This is a great project! I am so glad to see that my state, NM, is part of this important work. I especially like your challenge/mission and the inclusion of the computer-based disciplines: computer science, computer engineering, computational science, data science, statistics and geophysics. 

Selena,

Thanks for your comment and interest! We are excited to be including institutions in Texas, New Mexico and across California, and to include the range of computational sciences, not just computer science. 

A very engaging presentation!  The video mentions "infrastructure" to continue the conversations begun at your "convening."  I'd like to know more about that -- it's always a challenge to maintain dialogue that is rich enough to move such an ambitious and complex enterprise forward.  Who's communicating, and how?  How much of the communication is visible to the community (that is, everyone participating in the partnership activities)?  How much work is being done by project staff to facilitate/stimulate/moderate exchanges of ideas, data, documents, or whatever?

Thanks!

Thanks so much for sharing your vision of this work. Though your focus is on higher education, I was interested in your calling out conversation about challenges in the K-12 space as well--(how) are you looking to prior educational/computing experiences as you strive to encourage/prepare more Hispanic students for education and possible careers in computational sciences? 

I'm also curious about what kinds of work the pilots are undertaking--can you provide a bit more of a taste of what's happening in this year's pilot sites?

Thanks!

A well done video from a production POV and a well articulated message for a most worthwhile goal...onward and upward!

I too resonate with both Brian's and Lynn's comments...how do you take the catalytic energy so evident in the convening and propel that forward, or leverage it to amplify efforts across so many institutions? Perhaps you all indeed "bound and ground" the next steps in achievable and incremental milestones... as the video shared your discussion on spheres of influence and goal setting?

The K12 area is of high interest to me as well and I look forward to learning more there too!

Well done video and a compelling project. It sounds like you have a great group of partners assembled to identify challenges and barriers along the way and brainstorm concrete solutions. I am personally very interested in ways to build confidence in students and change the climate that is necessary to feel included and part of a program. what are your steps to addressing challenges in the climate?

Hi Anne,

Thanks for your interest in our project. One of the issues we stress is the importance of administrative buy-in, precisely so that there can be change at the institutional level. Each of our pilots includes faculty and administrators from different types of institutions. We also think our stress on multiple mentors helps, and in providing opportunities for faculty across institutions to work together so they have support and can leverage what others are doing.

Best regards,

Marjorie

Given the amount of information and ideas generated at the Convening, Conference, and regional pilot meetings, it has been extremely useful to identify point people that regional stakeholders can directly communicate with on action items pursued, opportunities that would be of interest to many stakeholders, and interest in connecting with potential partners.  These point people help disseminate information and bridge networks and opportunities not only within the regional pilot, but over the entire geographic reach of CAHSI INCLUDES.  We have seen that investing time in one-to-one phone conversations (and to a lesser degree, email communication) with stakeholders yields more dynamic dialogue than relying on group email exchanges.