Advancing Science and Technology in Eastern Oregon

东俄勒冈大学（EOU）的国家科学基金会（NSF）科学、技术、工程和数学（S-STEM）奖学金项目将为生物学、化学-生物化学、计算机科学和数学专业有学术天赋的学生提供奖学金和支持服务。EOU是一个4年制的公共机构，服务于俄勒冈州经济和技术上处于劣势的农村社区。因此，该项目将通过访问当地高中和社区大学，以及到其他太平洋西北地区的社区外展活动和将潜在学生和家长带到欧洲大学校园的活动来招募潜在的奖学金获得者。俄勒冈州东部推进科学技术（ASTEO） S-STEM项目的主要目标是(a)增加STEM专业中有经济需要的学术天赋学生的入学率；(b)提高ASTEO学者的留校率和毕业率，同时缩短毕业时间，使其相对于大学内同类人群；(c)增加EOU的STEM毕业生进入和留在STEM工作队伍或进入STEM学科的研究生院的人数和多样性；(d)通过培养受过良好教育的毕业生进入stem相关专业，为区域经济发展做出贡献。该项目将资助23名学生，其中包括11名新生（4年制奖学金）和12名转学生（2年制奖学金）。该计划的关键要素将包括住宿学生共同生活的机会；新生研讨会；学术支援服务；教师和同伴指导；高质量的浓缩活动；研究和实习机会；STEM大使计划，由更多的ASTEO资深学者担任同行导师，参与S-STEM项目的招聘、指导和网络建设。对项目成功与否的评估将为院校招聘、第一年课程设计、学生充实和学术支持服务提供参考。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) will provide scholarships and support services to academically-talented students majoring in biology, chemistry-biochemistry, computer science, and mathematics who demonstrate financial need. EOU is a 4-year, public institution serving economically and technologically disadvantaged rural communities across Oregon. Thus, the project will recruit potential scholarship recipients via visits to local high schools and community colleges, as well as community outreach to other Pacific Northwest regions and events that bring prospective students and parents to the EOU campus.The main goals of the Advancing Science and Technology in Eastern Oregon (ASTEO) S-STEM project are to (a) increase the enrollment of academically talented students with financial need in STEM majors; (b) increase retention and graduation rates, while reducing time to graduation, for ASTEO scholars relative to similar populations within the university; (c) increase the number and diversity of STEM graduates from EOU who enter and remain in the STEM workforce or enter graduate school in a STEM discipline; and (d) contribute to regional economic development by preparing well educated graduates who enter STEM-related professions. The program will support a total of 23 students, including 11 incoming freshmen (four-year awards) and 12 transfer students (two-year awards). Key elements of the program will include opportunities for residential students to live together; a freshman seminar; academic support services; faculty and peer mentoring; high-quality enrichment activities; opportunities for research and internships; and a STEM Ambassadors program, in which more senior ASTEO scholars serve as peer tutors and participate in recruiting, mentoring, and networking for the S-STEM project. Evaluation of the success of the project will inform institutional practices for recruiting, design of first-year courses, and student enrichment and academic support services.