Young Entrepreneur and Scholar (YES) Scholarship Program

该项目向有学术天赋和经济困难的学生颁发奖学金，并通过各种结构和计划支持学者。来自代表不足群体的学生尤其成为支持的目标。学生学者被录取为工程学或计算机科学专业的学生，并已被确定为对创业职业道路感兴趣或对研究生研究感兴趣的人。该奖学金计划与校园内成功的STEP计划相结合，将支持和指导活动延伸到目标学生的三年级和四年级。该计划的目标是创造更好的教育机会，使学者能够取得成功。该项目采用的方法包括一个强大的学术支持结构，一个由研究人员和行业合作伙伴参与的导师计划，一个针对学者的杰出演讲者研讨会系列，以及一个学习社区基础设施。

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.