The Math and Science, Technology, Engineering Reinforcement (MASTER) Scholar Program

数学与科学、技术、工程强化（MASTER）学者项目每年提供20个奖学金名额，面向具有较强学术能力和经济需求的学生，学习包括农业生态学、生物学、化学、制图技术、工程学、数学、自然资源生物学和物理学在内的各种STEM学科。该项目的智力价值在于有经验丰富的教职员工，他们可以获得机构和社区资源，致力于提高学生参与度，支持学生过渡到四年制课程和/或劳动力。具体的项目活动包括教师指导；为所有学者开设一学分的专业技能、时间和压力管理、职业定位和实习机会介绍课程；以及职业安置和转学服务。该项目通过为落基山脉西部农村地区的学生提供机会而产生了更广泛的影响。该项目还看到了其学者对其他潜在STEM学生的同行影响的重要性，以及整个项目作为类似小型农村机构典范的潜力。

The Math and Science, Technology, Engineering Reinforcement (MASTER) Scholar Program is providing twenty scholarships per year to students with strong academic ability and financial need to study a variety of STEM disciplines including Agroecology, Biology, Chemistry, Drafting Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural Resource Biology, and Physics. The project's intellectual merit rests on an experienced faculty and staff with access to institutional and community resources that are dedicated to increasing student engagement and supporting student transition into four-year programs and/or the workforce. Specific project activities include faculty mentoring; a special one-credit course for all scholars on professional skills, time and stress management, career orientation, and introduction to internship opportunities; and career placement and transfer services. The project's broader impacts are being felt through its provision of opportunity to students in a rural region in the Rocky Mountain West. The project also sees importance in the peer influence of its scholars on other prospective STEM students and the potential for the overall project to serve as a model for similar small rural institutions.