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Description
Toolkit for Success is a pre-college research and skill development immersion program for incoming underrepresented undergraduate minorities in physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. The six-week summer program is designed to foster inclusion, belonging, and self-confidence in research, academics, and community. Students train with mentors, code in Python, learn about diverse research areas, and internalize strategic career practices while developing relationships with peers, graduate students, faculty, and staff. Toolkit for Success is implemented in coordination with a series of recruiting and retention efforts carried out by the physics department. The program context, development, operation, and assessment will be discussed.
