Supernova: Seeding Talent in Physics and Astrophysics to Prepare the Next Generation Workforce in the Bay Area

为了使来自四个湾区社区学院的学生能够在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校（UCSC）就读物理学或天文学，UCSC S-STEM项目为来自Cabrillo，De Anze，Foothill和Hartnell社区学院的经济困难但学术才华的本科生提供21项奖学金。 一个特殊的课程已经设计成“平稳”过渡到社区大学的学生到物理程序。 与UCSC的其他物理学和天文学学生一样，S-STEM学生正在与部门教师一起进行研究，并参加美国宇航局艾姆斯，劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室和斯坦福大学线性加速器等地的校外实习。 秋季社交活动的特色是来自实习地点的演讲者，而春季社交活动则是针对三年级和更年轻的学生，为他们的毕业论文项目做准备。 其他计划活动包括：1）季度聚会，2）辅导，3）年度研讨会，4）校友支持计划，和5）就业安置计划。

Physics (13)To enable students from four Bay Area community colleges to enroll at University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) in physics or astronomy, the UCSC S-STEM project is providing 21 scholarships to financially needy but academically talented undergraduates from Cabrillo, De Anze, Foothill, and Hartnell Community Colleges. A special course has been designed to "smooth" the transition of the community college students into the physics program. Like the other physics and astronomy students at UCSC, the S-STEM students are engaging in research with departmental faculty and participating in off-campus internships at places like NASA Ames, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator. A fall social features speakers from the internship sites, while the spring social is being directed at third year and younger students to prepare them for their senior thesis project. Additional program activities include: 1) quarterly gatherings, 2) tutoring, 3) yearly symposium, 4) alumni support program, and 5) job-placement program.