Computer Science and Technology Scholarship Program

拟议的WSSU计算机科学和技术奖学金计划将为表现出经济需求、在学术上有天赋的少数民族学生提供奖学金支持。为了实现增加进入高科技劳动力或高等教育项目的学生数量的目标，该计划为初级和高级本科生、攻读计算机科学学位的副学士学位转校生以及攻读计算机科学和信息技术硕士学位的研究生提供奖学金。该计划将吸引、招收、指导和提高CSTSP学者的学术表现，从而提高计算机科学和信息技术领域少数族裔和女性学生的毕业率。该计划将在第一年为每个学生提供27个奖学金，每人每年3125美元，并在第二到第四年提供27个奖学金。该方案的三个主要目标是：1)增加注册计算机科学的少数族裔和妇女人数；2)增加获得计算机科学和/或计算机科学和信息技术学士或硕士学位的少数族裔和妇女人数；3)增加准备进入计算机技术工作队伍或在该领域接受高等教育的学生人数。该计划的其他好处包括：1)增强本科计算机科学课程；2)加强与工商界的合作；3)与北卡罗来纳州温斯顿-塞勒姆市日益增长的生物医疗和高科技行业以及州和国家雇主发展合作；4)加强与数学、生命科学、物理科学和健康科学系的合作；5)通过指导从事研究的学者来促进教师的专业发展。

The proposed WSSU Computer Science and Technology Scholarship Program is going to provide scholarship support to academically talented minority students who demonstrate financial need. To fulfill the goal of increasing the number of students who enter the high tech workforce or higher education programs, this program provides scholarships to junior and senior level undergraduates, associate degree transfer students pursuing a degree in computer science; as well as to graduate students pursuing a MS degree in computer science and information technology. The program is going to attract, enroll, mentor, and enhance the academic performance of CSTSP scholars, thereby increasing the graduation rate of minority and women students in the fields of computer science and information technology. The program is going to provide 27 scholarships of $3,125 per year per student during the first year, and 27 scholarships per year during years two to four. Three primary objectives of the program are to: 1) increase the number of minority and women who enroll in computer science; 2) increase the number of minority and women who graduate with a BS or MS in computer science and/or computer science and information technology; 3) increase the pool of students who are prepared to enter the computer technology workforce or pursue high education in the field. Additional benefits of the program include: 1) enhancement of the undergraduate computer science curriculum; 2) increased collaboration with business and industry; 3) development of collaborations with the growing body of bio-medical and high tech industries in the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as well as state and national employers; 4) strengthen collaborations with the departments of mathematics, life sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences; 5) enhance the professional development of faculty resulting from mentoring scholars engaged in research.