: OSI assists in raising LSU’s standing among its peers, and enhances the diversity of the student body (particularly at the graduate level) and the faculty (particularly in STEM). Multi-faceted Training Model ▪ Recruitment of ▪ Strong academic motivated students support system ▪ Cohort-based ▪ Community service ▪ Holistic mentoring and outreach ▪ Early exposure into ▪ Counseling/Advising at critical junctures Laursen, Sandra L., and Timothy J. Weston. "Trends in Ph. D. Productivity and Diversity in Top-50 US research Chemistry Departments: An Institutional Analysis." Journal of Chemical Education 91.11 (2014): 1762-1776. HHMI PROFESSORS PROGRAM LA-STEM PROGRAM BRIDGE TO THE DOCTORATE High Potential Undergraduate Scholars High Achieving Undergraduate Scholars Underrepresented Graduate Fellows The HHMI Professors Program at LSU began in 2002 and combines The Louisiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (LA- The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Bridge to the undergraduate research with mentoring and learning strategies. The goal is STEM) Research Scholars Program focuses on bringing together students Doctorate at LSU has hosted 7 cohorts of underrepresented LSAMP Fellow to develop a new model for undergraduate training that creates a with diverse backgrounds and experiences with a primary emphasis of since 2005 (with aa 8th cohort beginning Fall 2017). motivating atmosphere, which promotes academic success in STEM, developing leaders who go on to pursue doctoral degrees in STEM. Programmatic Elements ultimately increasing the number and diversity of students going on to terminal degrees in these fields. Programmatic Elements • Eligibility: BS Degree from • Service learning and community LSAMP Institution involvement In 2007, the LSU HHMI Professors Program began recruiting Baton Rouge • Selection Weekend Success Courses • $32,000 per year, plus tuition, for Monthly Meetings Community College (BRCC) students. Students engage with LSU HHMI • Full Summer Bridge Program • Metacognition the first two years of graduate • Metacognition undergraduates and research for at least two years before transferring to • Financial award up to $12,500/yr • Time management and study • Time management and LSU to complete the BS degree. • Admission into LSU Honors organization • Support for research supplies and organization Programmatic Elements College • Interdisciplinary learning travel • Professional & leadership skills • Undergraduate research • Refined problem-solving skills • Individual Development Plans • Communication skills • Individual Development Plans • Professional & leadership skills • Eligibility: undergraduate GPA • Hierarchical Mentoring • Service learning and community • Communication skills Program Demographics and Outcomes range of 2.5 and higher, but high • Individual Development Plans involvement • Graduate school preparation • 99 Fellows served since 2005 credentials, • Service learning and community • 88% African American, 7% • Stipend of $3,600 per year involvement Program Demographics and Outcomes Hispanic, 2% American Indian; • Undergraduate research • Success Courses (see LA-STEM) 61% Women ▪ 249 Scholars served • 32 PhD, 15 MA/MS degrees Program Demographics and Outcomes since 2003 • 11 PhD Candidates; 12 PhD ▪ 135 Scholars served ▪ 53% women Students ▪ 50% women ▪ 90% 6-year • 5 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships ▪ 78% 6-year graduation graduation rate in • 2 NASA Harriet G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowships rate in STEM STEM Institutions Represented ▪ 1/3 finished with >3.0 GPA ▪ 158 Graduates • 43% graduated with a min. 3.7 cum G.P.A. • Bowling Green State University • Rutgers State University - Newark ▪ 10% graduated as LA- • Chicago State University Southern University and A&M STEM Research Scholars • 75% have completed or are pursuing post-baccalaureate programs • Clark Atlanta University College • 20 PhDs earned • Clarkson University • Southern University New Orleans • DePaul University • Spelman College Dr. Alicia Guidry Select Honors & Awards • HHMI Gilliam Fellow • Dillard University • Texas Southern University Community College Program PhD, Biomedical and • 8 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars • 19 NSF GRFP Fellows • Florida A&M University • University of Florida Health Informatics, • Gates Cambridge Scholar - [1st for • 2 Fulbright Scholars • Florida International University • University of Houston-Downtown • 35 participants University of • Grambling State University Campus LSU] • 16 LSU Tiger Twelve Honorees • Howard University • University of Louisiana at • 66% transferred to LSU or other 4- Washington – Seattle Campus, 2013 • Harry S. Truman Scholar • 14 University Medalists (4.0 GPA) • Jackson State University Lafayette year institution BS, Computer Science, • 2 Morris K. Udall Scholars [1st & 2nd • 32 College Honors Theses • Louisiana State University • University of Mississippi • 60% graduated with BS in STEM Louisiana State for LSU] • 68 Latin Honors • McNeese State University • University of Tennessee University, 2007 • Mississippi State University • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Program Evaluation • Mississippi Valley State University State University Honors & Awards • Morehouse College • Whittier College • Higher levels of research interest, research confidence, and identity as a • North Carolina A&T State • Williams College • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Amgen Fellow scientist (as compared to Meyerhoff scholars and UMBC and LSU University • Winston Salem State University Gilliam Fellow • Exxon Mobil Diversity in comparison groups) • Oklahoma State University • Xavier University of Louisiana • 2 Chancellor’s Freshmen Engineering Scholar • Higher sense of community with one’s cohort compared to LSU Campus Impact Leadership Awards • 2 Summa Cum Laude Graduates comparison students (did not differ from that reported from Meyerhoff • 2 Huel D. Perkins Leadership with 3.895-4.0 cum GPA • The number of graduate students from underrepresented groups in LSU scholars) Ph.D. STEM disciplines in 2013 was 122. Before the establishment of Awards • 3 Magna Cum Laude Graduates • Proceed to PhD programs at a substantially greater rate than the • American Chemical Society with 3.795-3.89 cum GPA OSI, LSU had 40. Meyerhoff comparison group (similar to Meyerhoff scholars given the • OSI has facilitated the LSU Chemistry Department maintaining the top Scholar • 1 Cum Laude Graduate with 3.695- longer history of Meyerhoff program) • National Cancer Institute T32 3.79 cum GPA ranking of African-American Ph.D. enrollments and graduates in the Training Grant Recipient • LSU Tiger Twelve Honorees External Evaluation with Quantitative and Qualitative findings conducted by Kenneth nation. Laursen, Sandra L., and Timothy J. Weston. "Trends in Ph. D. Productivity Maton, Dave Marcotte, Mariano Sto. Domino, Kathleen Stolle-McAllister (UMBC) Sept • Adelaide Wilson Doctoral Fellow • LSU Distinguished Communicators and Diversity in Top-50 US Chemistry Departments: An Institutional Analysis." Journal 2013. Evaluated 6 cohorts entering LA-STEM in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, & 2009. of Chemical Education 91.11 (2014): 1762-1776. • Feb 2015; 24 Participants (64% women; 42% LUMNI ONNECT underrepresented) OSI PROGRAMS LSU STEM A C • Poster presentations: 1st -3rd year graduate students Building the Pipeline … from Scholars to Faculty • Oral presentations: 4th year - post-doctoral fellows • Lunches, Networking Reception & Dinner with administrators, faculty, staff, and LSU students Graduate Programs Represented • Columbia University Gainesville • Cornell University • University of Illinois, Urbana- • Duke University Champaign • Georgia Institute of • University of Iowa Technology • University of Michigan, Ann • Massachusetts Institute of Arbor Technology • University of North Carolina Active Programs Undergraduates (REU) and Research • Mount Sinai School of at Chapel Hill LSU Upward Bound at Tara High School Experience for Teachers, Smart Polymer Medicine • University of Tennessee, (TRiO, Department of Education) Composite Materials and Structures, Bridge to • Purdue University Knoxville the Doctorate Activity • Rice University • University of Texas/M.D. LSU / Baton Rouge Community College (National Science Foundation) • Rochester University Anderson Cancer Center Bridges to the Baccalaureate • Texas A & M University • University of Washington (National Institutes of Health) • The Ohio State University • University of Wisconsin- Legacy Programs • Tulane University Madison Louisiana-STEM, Scholarships in STEM, Louis HHMI Professors Program • University of Alabama • Vanderbilt University School Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) • University of California, Davis of Medicine Center for Innovative Materials and & Irvine • Wake Forest University Manufacturing Research Experience for Louisiana STEM Research Scholars Program • University of Florida at • Washington University Office of Strategic Initiatives, 213 Hatcher Hall Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 [email protected] -- http://osi.lsu.edu/ -- @lsuosi June 2017.