Salish Kootenai College STEM Scholarship (S3) program

在这个项目中，蒙大拿州部落学院Salish Kootenai College的学生被命名为Salish Kootenai STEM学者（S3），以帮助他们获得STEM学科的学士学位。 除了奖学金，S3学者还可以获得个人指导，通过辅导中心提供学术支持，在部落技术企业实习机会，研究机会，学生支持服务，数学靴子营地和职业咨询。 在拨款的五年内，该项目旨在将来自代表性不足的群体（主要是美国原住民）的STEM毕业生人数增加到全国平均水平的14%，将宣布STEM专业的新生入学比例增加到31%，并将宣布专业毕业的保留率提高到75%。 尽管该地区贫困程度很高，非传统的学生人口（需要儿童保育和家庭支持），许多学生的高中准备不足，但这些雄心勃勃的目标正在实现。

In this project students at Salish Kootenai College, a tribal college in Montana, are named Salish Kootenai STEM Scholars (S3) to assist them in earning bachelors degrees in STEM disciplines. In addition to the scholarships, S3 Scholars have access to individual mentoring, academic support through a tutoring center, internship opportunities in tribal technological businesses, research opportunities, student support services, math boot camps, and career counseling. Over the five years of the grant the project aims to increase the number of STEM graduates from underrepresented groups, mostly Native American, to the national average of 14%, increase the proportion of entering freshmen declaring STEM majors to 31%, and increase the retention of declared majors graduating to 75%. These ambitious goals are being achieved despite the high level of poverty in the area, the nontraditional student population (needs for childcare and family support), and weak high-school preparation of many of the students.