Improving Graduation Rates of Financially Needy Engineering, Computer Sciences, and Mathematics Students through Scholarships, and Academic and Professional Preparation

这个计算机科学、工程和数学奖学金（cems）项目旨在继续帮助经济困难的计算机科学、工程和数学学生获得学士学位。它为20名本科生和10名研究生提供30个奖学金。该项目的目标包括：1。招募，识别，选择和评估进入CSEM领域的潜在学生。2. 提供适当的服务，使学生保持满意的学业进步。3. 为cems学者提供足够的经济和其他方面的支持，使他们能够完成他们的教育目标。4. 将参与者与其指导老师联系起来。鼓励本科生在新墨西哥大学或其他大学体验研究，或在私人和政府研究机构体验实习。学生是根据经济需要、学术成绩和职业成功的潜力来选择的。该计划利用新墨西哥大学经济援助办公室的程序和规定来确定学生的经济需求。学业成绩由学生的平均成绩、推荐信的质量、学生的简历和每个申请人提交的目标设定论文决定。一个委员会审查申请。辅导、指导和专业发展是该项目不可或缺的一部分，因为这些服务促进了学生的成长和对他们研究领域的兴趣。学生将被转介到新墨西哥大学就业服务办公室进行职业安置。这个项目更广泛的影响是，它为学生，特别是少数民族学生提供了在CSEM领域取得成功的机会。该项目的智力优势在于CSEM学术课程的实力，CSEM领域的学生和教师之间的密切互动，以及毕业生在CSEM领域获得良好工作的能力。

This Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) project aims to continue helping financially needy computer science, engineering, and mathematics students to obtain their baccalaureate degrees. It provides a total of 30 scholarships to 20 undergraduate and 10 graduate students within the CSEM disciplines. The objectives of this project include: 1. Recruit, identify, select and evaluate potential students entering CSEM fields. 2. Provide adequate services so that CSEMS students maintain satisfactory academic progress. 3. Provide adequate support, financially and otherwise, to CSEMS scholars so they may complete their educational goals. 4. Connect participants with their faculty advisors 5. Encourage undergraduate students to experience research either at UNM, other universities or to experience internships at private and governmental research institutions. Students are selected on the basis of financial need, academic merit, and potential for professional success. The program utilizes UNM financial aid office procedures and regulations to establish financial need of students. Academic merit is determined by students' grade point average, the quality of the recommendation letters, the students' resume, and the goal setting essay submitted by every applicant. A committee reviews applications. Tutoring, mentoring, and professional development are an integral part of the program since these services foster students' growth and interest in their field of study. Students are referred to the UNM Career Services office for career placement. The broader impact of this project is that it provides opportunities for students, especially minority students, to succeed in the CSEM fields.The intellectual merit of this project is in the strength of the CSEM academic programs, the close interaction between students and faculty in the CSEM fields, and the ability of graduates to obtain good jobs in the CSEM fields.