Engineering the Husky Promise

通过S-STEM项目“工程赫斯基承诺”，华盛顿大学(UW)为华盛顿大学工程学院有才华的低收入本科生设立了一个奖学金项目，从而支持“赫斯基承诺”--为符合佩尔助学金资格的华盛顿州居民提供全额学杂费奖学金。在S-STEM项目中，根据经济需要，每个学生每年最高可获得9,000美元的奖学金，最长可持续两年。该计划每年至少支持15名学生，如果不是所有学生都有这么多未得到满足的需求，还会有更多。S-STEM奖学金提供的大量经济支持为经济困难的学生提供了更多的时间来专注于学业，因为他们可以在兼职工作中工作更少的时间。除了奖学金，工程学院的教授还担任S-STEM学者的导师，特别是通过本科生研究，并为学者提供发展专业投资组合的机会。学院还为工程学社区的奖学金获得者预留了名额，为工程学和工程预科学生提供了一个令人兴奋的体验式学习机会。四名常驻顾问，大多是工程专业的学生，将社区成员与资源和项目联系起来，并充当同行导师。工程学院提供现场学术支持，如临时咨询会议、注册援助、部门和公司信息会议以及辅导会议。社会和信息活动由顾问和学院共同计划。“工程赫斯基承诺”的具体目标是：-在工程学领域代表性不足的少数族裔学生，包括来自当地项目(华盛顿州Gear-Up、MESA和雷尼尔学者)的学生，获得至少20%的S-STEM奖学金；-女性获得至少35%的S-STEM奖学金；而且--至少有60%的S-STEM获得者参与了工程学院的本科研究。为了未来为学生服务，并在S-STEM项目的基础上发展，工程学院正在筹集可持续的捐赠，以获得额外的奖学金。

Through the S-STEM project "Engineering the Husky Promise," the University of Washington (UW) establishes a scholarship program for talented low-income undergraduates in UW's College of Engineering, thereby supporting the "Husky Promise" - a guarantee for full tuition and fee scholarships for Pell Grant-eligible Washington State residents. In the S-STEM program, each student is awarded a scholarship for up to $9000 per year for up to two years, depending on financial need. The program supports at least 15 students per year, and more, if not all students have this much unmet need. The significant financial support offered by S-STEM scholarships provides financially disadvantaged students additional time to focus on their studies, because they can work fewer hours at part-time jobs. Beyond the scholarships, College of Engineering professors serve as mentors to S-STEM Scholars, especially through undergraduate research, and the scholars are offered an opportunity to develop a professional portfolio. The College also reserves slots for scholarship recipients in its Engineering Community, an exciting experiential learning opportunity for engineering and pre-engineering students. Four Resident Advisers, mostly engineering students, connect Community members with resources and programs and act as peer mentors. On-site academic support, such as drop-in advising sessions, registration assistance, departmental and corporate information sessions, and tutoring sessions, is provided by the College of Engineering. Social and informational events are planned by both the Advisors and the College.Specific objectives for "Engineering the Husky Promise" are that: - minority students underrepresented in engineering, including those from local programs (Washington State GEAR-UP, MESA, and Rainier Scholars), receive at least 20% of the S-STEM scholarships; - women receive at least 35% of the S-STEM scholarships; - transfer students, of which half will be from UW MESA partner Community Colleges, receive at least 25% of the S-STEM scholarships, - 81% of the S-STEM freshmen be admitted to a UW College of Engineering Department by the end of the sophomore year; - 95% of S-STEM transfer students from community colleges graduate from a College of Engineering Department within three years; and - at least 60% of S-STEM recipients participate in undergraduate research with College of Engineering faculty.In order to serve students in the future and build on the basis of the S-STEM program, the College of Engineering is raising a sustainable endowment for additional scholarships.