Scientific Aptitude Leads to Achievement in Research and Service (SCALARS)

该项目为打算主修以下学科之一的经济困难学生设立了十个四年奖学金：生物学，化学，计算机科学，环境科学（仅限科学轨道），数学和物理学。智力优势：招聘活动特别关注两个人群：来自东部肯塔基州阿巴拉契亚地区的学生，以及肯塔基州城市地区和学院与之有机构联系的其他地区的非洲裔美国学生。学生的选择是基于学术潜力，职业道德和家庭支持，如高中GPA，标准化考试成绩，申请论文，推荐信和个人面试所示。支持服务包括一个特殊的夏桥课程在大一之前;教师指导;同行领导的帮助会议较低水平的课程;夏季研究支持;机会，目前在校园范围内，区域和国家场馆的研究;一般丰富活动与学院的学术荣誉计划（必须获得奖学金才能获得）;参与“回馈”志愿服务计划（特别是辅导，指导年幼的孩子），有机会反思自己的工作经验，以及自己作为科学传播者向整个社会发展的作用。此外，作为荣誉课程的一部分，所有学者都要写一篇高级荣誉论文。更广泛的影响：该学院已经为包括来自农村地区的第一代大学生在内的各种学术准备的学生提供了严格的教育。奖学金使学院能够更深入地接触到它目前所服务的人群，并接触到新的人群。

This project establishes ten four-year scholarships for financially needy students who intend to major in one of the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science (Science track only), Mathematics, and Physics. Intellectual Merit: Recruitment activities focus especially on two populations: students from the Appalachian areas of Eastern Kentucky, and African-American students in urban Kentucky areas and in other areas with which the College has institutional ties. Students are selected on the basis of academic potential, work ethic and family support, as indicated by high school GPA, standardized test scores, application essays, letters of reference and personal interviews. Support services include a special summer Bridge Course prior to the freshman year; faculty mentoring; peer-led Help Sessions for lower-level courses; summer research support; opportunities to present research in campus-wide, regional and national venues; general enrichment activities associated with the College's Academic Honors Program (admission to which is required in order to receive the scholarship); participation in a "Give Back" program of volunteer service (especially tutoring, mentoring for younger children) in the local community, with opportunities to reflect on one's experience of this work and on one's developing role as a communicator of science to society at large. Also, as part of the Honors Program, all scholars write a Senior Honors Thesis. Broader Impacts: The College already provides a rigorous education to students of a wide range of academic preparation, including first-generation college students from rural areas. Scholarships allow the College to reach more deeply into populations which it currently serves, and to reach new populations.