Photo cutline: Standing from left: Provost Terry Martin of the U of A, President Rick Massengale of BG真人大游APP and 克里斯·拉法塔，艺术、科学、商业和信息技术学院院长 at bg真人游戏注册. 坐着的是劳拉·贝里, interim dean of Health Professions and director of Institutional Partnerships and Special Initiatives at bg真人游戏注册, and Dean Kim Needy of the College of Engineering at the U of A.
The 阿肯色大学 and BG真人大游APP signed a memorandum of agreement on Nov.7 to align the schools' data science curriculum and allow bg真人游戏注册 graduates who earn an associate degree in data science to seamlessly transfer to the U of A to complete their bachelor's degree in data science.
"Given that data science is one of the fastest growing career fields in the nation, creating a multidisciplinary data science program was a great way to advance our land-grant mission of service to our students and our state,亚利桑那大学教务长马丁说. “我们建立了自己的数据科学项目, the idea of partnering with other institutions to further increase access to data science training took hold. We are grateful that BG真人大游APP agreed to develop this program with us, as they have created a wonderful model for other two-year institutions to follow."
"Having this opportunity for our students to have a destination and assurance in place when they graduate bg真人游戏注册 is such a positive for our students and our program,bg真人游戏注册总裁Rick Massengale说. “我们有一个非常积极的, technology driven curriculum in STEM education and this is another opportunity for our students to start local, and partner with a global player in the discipline of Data 科学. We are grateful for this pathway for our students and for the continued partnership we have with U of A to provide opportunity and excellence."
The agreement between the two schools is part of a statewide, multi-institution effort to bolster Arkansas' data science work force. The Data Analytics That Are Robust and Trusted (DART) program is funded by a $20 million grant from the National 科学 基金会's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and $4 million in support from the state of Arkansas.
"bg真人游戏注册 is thrilled to be the first two-year college to join with the 阿肯色大学 as part of the EPSCoR grant,劳拉·贝里说, interim dean of Health Professions and director of special projects at bg真人游戏注册. "This is truly the most collaborative effort between two institutions that I've experienced, and it will provide a fantastic new career and transfer opportunity for students in bg真人游戏注册's region. 感谢博士. Schubert and his team for including us in this partnership!"
"It was a real honor and pleasure to work with Dean Berry and bg真人游戏注册 to develop this MOA,卡尔·舒伯特说, professor of practice and associate director of the U of A's Data 科学 Program. "It will serve as the blueprint for others to join the state-wide data science ecosystem and potentially for schools in other EPSCoR states."
The 阿肯色大学 — which in 2020 launched a first-of-its-kind data science program involving the College of Engineering, 富布赖特艺术与科学学院和萨姆. Walton College of Business — will serve as one of the DART program's three "hub schools," alongside the University of Central Arkansas and Arkansas State University. Those four-year hub schools will partner with Arkansas community colleges to establish a common data science curriculum and create affordable pathways for Arkansans to enter a cutting-edge, high demand field whose rate of growth is expected to far outpace most other careers by 2030, 根据美国.S. 劳工统计局.
Terry Martin and Dean of the College of Engineering Kim Needy signed the memorandum of agreement on behalf of the 阿肯色大学. Rick Massengale, 劳拉·贝瑞 and Dean of Arts, 科学s, Business & Chris LaFata代表bg真人游戏注册公司签名. The event was attended by representatives of the 阿肯色州经济发展委员会, 阿肯色数据科学中心, BG真人大游APP和亚利桑那大学.
阿肯色州经济发展委员会
Brittany Hillyer, director of outreach and education, Arkansas NSF EPSCoR
阿肯色数据科学中心
比尔·约德，执行董事
BG真人大游APP
劳拉·贝瑞, interim dean of Health Professions and director of Institutional Partnerships and Special Initiatives
Cheryl Keymer，商业和IT主席
克里斯·拉法塔，艺术、科学、商业和信息技术学院院长
Rick Massengale，总裁
阿肯色大学
杰克Cothren, director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies and NSF EPSCoR DART 科学 Principal Investigator
艾伦·埃尔斯特兰德，沃顿学院副院长
Kristy Fink, assistant to the dean, College of Engineering
Bryan Hill, associate dean, student success, College of Engineering
负责经济发展的副总理迈克·马龙说
Terry Martin, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs
金·蒂尼，工程学院院长
Andrea Partain, fiscal support supervisor, Data 科学 Program
Shantel Romer, graduate research assistant, DART Education Theme
李Shoultz, 副主任, 本科数据科学专业, DART教育主题项目经理
Karl Schubert, associate director, Data 科学 and co-lead NSF EPSCoR DART Education Theme