High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics

在S-STEM计划，在计算机科学和数学的高成就奖学金计划，在阿巴拉契亚州立大学（ASU）增加了高科技劳动力和计算机科学和数学的学生攻读研究生学位的数量，通过增加教育机会，为经济上处于不利地位的学生有潜力取得成功。该计划通过多种方式为来自阿巴拉契亚地区的学生增加学术机会，通过改善所有计算机科学和数学学生的支持基础设施，与区域高科技行业建立联系，提供领导力培训机会，并让学生参与研究。该计划的智力优势包括：1）它使平均每年21名学术才华，经济困难的学者在两个STEM领域获得本科或研究生学位方面取得进展; 2）它包括一个STEM研讨会，发起社区建设，指导和研究活动，并辅以增值组件，如领导力研讨会和与已毕业的前ASU S-STEM学者的指导关系; 3）它支持学者参与教师指导的研究项目和成果的传播，包括会议出版物和演示文稿。该计划的更广泛的影响包括：1）增加来自阿巴拉契亚地区的弱势学生的教育机会; 2）增加亚利桑那州立大学所有STEM学生的学生支持服务; 3）通过增加STEM劳动力能力，为阿巴拉契亚地区和北卡罗来纳州的经济发展做出贡献。

The S-STEM program, The High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics, at Appalachian State University (ASU) increases the high technology workforce and the number of Computer Science and Mathematic's students pursuing graduate degrees by increasing educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students with the potential to succeed. The program increases academic opportunities for students from the Appalachia region in multiple ways, by improving the support infrastructure for all Computer Science and Mathematics students, establishing connections with regional high technology industry, providing leadership training opportunities, and engaging students in research.The intellectual merits of this program include: 1) It enables on average 21 academically talented, financially disadvantaged scholars per year to make progress toward gaining undergraduate or graduate degrees in two STEM fields; 2) It includes a STEM seminar that initiates community building, mentoring, and research activities, supplemented with value-added components such as leadership workshops and mentoring relationships with previous ASU S-STEM scholars who have graduated; 3) It supports scholar participation in faculty mentored research projects and the dissemination of results, including conference publications and presentations.The broader impacts of this program include: 1) Enhancing educational opportunities for disadvantaged students from the Appalachian region; 2) Increasing student support services for all STEM students at ASU; 3) Contributing to the economic development of the Appalachian region and North Carolina through increasing STEM workforce capacity.