Global Engineering Preparedness Scholarship (GEPS) Program

这个面向低收入学生的S-STEM奖学金项目侧重于培养具备全球工程劳动力所需技能的工程师。全球工程准备奖学金（GEPS）计划包括为25名有学术天赋的低收入学生提供技术、全球能力和领导技能的策略，使他们能够从匹兹堡大学斯旺森工程学院注册并毕业。随着学生跨文化和全球能力技能的发展，GEPS计划正在应对美国国家工程院2020年（2005年）的工程师教育要求，将工程师培养成为全球工程领域的领导者。GEPS计划的目标是：1)通过奖学金机会，为有才华的低收入学生提供工程教育的机会，使他们能够注册并毕业于工程专业，并共同努力增加代表性不足的少数民族学生的入学率；2)为GEPS工程类学者的留校和毕业提供持续的学术支持；3)为GEPS学者提供发展全球能力和领导经验的机会。学生们可以从以下四种选择中获得全球领导经验：居家服务学习活动、实习、人文工程证书顶点设计课程或海外实地项目学习经验。招聘策略包括强调转学生，他们通常不提供奖学金机会。评估者将提供形成性反馈，以帮助迭代地改进全球工程准备、同行和教员指导、学术咨询、辅导和其他程序组件。

This S-STEM scholarship project for low income students focuses on preparing engineers with the skills required to be part of a global engineering workforce. The Global Engineering Preparedness Scholarship (GEPS) program includes strategies to equip a total of 25 academically talented, low income students to enroll and graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh with technical, global competency and leadership skills. With the development of students' intercultural and global competency skills, the GEPS program is addressing the National Academy of Engineering's Educating the Engineer of 2020 (2005) call for preparing engineers to be leaders in global engineering fields.The goals of the GEPS program are to: 1) provide access, through scholarship opportunities, to engineering education to talented low income students to enroll and graduate in engineering, with concerted effort to increase the enrollment of underrepresented minority (URM) students; 2) provide continuous academic support for the retention and graduation of GEPS scholars in engineering; and 3) provide opportunities for GEPS scholars to develop global competency and leadership experience. Scholars gain global leadership experiences by selecting from four options: stay-at-home service learning activities, internships, Engineering for Humanity Certificate capstone design course, or study abroad experiences with on-location projects. Recruitment strategies include emphasis on transfer students, who typically are not provided scholarship opportunities. Evaluators will provide formative feedback to assist in iteratively improving global engineering preparedness, peer and faculty mentoring, academic counseling, tutoring, and other program components.