Students Actualizing Talent at Education?s Subsequent Stages (STATESS)

中佛罗里达大学(UCF)每年从科学和工程学科中挑选20名有学术天赋的学生，重点是数学和计算机科学，根据经济需要，奖学金的金额从4000美元到1万美元不等。被录取的学生分为以下三组之一：(A)最近转到大学的学生，(B)大学一年级本科生和(C)一年级研究生。新转学到UCF的学生将获得道德和经济支持，以帮助他们完成过渡，并确保他们成功完成STEM领域的学士学位。尤其是，大三学生正处于大学学习的关键时期，因为这是他们开始学习该专业的高级课程的时候。S-STEM导师的支持确保了这些转学学生在这一关键时期得到支持。对大一新生的支持为他们在适应更加独立的生活时提供了亟需的学习技能发展和学术指导。对即将入学的研究生的支持正在稳定他们向更高要求的过渡，并将他们从就业职责中解放出来，这样他们就可以专注于学术努力。华中科技大学的学生人数很少，超过80%的转校生和60%的新生都表现出了经济上的需求；因此，S-STEM奖学金吸引了广泛的学生。精心设计的活动吸引了所有学生参加参与S-STEM项目的我校各个学术单位的积极研究研讨会、讲座、院系和学院座谈会。这些活动为学生提供激励，让他们继续学习STEM专业，并激励他们在学业上出类拔萃。完成为期一年的项目的学生将被精简到现有的研究小组，这些小组拥有良好的产业合作伙伴关系。这些行业联系将被用来将合格的学生直接送入劳动力大军。

Twenty academically talented students at the University of Central Florida (UCF) are being selected each year from science and engineering disciplines, with a special focus on mathematics and computer sciences, for scholarships in the range of $4,000 to $10,000 depending on financial need. Recruited students are in one of the following three groups (a) recent transfers to the university, (b) freshman undergraduate students and (c) first-year graduate students. New transfer students to UCF are being provided moral and financial support to help them with the transition and to ensure they will successfully complete the bachelor's degree in a STEM field. In particular, juniors are in a critical period in their university studies because it is when they embark on advanced courses in the major. The support of the S-STEM mentors ensures these transfer students are being supported during this critical period of time. The support for freshman undergraduates is providing them with much-needed study skill development and academic guidance when they are adjusting to a more independent life. Support for incoming graduate students is stabilizing their transition to heightened demands and is providing release from employment duties so they can focus on their academic endeavors. UCF has a significant population of underrepresented students and more than 80% of transfer and 60% of entering freshmen have demonstrated financial need; thus, the S-STEM scholarships are appealing to a broad range of students.Carefully designed activities are engaging all the student participants in active research seminars, lectures, departmental and college colloquia of the various academic units at UCF involved with the S-STEM project. These activities are providing incentives to keep the students engaged in their STEM major and motivating them to excel academically. Students completing the year-long project will be streamlined into existing research groups that have good industrial partnerships. These industrial connections will be used to place qualified students directly into the workforce.