Building An On-Ramp To The Research Pathway

Building An On-Ramp To The Research Pathway

Hrant P. Hratchian Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of California, Merced

H. P. HratchianSupporting Diversity and Excellence in at UC Merced

Broadening Participation in Research Pathways• Early student engagement

with the university and early student awareness of the research community will broaden participation in research pathways.


• Early student engagement with the university and early student awareness of the research community will broaden participation in research pathways.

• Two projects – NSF funded project on

improving the undergraduate chemistry experience

OUTCOMES ANTICIPATED

FROM BRIDGING THE GAP

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INCREASED CAREER

AWARENESS

IMPROVED STUDENT &

INSTRUCTOR MOTIVATION

CHEM CENTER RESOURCES

LAB REDESIGN

VIDEO SUPPLEMENTS(AIM 1) (AIM 2)

Green Chemistry

Peer-Led Interactions

Active Learning

(AIM 3)

REDUCED IMPOSTER SYNDROME

GREATER LEARNING

AND PERSISTENCE


• Early student engagement with the university and early student awareness of the research community will broaden participation in research pathways.

• Two projects – NSF funded project on

improving the undergraduate chemistry experience

– Spark seminar introducing the research university

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SPARK 001 – 45 What is a Research University?

Fall 2021 Instructor: Prof. Hrant P. Hratchian Office: ACS 223 E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30-4:20 pm and by appointment. In-Person and Zoom (link). Class Meeting Times: Monday and Wednesday; 1:30 – 3:20 pm; CLSSRM 262. Final Exam: Saturday, December 11, 2021; 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. Course Description: What is a "Research University"? Former UC President Clark Kerr once wrote that the American research university is "... a series of individual entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance about parking." In a way that’s true, but there must be more to it! This Spark seminar will explore the role research universities have played in education, scholarship, and service. The course will specifically study UC Merced's unique and young history as the first new American research university of the 21st century and aim to understand what that moniker truly means. What are its promises? What are its responsibilities? Students will engage in a discourse exploring these questions as a research problem seeking to propose how UC Merced should develop so as to distinguish the 21st century research university from its 20th century ancestor. What should we expect of UC Merced in the next decade and what will it take to get there? Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. develop questions that will help articulate challenges facing the modern American research university by participating in course readings, panel presentations, and related class discussions;

2. demonstrate an understanding of the role and necessity of the tensions that exist between competing interests and missions of the American research university;

3. demonstrate an appreciation for the opportunities and challenges the American research university has as a driver of knowledge discovery, engine for social mobility, and force for community engagement;

4. demonstrate an understanding of the University’s commitment to diversity, in all forms, and the role such a commitment serves in enhancing the University mission; and

5. demonstrate an understanding of the University’s contributions to the public good by examining and describing the role of the University as an engine of progress and community partner.

Required Text and Materials: There are no required textbooks for this course. Reading assignments will be announced and provided on the courses CatCourses site. Class Expectations: Class meetings are designed to clarify, illustrate, and expand material presented in reading and other out-of-class assignments. It is assumed that you have completed assigned readings and other activities prior to each lecture session. You will be responsible for

SPARK 001 – 45 What is a Research University?

Fall 2021 Instructor: Prof. Hrant P. Hratchian Office: ACS 223 E-mail: [email protected] Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30-4:20 pm and by appointment. In-Person and Zoom (link). Class Meeting Times: Monday and Wednesday; 1:30 – 3:20 pm; CLSSRM 262. Final Exam: Saturday, December 11, 2021; 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. Course Description: What is a "Research University"? Former UC President Clark Kerr once wrote that the American research university is "... a series of individual entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance about parking." In a way that’s true, but there must be more to it! This Spark seminar will explore the role research universities have played in education, scholarship, and service. The course will specifically study UC Merced's unique and young history as the first new American research university of the 21st century and aim to understand what that moniker truly means. What are its promises? What are its responsibilities? Students will engage in a discourse exploring these questions as a research problem seeking to propose how UC Merced should develop so as to distinguish the 21st century research university from its 20th century ancestor. What should we expect of UC Merced in the next decade and what will it take to get there? Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. develop questions that will help articulate challenges facing the modern American research university by participating in course readings, panel presentations, and related class discussions;

2. demonstrate an understanding of the role and necessity of the tensions that exist between competing interests and missions of the American research university;

3. demonstrate an appreciation for the opportunities and challenges the American research university has as a driver of knowledge discovery, engine for social mobility, and force for community engagement;

4. demonstrate an understanding of the University’s commitment to diversity, in all forms, and the role such a commitment serves in enhancing the University mission; and

5. demonstrate an understanding of the University’s contributions to the public good by examining and describing the role of the University as an engine of progress and community partner.

Required Text and Materials: There are no required textbooks for this course. Reading assignments will be announced and provided on the courses CatCourses site. Class Expectations: Class meetings are designed to clarify, illustrate, and expand material presented in reading and other out-of-class assignments. It is assumed that you have completed assigned readings and other activities prior to each lecture session. You will be responsible for


Opportunity and Resource Ecosystem

• Faculty Led Research • UROC & SURI • REUs • Research Centers

• Living/Learning Communities

• Career Services • Leadership Center • Student Success Centers


Practical Course Objectives

• Offer an enhanced orientation experience

• Exercise writing skills

• Practice disagreeing without being disagreeable

• Breakdown barriers between students and the institution

• Contextualize their place in the University


Outcomes and Outlook• “I loved the topic overall, it helped me learn way more

about universities as a whole.”




• “Coming into this course I didn’t know what to expect, but I have learned a lot more about what it means to be attending a research university.”




• “Coming into this course I didn’t know what to expect, but I have learned a lot more about what it means to be attending a research university.”

• “I will be honest…this was the only course that would fit my schedule. At first I had the mindset that it would be boring and that I wouldn’t have fun. I was completely wrong. … Throughout the course I was never disappointed or bored because everything helps me learn something new.”


Alumni Experience• Dr. Jordan Galloway

– Ph.D., Class of 2020– NSF-GRFP– GEM Fellow– Postdoc at Sandia N.L.– Booz | Allen | Hamilton

• Dr. Ana Arteaga – B.S., Class of 2015– Ph.D. from Oregon State U– GEM Fellow– Linus Pauling Fellow, PNNL

Building An On-Ramp To The Research Pathway

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