Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships Program

该项目将为计算机科学、信息科学和工程技术专业的学生提供40个2500美元的奖学金。这项计划的重点将是招收阿肯色州社区大学的转校生，他们已经完成了副学士学位或非常接近完成学业。最近成立的一所新的信息科学和系统工程学院将提供强有力的招生和学生支持结构。招聘活动将由负责招聘和少数民族事务的助理院长协调，包括访问社区大学，编写与该计划有关的印刷材料，并在校报上刊登广告。该项目将为这些学生建立一个强大的支持结构，其中将包括教师和行业指导、定向、使用关联课程的“学习社区”，以及旨在留住和毕业的其他活动。正如附录中的支持信所示，这项计划得到了工业界和社区大学的大力支持。

This project will provide forty $2,500 scholarships for students majoring in Computer Science, Information Science, and Engineering Technology. The emphasis in this initiative will be to recruit transfer students from the community colleges in Arkansas who have completed an associate's degree or who are very near completion. A new College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, recently established, will provide a strong recruiting and student support structure. Recruiting activities will be coordinated by the Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Minority Affairs and will include visiting the community colleges, developing print materials concerning the program and advertising in the school papers. The project will develop a strong support structure for these students that will include faculty and industry mentoring, orientation, a "Learning Community" using linked courses, and other activities aimed at retention and graduation. There is a great deal of support from industry and from the community colleges for this program as indicated by the support letters in the appendix.