Achievement through Student Support and Experiential Training in Science (ASSETS) Scholars Program

该项目旨在为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业的学生提供为期五年的奖学金。获得这些奖学金的学生主修生物、化学、数学、物理、工程或计算机科学。智力优势：目标是招收更多的学生进入STEM学科，为这些学生提供更高水平的支持和机会，引导他们获得副学士学位毕业并进入转学课程，使他们有机会获得学士学位，并扩大该项目开发的支持结构和丰富活动，使所有STEM学生都能获得。虽然奖学金获得者是由一个委员会从全州范围的招聘计划中确定的候选人中选出的，但主要关注的是来自当地地区的申请人，他们表现出了学术潜力和经济需求。奖学金的获得者每人都与一位与他们密切合作的教师导师配对。学生被安排在队列组，采取尽可能多的类一起。丰富的机会包括研究经验，部门研讨会，实地考察，在K-12科学/数学教室协助，并与部门教师的社会活动。更广泛的影响有三个方面：1）更多的STEM专业人员正在毕业并接受科学界的职位，2）该项目开发的丰富课程正在向其他学生提供，以及3）跨部门，机构，政府和工业/科学合作伙伴的教师合作正在增加。

This project is designed to provide scholarships to students enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors over a five-year period. Students receiving these scholarships are majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, engineering, or computer science. Intellectual Merit: The objectives are to recruit more students into the STEM disciplines, to provide elevated levels of support and opportunities for these students, to guide them towards graduation with an associate degree and into transfer programs allowing them the opportunity to receive their baccalaureate degrees, and to expand the support structures and enrichment activities developed by this project to be accessible to all STEM students. While the scholarship recipients are being selected by a committee from candidates identified from a state-wide recruitment plan, the primary focus is on applicants from the local region who have demonstrated academic potential and financial need. Recipients of the scholarships are each paired with a faculty mentor who works closely with them. Students are placed in cohort groups, taking as many classes as possible together. Enrichment opportunities include research experiences, department seminars, field trips, assisting in K-12 science/math classrooms, and social activities with departmental faculty.The broader impact are threefold: 1) additional STEM professionals are graduating and accepting positions in the scientific community, 2) the enrichment programs developed by the project are being made available to other students, and 3) faculty collaborations across departments, institutions, government, and industrial/scientific partners are increasing.