Making Opportunities for Computer Science and Computer Engineering Students (MOCS)

为了帮助解决地方、州和国家一级计算机专业学生严重短缺的问题，该项目正在支持28名学业优秀、经济困难的计算机科学和计算机工程专业本科生。满足并保持奖学金学术优秀奖标准的新学生和转学生每学年可获得高达4，800美元的奖学金，为期五年。该项目正在扩大两个先前的NSF奖学金计划（DUE0323994和0728350），提供给工程专业的学生。该项目以成功的成果和吸取的经验教训为基础，调整了两个主要特点：为每位奖学金获得者提供指导，以及一个队列生活和学习社区。该项目的新特点包括当地商界大量参与奖学金获得者的专业发展，以及利用当地计算机科学教师协会（CSTA）和田纳西州通用转学计划招募新生和转学学生。该项目包括提高保留率的补充说明和提高职业安置的电子专业档案。特别鼓励少数民族和女性学生申请。该计划作为生活和学习社区在大学和科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）高等教育环境的典范。目标是85%的学者毕业时获得计算机科学或计算机工程学位。智力优势：新生的招聘计划利用了与当地企业的现有关系以及与教师、高中教师、当地社区组织、学生大使和社区学院的合作关系。正在向受聘的学者提供新设计的服务和及时的支助，以满足他们的需要。当地和区域行业代表作为资源，以加强职业探索的努力和奖学金获得者的学术成功，并协助学生在他们的过渡到工作场所。更广泛的影响：这些奖学金允许学术天赋和经济困难的学生专注于他们的学习。提议的许多活动正在制度化，并提供给大学的所有学生。该计划正在帮助培养该地区持续经济增长所需的受过技术教育的劳动力。与当地产业的伙伴关系加强了学生的就业安置和大学进入社区的推广。

To help address the critical shortage of students majoring in computer fields at the local, state, and national levels, this project is supporting 28 academically excellent and financially needy undergraduate students majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (CSCE). New and transfer college students satisfying and maintaining the scholarship academic merit award criteria receive a scholarship of up to $4,800 per academic year for up to five years.The project is expanding two prior NSF scholarship programs (DUE0323994 and 0728350) offered to engineering students. This project builds on successful outcomes and lessons learned by adapting two of the main features: mentorship for each scholarship recipient and a cohort living and learning community. New features in this project include heavy involvement by the local business community in the professional development of the scholarship recipients, and use of local Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the Tennessee Universal transfer program to recruit freshmen and transfer students into the program. The project includes supplemental instruction to improve retention rates and electronic professional portfolios to enhance career placement. Minority and female students are especially encouraged to apply. This program serves as a model for a living and learning community at the university and in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) higher educational environments. The goal is for 85% of the scholars to graduate with a computer science or computer engineering degree. Intellectual Merit: The recruitment plan for freshman students draws on existing relationships with local businesses and partnerships with faculty, high school teachers, local community organizations, student ambassadors, and community colleges. Recruited scholars are being provided newly designed services and timely support geared towards their needs. Local and regional industry representatives serve as resources to enhance career exploration efforts and academic success of the scholarship recipients and to assist students in their transition to the workplace. Broader Impacts: These scholarships allow academically talented and financially disadvantaged students to concentrate on their studies. Many activities proposed are being institutionalized and available to all students at the university. This program is helping to produce the technically educated workforce necessary for sustained regional economic growth for the region. Partnerships with local industry enhance job placement for students and outreach of the university into the community.