S-STEM: Promoting and Supporting Community College Transfer Students in Chemistry

社区学院转学奖学金（CCTS）计划旨在在经济和学术上支持北方科罗拉多大学化学和生物化学学院内的社区学院学生的转学和保留。 在五年内颁发了51个奖学金。 CCTS计划正在改善低收入，代表性不足的社区大学转学生的招聘。 招聘工作包括增加教师的参与，新的信息文学，并致力于社区学院转让网站。 一个化学专业转学生的学习社区也正在建立，其特点是改进了学术咨询、职业咨询和经济援助服务。此外，还沿着为奖学金获得者编制了一门化学课程，并开展了布朗袋午餐讨论、科学咖啡馆以及整合学术和社会学习的活动。这个项目的智力价值是基于并正在建立一个更好的理解的因素，有助于保留社区学院转学生。我们对学习社区对转学生保留的影响的理解，特别是在物理科学方面，正在提高。CCTS计划正在为区域低收入学生创造更广泛的机会，以在化学方面取得成功。该项目还改善了化学和生物化学学院、大学生支持服务、社区学院和北方科罗拉多化学工业之间的伙伴关系。 通过增加准备充分的化学家的数量，该项目正在加强和维持科罗拉多不断增长的科学/技术研究和工业基础。

The Community College Transfer Scholarship (CCTS) Program is aiming to financially and academically support the transfer and retention of community college students within the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Northern Colorado. Fifty-one scholarships are being awarded over five years. The CCTS program is improving the recruitment of low-income, underrrepresented community college transfer students. Recruitment efforts include increased faculty participation, new informative literature, and a website dedicated to community college transfers. A learning community of chemistry major transfer students is also being established and features improved academic advising, career advising, and financial aid services. In addition, a chemistry curriculum dedicated to scholarship recipients is being developed along with Brown-Bag Lunch discussions, science cafes, and activities integrating academic and social learning. The intellectual merit of this project is based on and is building a greater understanding of factors contributing to retention of community college transfer students. Our understanding of the impact of learning communities on retention of transfer students, particularly in the physical sciences, is being improved.The CCTS program is creating broader opportunities for regional low-income students to succeed in chemistry. This project is also improving partnerships among the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, university student support services, community colleges, and northern Colorado chemical industries. By increasing the numbers of well-prepared chemists, this project is enhancing and sustaining Colorado's growing science/technology research and industrial base.