Young Entrepreneur and Scholar (YES) Scholarship Program

该项目向有学术才能和经济困难的学生提供奖学金，并通过各种结构和方案支持学者。来自代表性不足群体的学生特别成为支助对象。学生学者注册为工程或计算机科学专业，并已被确定为那些有兴趣追求创业职业道路或有兴趣追求研究生研究的人。奖学金计划与校园内成功的STEP计划相结合，将支持和指导活动扩展到目标学生的大三和大四。该计划的目标是创造更多的教育机会，使学者的成功。该项目采用的方法包括强大的学术支持结构，涉及研究教师和行业合作伙伴的导师计划，针对学者的杰出演讲者研讨会系列，以及学习社区基础设施。

This project is awarding scholarships to academically talented and financially needy students and is supporting the scholars through a variety of structures and programs. Students from underrepresented groups are being especially targeted for support. Student scholars are enrolled as engineering or computer science majors and have been identified as those who are interested in either pursuing an entrepreneurial career path or who are interested in pursuing graduate research studies. The scholarship program is integrated with a successful STEP program on campus, extending support and mentoring activities into the junior and senior years for targeted students. The objective of the program is the creation of enhanced educational opportunities to enable success of the scholars. The methods being employed in the project include a strong academic support structure, a mentorship program that involves research faculty and industry partners, a Distinguished Speaker seminar series aimed at the scholars, and a learning community infrastructure.