Expanding Engineering in Eastern North Carolina (E3NC)

这个拟议的S-STEM项目将提供为期三年的工程奖学金，将在五年内分发给20名学生。其目标是吸引、留住和毕业于北卡罗来纳东部的优秀学生，这个地区以贫穷和农村而闻名。该项目将促进与ECU工程顾问委员会（EAB）的教师、学生和行业领袖之间的关系，最终目标是增加E3NC的学生。自信，领导潜力和社会责任感。E3NC项目也将被用作招聘工具。这个项目的智力价值集中在一般工程课程上，参与者将被录取，被描述为智力挑战。与ECU Noyce学者（数学教育或科学教育专业的学生）举行的研讨会将提供课堂外讨论和对话的机会，挑战学生思考他们作为工程师和重视科学和数学教育的社区成员的角色。更广泛的影响侧重于通过针对北卡罗来纳州贫困和农村地区的学生来扩大STEM的多样性。该项目开发并维护了一个网站，作为了解该项目、获得申请的地方，并包括允许参与者相互交流和与学生支持教师交流的功能。NC STEM社区协作（www.ncstem.org）用于传播。这是一个组织，通过将北卡罗来纳州社区与全州和全国的资源联系起来，帮助他们扩大对STEM计划的参与。此外，还计划在NACADA（全国学术咨询协会）年会上发表演讲。

This proposed S-STEM program would provide three-year engineering scholarships which will be spread across five years and awarded to 20 students. The goal is to attract, retain and graduate outstanding students in Eastern North Carolina, a region known to be poor and rural. The program will foster and enable relationships with faculty, students, and industry leaders from ECU's Engineering Advisory Board (EAB), ultimately with the goal of increasing E3NC students? confidence, leadership potential, and sense of community responsibility. The E3NC program will also be used as a recruiting tool. The intellectual merit of this project is focused on the general engineering curriculum in which the participants will be enrolled, being characterized as intellectually challenging. Seminars held with ECU's Noyce Scholars (students majoring in math education or science education) will provide opportunities for discussion and dialogue outside the classroom setting, challenging students to think about their roles as engineers and as community members who value science and math education. Broader impacts focus on broadening diversity in STEM by targeting students from poor and rural areas of North Carolina. The project develops and maintains a web site that serves as a place to learn about the program, obtain an application, and includes features to allow participants to engage with each other and with student support faculty. The NC STEM Community Collaborative (www.ncstem.org) is used for dissemination. This is an organization that assists North Carolina communities who want to expand their involvement in STEM initiatives by connecting them to resources across the state and the country. Additionally, presentations are planned at the NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Annual Conference.