ARK-PHYS - Physics Scholarships to Build Technical Capacity in Arkansas

该项目将向在阿肯色大学攻读物理学学位的有学术天赋但经济困难的学生颁发至少20份奖学金。招聘工作针对的是即将进入大学攻读学士学位的大一新生和社区大学学生。参与者的支持结构包括教师对学者的指导、同伴指导、蓬勃发展的物理学生社团、强大的以学生为中心的咨询项目和以研究为基础的物理入门课程，旨在作为队伍建设的工具。该项目将建立在由成功的MSP和cems资助开发的学生支持结构的基础上，以鼓励主修物理的学生坚持专业并成为有效的劳动力成员。阿肯色大学为大量来自低社会经济地位（low- ses）的学生提供服务，这个项目有望增加这个学科的多样性，在这个学科中，历史上很少有来自低社会经济地位的学生。

This project is awarding at least 20 scholarships to academically talented but financially needy students who are pursuing a physics degree at the University of Arkansas. Recruitment efforts are targeting both entering freshman and community college students who are transferring to the university and seeking baccalaureate degrees. Support structures for participants include mentoring of scholars by faculty, peer-mentoring, a flourishing Society of Physics Students club, a strong student-centered advising program and a research-based introductory physics sequence designed to serve as a cohort-building vehicle. This program will build upon student support structures developed by successful MSP and CSEMS grants to encourage students majoring in physics to persist in the major and become effective members of the workforce. The University of Arkansas serves a large population of students from low socioeconomic status (low-SES) and this project promises to increase diversity in a discipline where historically few students are identified as from a low-SES.