Graduate/Undergraduate Engineering Initiative for Development and Enhancement (GUIDE)

密歇根理工大学工程学院努力吸引和留住更多来自弱势群体的学生，特别是女性和少数族裔。该项目支持大学前两年的本科生。我们的目标是让这些高风险学生在大学生涯的早期表现良好，并期望他们的优异表现将帮助他们在后两年的学习中获得其他资金来源（例如：合作办学和实习职位）。此外，该项目还为未获得资助的工程专业学生提供研究生奖学金，以便他们能够经济有效地完成高级学位。该项目建立并利用了现有的校园项目、校园学习中心和同伴辅导项目。为了促进本科的成功，学生参加并参与工程系列研讨会和与该计划相关的职业中心研讨会。他们定期与导师和项目顾问会面。为了保住奖学金，本科生需要在学业上取得令人满意的进步，积极参加校园专业组织，并努力获得合作/实习职位。研究生学者作为本科生学者的学术导师，提供有关学生生活和当地社区的见解。奖学金的目标是两类研究生：和平队国际硕士生和工程硕士生。（这些研究生通常没有资格获得传统的资助来源。）这两个专业的研究生都非常适合成为本科生的导师：他们已经获得了技术本科学位，并且对与他人合作和支持他人感兴趣。研究生接受指导和建议学生的培训。所有进入密歇根理工大学的目标群体工程研究生和本科生都会在每年的春季收到信息和奖学金申请。教师/工作人员根据需要和个人优点评估申请人。每个本科奖学金获得者每年获得2500美元，以帮助支付大学费用。每个研究生奖学金获得者每年获得3125美元，以帮助支付大学费用。研究生获得一年的资助（他们在校攻读学位课程的时间），而本科生获得两年的资助。本科生和研究生的互动是这个项目最重要的组成部分之一。

Michigan Technological University's College of Engineering strives to attract and retain more students from underrepresented groups, specifically women and minorities. This project supports undergraduate students during their first two years of college. The goal is for these high-risk students to perform well early in their college career with the expectation that their strong performance will help them to obtain alternate funding sources (e.g.: co-op and internship positions) during the latter two years of study. In addition, the project provides graduate scholarships for engineering students who are in unfunded programs so that they can cost effectively complete an advanced degree. The project builds upon and utilizes pre-existing campus programs, campus Learning Centers, and peer tutoring programs. To facilitate undergraduate success, students attend and participate in the engineering seminar series and the Career Center Workshops associated with this program. They regularly meet with their mentor and the program advisor. To retain their scholarships, undergraduate students need to show satisfactory progress towards their degree, become active in an on-campus professional organization, and work toward obtaining a co-op/internship position. The graduate scholars serve as academic mentors to the undergraduate scholars and offer insights regarding student life and the local community. Two groups of graduate students are targeted for the scholarships: Peace Corps International Masters students and the Master of Engineering students. (These graduate students are not typically eligible for traditional funding sources.) Graduate students in both programs are ideally suited to be mentors to undergraduate students: they have received a technical undergraduate degree and are interested in working with and supporting others. The graduate students receive training in mentoring and advising students. All target group engineering graduate and undergraduate students entering Michigan Tech are sent information and a scholarship application in the spring of each year of the program. Faculty/ staff evaluate the applicants based on need and individual merit. Each undergraduate scholarship recipient receives $2,500 per year to assist with college expenses. Each graduate scholarship recipient receives $3,125 per year to assist with college expenses. The graduate students receive funding for one year (the amount of time they are on campus for their degree program), while the undergraduate students are funded for two years. The interaction of undergraduates and graduate students is one of the most important components of this program.