Tiospaye in Engineering II

该项目的目标是增加从南达科他州矿业与技术学院毕业的获得工程学士学位的美国土著学生的数量。“Tiospaye”是一个拉科塔语，意思是大家庭;这个大家庭支持美洲原住民学生的学术，专业，文化和社会活动。这个工程大家庭包括奖学金获得者以及其他学生，工作人员，教师，管理人员，校友，雇主，社区，学生家庭成员，部落成员和部落学院合作伙伴，最值得注意的是奥格拉拉拉科塔学院。 奖学金的财政支持与工程大家庭的一对一和一对一小组接触相结合，大大增加了美国印第安学生在工程方面取得成功的途径。11个或更多的奖学金将颁发给学术上有才华和经济上有需要的美洲原住民工程学生。在与正在进行的Tiospaye在科学项目的合作伙伴关系，该计划是：1）招募学术人才的学生，谁是联邦承认的部落，部落高中毕业生的成员，或从部落学院或大学转学。这些学生必须表现出学术卓越，经济需要，并致力于工程事业; 2）保持这些学生在促进学术和职业成功的环境中，同时支持学生的社会和文化传统; 3）通过强调职业规划和专业选择的课程，将这些学生安置在适当的就业或继续教育中。

The goal of this project, Tiospaye in Engineering II, is to increase the number of Native American students graduating from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with bachelor's degrees in engineering. "Tiospaye" is a Lakota word meaning extended family; this extended family supports the Native American students in their academic, professional, cultural, and social activities. This engineering extended family includes the scholarship recipients as well as other students, staff, faculty, administrators, alumni, employers, the community, student family members, tribal members, and the tribal college partners, most notably Oglala Lakota College. The financial support of the scholarships combined with one-on-one and one-on-small group contact with the engineering extended family significantly increases the pathways to success for American Indian students in engineering. Eleven or more scholarships will be awarded to academically talented and financially needy Native American engineering students. In partnership with the ongoing Tiospaye in Science project, this program is: 1) Recruiting academically talented students, who are members of federally recognized tribes, graduates of tribal high schools, or transfers from tribal colleges or universities. These students must demonstrate academic excellence, financial need, and a commitment to an engineering career; 2) Retaining these students in an environment that promotes academic and professional success, while supporting the students socially and in their cultural traditions; and 3) Placing these students in appropriate employment or further education through programs emphasizing career planning and professional options.