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

本项目设立10个为期4年的奖学金，资助攻读以下学科之一的经济困难学生：生物、化学、计算机科学、环境科学（仅限科学方向）、数学和物理。智力优势：招生活动特别关注两个群体：来自肯塔基州东部阿巴拉契亚地区的学生，以及肯塔基州城市地区和学院有机构联系的其他地区的非裔美国学生。根据高中GPA、标准化考试成绩、申请论文、推荐信和个人面试，学生的学术潜力、职业道德和家庭支持被选中。支持服务包括新生入学前的夏季桥梁课程；教师指导;针对较低水平课程的同伴指导帮助课程；夏季研究支持；有机会在校园范围内，区域和国家场馆展示研究；与学院的学术荣誉课程相关的一般充实活动（需要入学才能获得奖学金）；参加当地社区的“回馈”志愿服务项目（特别是辅导年幼的孩子），并有机会反思自己在这项工作中的经历，以及自己作为科学传播者的发展角色。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：学院已经为各种学术准备的学生提供了严格的教育，包括来自农村地区的第一代大学生。奖学金使学院能够更深入地接触到它目前服务的人群，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.