COF STEM Scholars

芬威大学（COF） STEM学者计划为20名致力于科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）专业的新生提供四年的奖学金。该项目提供研究和实习机会、职业规划协助、指导和同伴支持。学生们在该地区的大学或公司进行暑期研究或参加实习，并定期会面分享见解。有资格获得奖学金的学生需要满足以下要求：经济需求，良好的学习成绩，并承诺攻读STEM专业。COF STEM学者项目旨在实现以下目标：增加波士顿地区高中进入COF的毕业生数量，并在STEM领域主修和毕业。为学生建立一个支持网络，以提高他们的学业成就和毅力。拓宽学生的职业目标；让他们接触到STEM相关领域的非传统职业，特别是当地需要的职业。通过与教师在研究项目上的合作，以及通过合作和实习，提供体验式学习机会。创建一种模式，利用COF成员的资源与这些学生一起工作，这种模式可以在未来几年继续下去。芬威学院（COF）是大波士顿地区六所小型学院的非营利性合作组织，本科生总数近12,000人，长期致力于与大波士顿地区的居民合作并为他们提供机会。这种承诺的形式包括向学生提供奖学金，在学校和当地社区机构开展志愿者工作，以及加强整个城市的公民参与。COF的6个成员中有4个参与了这个项目：伊曼纽尔学院、西蒙斯学院、温特沃斯理工学院和会德洛克学院。没有参加的两所学校的专业不符合S-STEM标准。每个学院都为这种合作关系带来了独特的优势，以及通过COF合作的良好记录。该项目侧重于COF的共同承诺，即教育来自学院所在社区的学生，增加攻读STEM学科本科教育的学生人数。根据美国人口普查局的数据，目标学生群体，即大波士顿地区的学生，在全国为贫困学生服务的学区中排名第13。在2006-2007学年，71%的波士顿公立学校学生有资格参加该市的免费或减价午餐计划。波士顿公立学校86%的学生是亚裔、拉丁裔、非裔美国人和印第安人。通过有针对性的高中招聘工作，更多的学生在STEM专业和职业中取得成功，这些STEM毕业生鼓励其他人也这样做。

The Colleges Of the Fenway (COF) STEM Scholars program provides twenty incoming freshman who have committed to majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) with four-year scholarships. The program offers research and internship opportunities, career planning assistance, mentoring and peer support. Students conduct summer research or participate in internships at universities or companies in the area and meet regularly to share insights. Students qualifying for scholarships meet the following requirements: financial need, strong academic record, and a commitment to pursue a STEM major. The COF STEM Scholars project addresses the following goals:To increase the number of graduates from Boston area high schools matriculating to the COF and majoring and graduating in STEM areas.To develop a support network for students with the goal of increasing their academic success and persistence.To broaden the students' career goals; exposing them to nontraditional careers in STEM related fields, particularly those in demand in the local area.To provide experiential learning opportunities through work with faculty on research projects and through co-ops and internships.To create a model for leveraging the COF members' resources to work with this population of students that can be continued in future years.The Colleges of the Fenway (COF), a non-profit collaboration of six small colleges in the Greater Boston area with a combined undergraduate population of nearly 12,000, have a longstanding commitment to working with and providing opportunities to the residents of greater Boston. This commitment comes in the form of scholarships to students, volunteer work in the schools and local community agencies and civic involvement strengthening the city as whole. Four of the six members of the COF participate in this program: Emmanuel College, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Wheelock College. The two that are not participating do not have majors that fit the S-STEM criteria. Each college brings unique strengths to this partnership, along with a proven track record of working together through the COF. This program focuses the shared commitment of the COF, which is to educate the students from the community in which the colleges reside on increasing the number of those students who pursue undergraduate education in the STEM disciplines.The targeted student population, the students in the Greater Boston area, ranks 13th among the nation's school districts serving poor students, according to the US Census Bureau. In school year 2006-2007, 71% of Boston public school students qualified for the city's free or reduced price lunch program. Eighty-six percent of Boston Public School students are classified as Asian, Latino, African American, and Native American. Through the use of targeted high school recruitment efforts a more diverse population of students succeed in STEM majors and professions and these STEM graduates encourage others to do the same.