Broadening Intensive Opportunities for Scholarship

萨斯奎汉纳大学的计划“扩大密集的奖学金机会（BIOS）”提供奖学金支持学术合格，经济上有需要的新生本科生坚持赚取生物学学位。 招生目标是来自STEM专业历史上代表性不足的群体的学生，这是大学增加学生群体多样性的持续优先事项的一部分。 每年有一批10名入学学生参加共同课程，包括预科衔接课程和第一学期的研讨会，以解决过渡到大学期间出现的问题。 结构化的指导，通过主要要求的替代途径，以及本科研究和实习的机会都在提高学生的课堂内外的经验发挥重要作用。 Susquehanna对该计划的承诺强调了其愿意在大学资源的前两年提供持续的奖学金支持，并支持教师参与指导和特殊指导。 教师发展是通过教学中心提供的，该中心将其编程集中在教师感兴趣的主题上，在这种情况下，来自迄今代表性不足的群体的学生的教学。

Susquehanna University's program "Broadening Intensive Opportunities for Scholarship (BIOS)" provides scholarship support for academically qualified, financially needy incoming undergraduates to persist to earn a Biology degree. Recruitment targets students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM majors, part of an ongoing priority in the university to increase the diversity of the student body. Each year a cohort of ten entering students is placed in common courses, including a pre-matriculation Bridge program and a first-semester seminar that addresses issues arising during the transition to college. Structured mentoring, alternative pathways through the major requirements, and opportunities for undergraduate research and internships all play important roles in enhancing students' experiences both in and out of the classroom. Susquehanna's commitment to the program is underscored by its willingness to provide continuing scholarship support after the first two years from university resources and by its support of faculty involvement in mentoring and special instruction. Faculty development is offered through a Center for Teaching and Learning, which focuses its programming on topics of interest to faculty, in this case the instruction of students from hitherto underrepresented groups.