IDEAS - A STEM Scholarship Program

IDEAS计划：通过工程学术奖学金增加多样性，增加了工程学院（CoE）注册和毕业的不同学生的数量。根据大学的战略计划和工程学院院长制定的三年计划，IDEAS计划针对一年级学生；特别是非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和印第安人（URM学生）大一新生和所有种族的转学生。IDEAS的具体目标是：(1)减少转学到弗吉尼亚理工大学的学生完成学位的时间，(2)增加弗吉尼亚理工大学新生注册并获得CoE学位的人数。为了实现第一个既定目标，IDEAS为即将入学的转学生提供奖学金，鼓励他们在第一个完整学年开始之前报名参加暑期学校。奖学金包括暑期入学所需工程入门课程的学费，并根据成功完成暑期课程颁发额外的2年学术奖学金。为了实现第二个目标，奖学金将提供给被弗吉尼亚理工大学录取的大一工程专业学生，特别针对弗吉尼亚理工大学的学生。所有学生都必须申请IDEAS奖学金，一个委员会将选出奖学金获得者。

The IDEAS program: Increasing Diversity through Engineering Academic Scholarships increases the numbers of diverse students enrolling in and graduating from the College of Engineering (CoE). In keeping with the University's Strategic Plan, and the 3 year plan developed by the Dean of the College of Engineering, the IDEAS program targets first year students; specifically African American, Hispanic, and Native American (URM students) freshman and transfer students of all ethnicities. The specific objectives of IDEAS are: (1) to reduce the time-to-degree completion of students who transfer to Virginia Tech, and (2) to increase the numbers of freshman URM students who enroll in and earn degrees from the CoE. To achieve the first stated objective, IDEAS provides scholarships for incoming transfer students as encouragement to enroll in summer school prior to the beginning of their first full academic year. Scholarships cover tuition for summer enrollment in the required introductory engineering course(s) with additional academic 2 year scholarship funds being awarded based on successful completion of the summer course(s). To achieve the second objective, scholarship funds are offered to freshman engineering students who are offered admission to Virginia Tech, specifically targeting URM students. All students will have to apply for the IDEAS scholarship and a committee will select the scholarship recipients.