Today's Scholars, Tomorrow's Leaders: Identifying and Developing Engineers as Leaders

这个S-STEM奖学金项目将为南卫理公会大学（SMU）一年级和二年级的工程专业学生提供支持。“今天的学者，明天的领导者：识别和培养工程师作为领导者（IDEAL）”计划的目标是通过增加他们对课程和课外活动的参与，在工程专业的前两年提高经济困难学生的留用率。这一目标是通过实施四个目标来实现的：1)识别具有高领导潜力的工程学生；2)通过指导、辅导和工作经验培养学生的领导能力；3)打造学术卓越；4)通过工程宿舍促进社区建设。IDEAL学者计划将支持新大工程学院各院系的专业：机械工程、电气工程、计算机科学与工程、环境与土木工程、工程管理、信息与系统。成功完成前两年工程课程的理想学生将在第三和第四年获得新大工程研究员计划的奖学金。

This S-STEM scholarship program will provide support for first and second year engineering students at Southern Methodist University (SMU). The goal of the "Today's Scholars, Tomorrow's Leaders: Identifying and Developing Engineers as Leaders(IDEAL)" program is to improve the retention of financially needy students during the first two years of their engineering program by increasing their engagement in curricular and extra-curricular programs. This goal is realized through the implementation of four objectives: 1) identifying incoming engineering students with high leadership potential; 2) developing students' leadership skills through mentoring, tutoring, and work experience; 3) building academic excellence; and 4) fostering community building through the engineering residence hall. The IDEAL scholars program will support majors from various SMU School of Engineering departments: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Environmental and Civil Engineering, and Engineering Management, Information, and Systems. IDEAL Students who successfully complete the first two years of an engineering program will be supported in the third and fourth years by scholarships from the SMU Engineering Fellows program.