Scholarships Advancing Mercer STEM Students (SAMS)

美世高级STEM学生奖学金(SAMS)将为在美世社区学院(MCCC)证明有经济需求的全日制STEM学生提供120个奖学金。该计划的具体目标将是为有经济需要的有学术天赋的学生提供奖学金，以便他们能够顺利毕业和/或转到STEM领域的四年制院校。新泽西州中部社区将受益于STEM劳动力的毕业生质量和数量的增加。SAMS计划的目标是：1)在拨款期间保留至少75%的学者；2)让50%的学者是STEM学科中代表性不足的少数族裔(URM)或女性；3)学者是全日制的，作为队列参与干预和咨询计划，并鼓励他们参加本科研究或在计划的第二年作为同行导师接受培训；4)有75%的学者在STEM领域顺利毕业或转自MCCC。其他招聘和保留活动的亮点包括：高中暑期过桥计划，每周一次以大学成功和转学战略为重点的队列会议，一对一辅导，每周STEM入门课程审查会议，STEM研讨会和重点讨论，本科生研究和演讲，以及带认证的同行辅导。该计划将设计为一个为期两年的选择性计划，面向一批具有国家认可的促进STEM成功的战略的学生。就更广泛的影响而言，为有经济需求的学生提供奖学金机会将提高STEM计划的保留率以及转校率和毕业率。低收入少数族裔学生和退伍军人将是STEM奖学金计划的重点。拟议的项目将帮助学生准备就业和/或转到STEM领域的四年制课程。

Scholarships for Advancing Mercer STEM Students (SAMS) will provide 120 scholarships for full-time STEM students who have demonstrated financial need at Mercer County Community College (MCCC). The specific goal of this program will be to provide scholarships for academically talented students who have demonstrated financial need so that they can successfully graduate and/or transfer to a 4-year institution in a STEM field. The central New Jersey community will benefit from the increased quality and numbers of graduates for the STEM workforce.The objectives of the SAMS program will be to: 1) retain at least 75% of the scholars for the duration of the grant; 2) have 50% of the scholars be underrepresented minorities (URMs) or women in STEM disciplines; 3) have the scholars be enrolled full-time, participate in intervention and advising programs as a cohort, and be encouraged to participate in undergraduate research or be trained as a peer-tutor in their second year of the program; and 4) have 75% of the scholars successfully graduate or transfer from MCCC in the field of STEM. Highlights of additional recruitment and retention activities are: a high school summer bridge program, weekly cohort meetings focusing on college success and transfer strategies, one-on-one mentoring, weekly review sessions in STEM gateway courses, STEM seminars with focused discussion afterwards, undergraduate research with a presentation and peer-tutoring with certification. The program will be designed as a two-year selective program for a cohort of students featuring nationally recognized strategies to promote STEM success.In terms of the broader impacts, providing scholarship opportunities to students who have demonstrated financial need will increase the retention rate as well as transfer and graduation rates in STEM programs. Low-income minority students and veterans will be a focus for the STEM scholarship program. The proposed project will help students prepare for employment and/or transfer to four-year programs in the STEM fields.