Engineering Excellence Awards for Low-Income Minority Students

位于马亚圭斯的波多黎各大学（UPRM）是一所拥有约12，900名西班牙裔学生的机构，位于波多黎各联邦的马亚圭斯市西部。它的特点是在SEM学科授予学士学位的富有成效的记录，证明了，在过去五年中，平均每年有200个科学和数学学位和650多个工程学位。该校区招收来自公立和私立学校以及各个经济水平的高学历学生。“工程卓越奖”的主要目标是通过奖学金增加低收入学生的教育机会。该项目正在改善工程专业学生的教育，提高学生的保留率，改善专业发展，激励参与的学生攻读研究生课程，并加强普审机制与相关就业部门之间的伙伴关系。这一目标正在通过以下方式实现：㈠向选定的学生提供资金，使他们能够注册并保持全日制学生身份; ㈡要求选定的学生担任看门人课程的导师，参加面向团队的设计项目或本科生研究;（三）创建一个指导过程，以帮助选定的学生提高他们的学习技能，必要的学术成就，在工程，使他们可以成为他们将更加独立，更好地准备达到UPRM的学术标准，并成功地实现他们的长期教育目标。这些活动促进学生的发现和理解;促进教学、培训和学习;激励学生攻读高级工程学位;扩大低收入、有才华的少数民族学生对工程的参与。

The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, UPRM, is an institution with approximately 12,900 Hispanic students, located in the western municipality of Mayaguez in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is characterized by a productive track record of awarding baccalaureate degrees in SEM disciplines as evidenced by, on the average, 200 science and math degrees and more than 650 engineering degrees per year during the last five years. The Campus enrolls students with high academic credentials coming from both public and private schools, and from all economic levels.The primary goal of the 'Engineering Excellence Awards' is to enhance the educational opportunities for low-income, academically talented students through scholarships. This project is improving education for students in engineering, increasing retention of students, improving professional development and motivating participating students to pursue graduate studies, and strengthening partnerships between UPRM and related employment sectors. This goal is being achieved by (i) providing funds to selected students so that they can enroll and maintain full-time student status; (ii) requiring selected students to become tutors in gatekeeper courses, to participate in team-oriented design projects, or undergraduate research; (iii) creating a mentoring process to help selected students enhance their study skills necessary for academic achievement in engineering so that they may become more independent and better prepared to meet the UPRM's academic standards and also successfully attain their long-term educational goals. These activities are advancing students' discovery and understanding; promoting teaching, training, and learning; motivating students to pursue advanced engineering degrees; and broadening the participation of low-income, talented minority students in engineering.