Scholarships for Transfer Students in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

该项目为有经济需要的有学术天赋的学生提供奖学金，这些学生从社区学院转到希望学院，主修生物、化学、计算机科学、工程、地质和环境科学、数学或物理。在四年的时间里，每年最多向七名转校生提供高达10,000美元的奖学金。如果学生符合资格要求，奖学金可以续签第二年。该项目的目标是(1)改善当地社区学院与希望学院STEM项目之间的合作；(2)在社区学院招收通常不会考虑上该学院的STEM学生；(3)增加社区学院转到希望学院STEM项目的学生人数；以及(4)增加社区学院在STEM学科中的转学比例。每年，该项目都将在霍普所在地理区域的七个社区大学校园内识别和招收学生。奖学金获得者将在个人面试和审查他们的大学入学申请后被挑选出来。选择是基于对学业成功的承诺和奖学金影响职业选择的潜力。所有获得这些奖学金支持的学生都有机会在暑期参加霍普学院的一个暑期研究项目，然后再开始在霍普学院学习。他们的学习还得到了密集的教员建议、及时和适当的学术援助以及教育、实习和研究机会的支持。此外，S-STEM转学奖学金获得者还参与了培养卓越科学社区(FACES)计划，该计划于2010年秋季启动，面向一批新生。该项目为STEM专业的学生提供同伴指导、职业咨询和社区建设活动，帮助他们过渡到大学并为STEM领域的职业生涯做准备。智力优势：该项目建立在国家认可的Hope STEM项目、当前的Hope CSEMS和S STEM项目、面孔辅导计划以及学院广泛的学生支持基础设施的基础上，使学生能够转移和攻读STEM学科之一的学位。更广泛的影响：该项目特别针对社区大学生，他们通常不考虑进入霍普这样的私立文科大学，从而增加了霍普STEM领域的经济和种族多样性。有相当数量的希望STEM校友在科学和工程领域攻读研究生课程。因此，来自Hope的受过STEM教育的毕业生不仅将进入劳动力大军，而且他们中的许多人可能会攻读STEM领域的研究生学位。

This project provides scholarships for academically talented students with financial need who transfer to Hope College from a community college to major in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geological and environmental sciences, mathematics, or physics. Scholarships of up to $10,000 per year are offered to up to seven transferring students each year over four years. The scholarships are renewable for a second year if the student meets eligibility requirements. The objectives of this project are to (1) improve the collaboration between local community colleges and Hope College STEM programs; (2) recruit to Hope College STEM students at community colleges who would not ordinarily consider attending the college; (3) increase the number of community college students who transfer into STEM programs at Hope College; and (4) increase the retention of community college transfers in STEM disciplines. Each year this project will identify and recruit students on seven community college campuses in Hope's geographic region. Scholarship recipients will be selected after personal interviews and review of their college admissions packets. Selection is based on promise for academic success and potential for the scholarship to affect career choice. All students supported by these scholarships are given the opportunity to participate in a summer research project at Hope College in the summer before they begin studies at Hope. They are also supported in their study by intensive faculty advising, timely and appropriate academic assistance, and education, internship and research opportunities. In addition, S-STEM Transfer Scholars participate in the Fostering a Community of Excellence in Science (FACES) program, which was launched for a cohort of incoming freshmen in the Fall of 2010. This program provides peer mentoring, career counseling and community building activities for STEM majors to help them make the transition to the college and prepare for careers in STEM fields. Intellectual Merit: This project builds upon the nationally recognized Hope STEM programs, the current Hope CSEMS and S-STEM projects, the FACES mentoring program, and the college's extensive infrastructure for student support to enable students to transfer and pursue degrees in one of the STEM disciplines. Broader Impacts: This project especially targets community college students who usually do not consider attending a private liberal arts college like Hope, thus increasing economic and racial diversity in STEM fields at Hope. A significant number of Hope STEM alumni pursue post-graduate studies in science and engineering fields. Thus graduates with strong STEM educations from Hope will not only enter the workforce, but many of them are likely to pursue post-graduate degrees in STEM fields.