CONNECTS 2: Scholarships to Support Success in Engineering

“connect2s - stem”计划将向80名在各种工程学科和计算机科学专业有学术天赋的第一代大一学生提供奖学金，从而提高工程人才的质量、数量和多样性。此外，该项目将针对历史上代表性不足的人群中学业成绩优秀的学生。该项目采用三管齐下的招聘-申请-入学计划，从12所选定的德克萨斯州高中招募、选择和留住奖学金获得者。该项目结合了学生支持策略，如生活学习社区、课程集群、行业互动、学生专业协会参与和学生职业安置。

This CONNECTS 2 S-STEM project will increase the quality, quantity, and diversity of the engineering workforce by providing scholarships to 80 academically talented, first-generation freshmen students majoring in various engineering disciplines and computer science. Additionally, the program will target academically strong students from historically underrepresented populations. The program utilizes a three-pronged recruitment-application-matriculation plan to recruit, select, and retain scholarship recipients from 12 selected Texas high schools. The program incorporates student support strategies such as living learning communities, course clustering, industry interaction, student professional society involvement, and student career placement.