Enhancing Mathematics and Computer Science Opportunities in a Supportive Liberal Arts Environment

这一奖学金计划正在招收和支持非常有前途但经济困难的计算机科学和数学专业的学生。在广泛的文科课程背景下，在支持性环境中为学生提供强有力的技术教育。这为毕业生进入职场做好了准备，不仅拥有熟练的技术，还拥有书面和口头沟通能力、批判性思维能力和智力灵活性，这些都是在当今快速发展的工作场所取得成功所必需的。智力优势：学生受益于制度支持的教学-奖学金和师生联合研究模式。他们有机会参与独立的学习和研究项目，最终形成会议报告、发表的论文和软件包。许多其他学生通过行业实习获得了经验。这些计划培养的是具有扎实技术背景的高能力学生，他们准备为行业、政府和研究生研究项目做出贡献。该计划在课堂上提供个人关注、一对一指导和支持性的协作环境。该计划建立在一个有效的CSEMS奖的基础上。广泛的影响：该项目在招生工作中针对农村和第一代学生。学院强调社区参与、全球视野和服务活动。这些机会很重要，因为毕业生的职业决定在一定程度上是基于他们在获得学士学位期间形成的人道主义观点。因此，该计划的更广泛影响包括培养未来的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的行业成员，他们是负责任的全球公民。

This scholarship program is recruiting and supporting highly promising, but financially needy, computer science and mathematics students. Students are being provided a strong technical education in a supportive environment within the context of a broad liberal arts curriculum. This prepares graduates to enter the workforce with not only technical proficiency but also the written and oral communication facility, critical thinking skills, and intellectual flexibility essential to success in today's rapidly advancing workplace.Intellectual Merit: Students benefit from institutionally supported models of teaching-scholarship and joint faculty-student research. They have opportunities to participate in independent study and research projects culminating in conference presentations, published papers, and software packages. Many other students gain experience through industry internships. These initiatives result in highly competent students with robust technical backgrounds who are prepared to contribute to industry, government, and graduate research programs. The program provides individual attention in classes, one-on-one mentoring, and a supportive collaborative environment. The program builds on an effective CSEMS award.Broader Impacts: The project targets rural and first-generation students in recruitment efforts. The college emphasizes community involvement, a global perspective, and service activities. These opportunities are important as graduates' professional decisions are based in part on the humanitarian perspective they develop during their baccalaureate experience. Thus, the broader impacts of this program include the nurturing of future members of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) area industries who are responsible global citizens.