STEMS II Program for Suffolk County Community College

萨福克郡社区学院（SCCC）为来自多个STEM学科的学生提供140个S-STEM奖学金。我们的目标是通过扩大现有的计划，增加技术的使用，扩大合作伙伴关系，并加强同行指导，毕业和转移更多的STEM学生。参与者获得财政援助，转移和职业咨询，实习，工作阴影，合作伙伴机构图尔斯旅游，并邀请演讲者介绍。该项目旨在（1）将研究和教育与SCCC，布鲁克海文国家实验室（BNL）和斯托尼布鲁克大学（SBU）的经验相结合，以及（2）通过招募学生参与代表性不足的人群的计划，将多样性融入NSF计划，包括大学科学和技术教育计划（CSTEP），科学和技术入门计划（STEP），自由伙伴关系计划（LPP）和帝国多样性奖学金（ESDS）。该项目的智力价值包括：（1）由多元化团队领导的创新联合计划;（2）设计和指导学院第一个STEM性别平等计划的共同PI;（3）一个共同PI谁通过CSTEP，STEP和LPP指导少数民族招聘;和（4）通过与BNL和SBU合作伙伴关系提供的教育和研究机会。更广泛的影响来自通过与CSTEP合作，招募低收入和代表性不足的学生，提高NSF S-STEM学者之间的多样性。这使参与者能够获得CSTEP支持服务，利用NSF资源与州和县资助的计划，如STEP，LPP和ESDS。SCCC 2006-2011年奖学金参与者的毕业率和转学率是SCCC同龄人平均水平的两倍以上。该扩展项目将使更多来自STEM专业代表性不足的人口的STEM学生毕业，并帮助他们转学和完成学业，直接解决全国STEM专业人员严重短缺的问题。正在通过在国家场所定期举行的一系列演讲，向STEM教育界传播成果。

Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is providing 140 S-STEM scholarships to students from multiple STEM disciplines. The goal is to graduate and transfer more STEM students by expanding the existing program, increasing the use of technology to expand collaborative partnerships, and enhancing peer mentoring. Participants receive financial aid, transfer and career counseling, internships, job shadowing, partner institution tours, and invited speaker presentations. The project aims to (1) Integrate Research and Education with experiences at SCCC, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and Stony Brook University (SBU), and (2) Integrate Diversity into NSF Programs by recruiting students in programs for underrepresented populations, including the Collegiate Science and Technology Education Program (CSTEP), Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) and Empire State Diversity Scholarship (ESDS).The intellectual merit of the project includes: (1) An innovative joint program led by a diverse team; (2) A co-PI who designed and directs the College's first STEM gender equity program; (3) A co-PI who directs minority recruitment through CSTEP, STEP, and LPP; and (4) Educational and research opportunities offered through a collaborative partnership with BNL and SBU.The broader impacts follow from enhancing diversity among NSF S-STEM Scholars by collaborating with CSTEP to recruit low income and underrepresented students. This enables participants to receive CSTEP support services, leveraging NSF resources with state- and county-funded programs, such as STEP, LPP, and ESDS. SCCC's 2006-2011 scholarship participants demonstrated graduation and transfer rates greater than twice the average of their peers at SCCC. The extended project is graduating more STEM students from populations underrepresented in STEM professions and assisting them to transfer and complete their educations, directly addressing the significant national shortage of STEM professionals. Results are being disseminated to the STEM education community through a regular series of presentations at national venues.