Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:1. University of Guam undergraduate students 2. Graduate students of MS programin Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Natural Sciences at University of Guam Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We offered undergraduate employment positions in agriculture research, experiential learning programs, workshop to develop leadership skills, and organized the symposium for student's oral presentation. One-on-one mentoring of a student with faculty member was developed to improve student's skill to conduct research projects and presentation of extension publications such as posters.Studentparticipants attended local professional conferences and on-campus or international agricultural experiential internship programs.Weoffered part-time undergraduate and post-graduate employment positions in agriculture research. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results of student activities were presented at a Symposium locallyduring April 8-12, 2019.Student accomplishments were presented as technical reports and factsheets of research findings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1:Increase opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct agricultural research projects. We recruited three undergraduate students as part-time Research Assistants I to conduct research projects in agriculture sciences.We also purchased supplies for students to conduct research/capstone projects. We offered a stipend to undergraduate student who registered Special Project to conduct research to support expenditure of the project in September 2021. Objective 2: Increase opportunities for students to participate in experiential learning internship program. We offered two experiential learning opportunities to undergraduate students in 2019: (1)the insular Land-Grant institutions consortium, CariPac Internship program at the University of Guam; and (2) the off-island agriculture internship program at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan. The CariPac Summer Internship program was conducted from July 6-20, 2019.One student from the University of the Virgin Islands and one student from American Samoa Community College participated.Additionally, four students from the Agriculture and Life Science Program at UOG participated either as an assistant to the program coordinator and presenters in field activities, culture tours, dining activities or as a student participant of a field trip in the 2-week program.PI was the coordinator of the program.The "Certificate of Completion of the 2019 CariPac Summer program" was presented to two off-island students on July 19, 2019, after their PPT presentations. The second internship program was an international experiential learning program with collaboration of University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa.Five UOG students participated in this internship program during March 24-30, 2019.Objectives of this program were: (1) to learn sustainable agricultural practices in Okinawa islands; (2) to compare island agriculture/marketing system between Guam and Okinawa; and (3) to study agritourism in Okinawa.PI offered this program as AL494: Special Study (1 credit) course to students.Prior to the tour, we reviewed the geography, history, language, and agriculture of Okinawa at weekly meetings.Dr. Kawamoto of the University of the Ryukyus supported the program.Expected student learning outcomes of this activity included: (a) being able to describe sustainable agriculture practices in Okinawa; (b) comparing Guam and Okinawa's agriculture system; and (c) to describe the status of agritourism in Okinawa. The program enhanced students' understanding of food and agricultural, social and economic studies from two different islands.Students submitted a trip report to summarize their findings of the travel. Objective 3: Increase opportunities for Pacific Islanders to pursue advanced degrees in a new MS degree program of Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at UOG. We offered stipends to support graduate students in MS program in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (SAFNR).Three students received stipends to compensate for their course work expense, one in Spring semester 2019 and two in Fall 2019.Additionally, one student received stipend to cover the cost to attendthe 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting during Nov. 10-13, 2019,and another student received cost of conducting research for her thesis during summer 2019. During 2020, the project supported two graduate students in MS progamin Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (SAFNR).One student received a stipend in Spring semester 2020 and the other in Fall semester 2020.The financial assistance will benefit students to maintain and advance their graduate study. Objective 4: Develop studentwritten and oral communication skills in research and experiential learning program. To develop written and oral communication skills, we encourage students to present written and oral reports at workshops and conferences.Five student participants of Okinawa trip submitted trip reports describing their experiences.To provide students oral presentation opportunities, we organized the "Special Symposium: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research and Internship Projects in Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources"at theConference of Island Sustainability during April 8-12, 2019.Five graduate students and six undergraduate students presented their research or experiential learning experiences at the Symposium. In 2020, twoundergraduate Research Assistants conducted biochemical analysis of capsaicinoids of local chili pepper (Capsicumspp.) and drafted a factsheet based on their findings as a local publication.In 2021, undergraduate students determined the concentration of capsaicinoids in local hot sauce and one student performed analysis of flavonoids in hibiscus plants.All research work was summarized as a technical report. A graduate student of MS in Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources presented his poster at the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting during November 10-13, 2019 at San Antonio, Texas.He also completed his MS thesis in May 2020. Student participants of the project developed communication skill by producing a factsheet and a summary report of a research conducted, and oral report at a conference or a symposium. Objective 5: Develop undergraduate student's leadership skills. Dr. Tanisha Aflague conducted a workshop "Unpack Leadership: Skills Training" on September 26, 2019.Seven students of Agriculture and Life Science program and one Biology major participated.The workshop was well received, and students learned how to work as a group and how to lead a group from this hands-on workshop.
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:1. Universtiy of Guam undergradute students 2. Gradute students in MS programin Sustainable Agriculure, Food, and Natural Resources at the University of Guam Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided support for undergraduate students to an opportunity of developing agriculture science research skills. During this report period, we offered three part-time undergraduate and two part-time post-graduate employment positions in agriculture research. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Developing a factsheet of research findings. The factsheet will be distributed in December 2021. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?None.This is the last year of the project.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1:Increase opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct agricultural research projects. We continued to support undergraduate students as part-time Research Assistants I to conduct research projects in agriculture sciences.We also purchased supplies for students to conduct research/capstone projects.We offered a stipend to one undergraduate student who registered for a Special Project to conduct research in September 2021. Objective 2: Increase opportunities for students to participate in experiential learning internship program. During this academic year, we did not offer an internship program for this objective. Objective 3: Increase opportunities for Pacific Islanders to pursue advanced degrees in a new MS degree program of Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at UOG. Proposed activities of this objective were completed in previous two years of the project. Objective 4: Develop student's written and oral communication skills in research and experiential learning program. Student participants of the project developed written communication skill by producing a factsheet and a summary report of a research conducted. Objective 5: Develop undergraduate student's leadership skills. The proposed activity for this objective was completed in FY2019-2020 of the project.
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Progress 09/01/19 to 08/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:1. University of Guam undergraduate students 2. Graduate students in MS degree in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at University of Guam 3. Students of other insular institutions Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project's main objective is to provide graduate and undergraduate students training and professional development in their degree program. During this report period, we offered undergraduate employment positions in agriculture research and provided an opportunity for a graduate student to attend a professional conference. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Presentation of students' poster and developing a factsheet of research findings What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?No-cost extension request was approved on July 15, 2020 to continue the project from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021. The additional period will be used for continuation/completion of Objective 1: to employ a student as Research Assistant to engage in agriculture research project, and Objective 4: to support developing students' written and oral communication skills by creating of technical report by students research findings. Evaluation of the program by an external evaluator will be done.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Increase opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct agricultural research projects. We continued recruiting undergraduate students as part-time Research Assistant I to conduct research projects in agriculture sciences. We also purchased supplies for students to conduct research/capstone projects. Objective 2: Increase opportunities for students to participate in experiential learning internship program. We completed proposed two activities for this objective reported in previous reports: the CariPac Summer Internship program at University of Guam and the Internship program at University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa. Objective 3: Increase opportunities for Pacific Islanders to pursue advanced degrees in a new MS degree program of Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at UOG. We offered stipends to support two graduate students in MS degree in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (SAFNR) programs. One student received a stipend in Spring semester 2020 and the other in Fall 2020. The financial assistance will benefit students to maintain and advance their graduate study. Objective 4: Develop student's written and oral communication skills in research and experiential learning program. Two undergraduate Research Assistants conducted biochemical analysis of capsaicinoids of local chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) and drafted a factsheet based on their findings as a local publication. Objective 5: Develop undergraduate student's leadership skills. The proposed activity of this objective was completed last year by offering a workshop "Unpack Leadership: Skills Training" conducted by Dr. Tanisha Aflague on September 26, 2019 to undergraduate students in College of Natural and Applied Sciences.
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:1. University of Guam undergraduate students 2. Graduate students in MS degree in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at University of Guam 3. Students of other insular institutions Changes/Problems:Co-PI Dr. LaJoy Spears resigned from University of Guam and is no longer Co-PI of this project. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project's main objective is to provide graduate and undergraduate students training and professional development in their degree program. During this report period, we offered undergraduate employment positions in agriculture research, experiential learning programs, workshop to develop leadership skills, and organized the symposium for student's oral presentation. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results of student activities were presented at the Symposium locally during April 8-12, 2019. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For Objective 1, we continue to mentor students conducting agriculture research, and to provide supply and materials. For Objective 3, we continue to support graduate students by providing a stipend and needed supplies and materials for their research. We continue to encourage writing in local and professional publications, and oral presentation of their finding at a conference and a seminar for Objective 4.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Increase opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct agricultural research projects. We recruited three undergraduate students as part-time Research Assistant I to conduct research projects in agriculture sciences. We also purchased supplies for students to conduct research/capstone projects. Objective 2: Increase opportunities for students to participate in experiential learning internship program. We offered two experiential learning opportunities to undergraduate students during this reporting period: (1) the 2019 insular Land-Grant institutions consortium, CariPac Internship program at the University of Guam; and (2) the off-island agriculture internship program at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Japan. The CariPac Summer Internship program was conducted from July 6 - 20, 2019. One student from the University of the Virgin Islands and one student from American Samoa Community College participated. Additionally, four students from the Agriculture and Life Science Program at UOG participated either as an assistant to the program coordinator and presenters in field activities, culture tours, dining activities or as a student participant of a field trip in the 2-week program. PI was the coordinator of the program. The "Certificate of Completion of the 2019 CariPac Summer program" was presented to two off-island students on July 19, 2019, after their PPT presentations. The second internship program was an international experiential learning program with collaboration of University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa. Five UOG students participated in this internship program during March 24-30, 2019. Objectives of this program were: (1) to learn sustainable agricultural practices in Okinawa islands; (2) to compare island agriculture/marketing system between Guam and Okinawa; and (3) to study agritourism in Okinawa. PI offered this program as AL494: Special Study (1 credit) course to students. Prior to the tour, we reviewed the geography, history, language, and agriculture of Okinawa at weekly meetings. Dr. Kawamoto of the University of the Ryukyus supported the program. Expected student learning outcomes of this activity included: (a) being able to describe sustainable agriculture practices in Okinawa; (b) to compare Guam and Okinawa's agriculture system; and (c) to describe status of agritourism in Okinawa. The program enhanced students' understanding of food and agricultural, social and economic studies from two different islands. Students submitted a trip report to summarize their findings of the travel. Objective 3: Increase opportunities for Pacific Islanders to pursue advanced degrees in a new MS degree program of Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at UOG. We offered stipends to support graduate students in MS degree in Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (SAFNR) programs. Three students received stipends to compensate their course work expense, one in Spring semester 2019 and two in Fall 2019. Additionally, one student received stipend to cover the cost to attend the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting during Nov. 10-13, 2019 during November 10-13, 2019, and another student received cost of conducting research for her thesis during summer 2019. The financial assistance will benefit students to maintain and advance their graduate study. Objective 4: Develop student's written and oral communication skills in research and experiential learning program. To develop written and oral communication skills, we encourage students to present written and oral reports at workshops and conferences. Five student participants of Okinawa trip submitted trip reports describing their experiences. To provide students oral presentation opportunities, we organized "Special Symposium: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research and Internship Projects in Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources" at the Conference of Island Sustainability during April 8-12, 2019. Five graduate students and six undergraduate students presented their research or experiential learning experiences at the Symposium. Objective 5: Develop undergraduate student's leadership skills. Dr. Tanisha Aflague conducted a workshop "Unpack Leadership: Skills Training" on September 26, 2019. Seven students of Agriculture and Life Science program and one Biology major participated. The workshop was well received and students learned how to work as a group and how to lead a group from this hands-on workshop.
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