Advancing Undergraduate to Geo-environmental Master's for Engaged Needs-based Talented Students (AUGMENTS) scholarships program

德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UT Arlington）将为参加AUGMENTS（为有需要的有才华的学生提供地球环境硕士本科升读项目）的学术才华和经济困难的学生提供22个S-STEM奖学金。AUGMENTS正在接受地质学、环境科学和相关学科的本科生，然后引导他们通过学士学位进入UT阿灵顿大学地球与环境科学硕士学位研究生课程。该项目正在从德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校以及德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校和德克萨斯大学泛美分校的合作项目中招募学生。一个综合的学术和专业支持网络，包括多层次的指导和绩效跟踪，有助于实现AUGMENTS的目标，并有助于确保保留和完成学位。该项目的一个定义要素是让学生在大四之前参加“暑期学习体验”，AUGMENTS的目标是通过亲身实践的、真实的地球科学研究体验来激发学生对学习的兴奋。夏季学习经验也旨在灌输学生掌握地球科学专业人员工作所需的技能和信心。AUGMENTS项目的目标是改善代表性不足、有经济需求的学生的教育机会，使他们能够顺利完成本科学习，并获得地球与环境科学硕士学位。随着绿色经济的发展，AUGMENTS正在为学生提供相关经验和技术技能，这是该行业雇主对下一代STEM毕业生的期望和需要。

The University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) is offering 22 S-STEM scholarships to academically talented and financial-needy students who enter the AUGMENTS (Advancing Undergraduate to Geoenvironmental Masters for Engaged Needs-based Talented Students) program. AUGMENTS is accepting undergraduate students from geology, environmental science, and related disciplines, then shepherding them through their baccalaureate degrees into the Masters degree graduate program in Earth and Environmental Sciences at UT Arlington. The program is recruiting students from UT Arlington and partnering programs at UT Brownsville and UT Pan American. An integrated network of academic and professional support that includes multi-layered mentoring and performance tracking are contributing to the goals of AUGMENTS and are helping to ensure retention and progression to degree completion. A defining element of the program is having the students participate in a "summer learning experience" before their senior year, through which AUGMENTS is aiming to infuse excitement about learning with a hands-on, real world, geosciences research experiences. The summer learning experience is also aiming to instill the skills and confidence students need to master the work of geosciences professionals. The goals of the AUGMENTS program are improving educational opportunities for underrepresented students with financial needs by enabling them to complete undergraduate studies successfully and to earn masters degrees in earth and environmental science. With the growth of the green economy, AUGMENTS is providing students with the relevant experiences and technical skills that employers in this sector expect and need from the next generation of STEM graduates.