SSC: "Loyola/Aspira Summer Science Camp"

芝加哥洛约拉大学将与伊利诺伊州的阿斯匹拉大学合作，为35名西班牙裔中学生提供为期六周的双语（英语/西班牙语）暑期科学营，整合计算机科学、工程和物理。该项目将继续进行为期13周的学年随访。跨学科的活动从向学生介绍基本的计算机体系结构开始，然后他们组装与ibm兼容的计算机，以便随后在程序中使用。每周，学生们在三个不同的实验室进行实验：数字电子学，工程设计与控制，以及计算机科学编程，其中通过Pascal语言编程介绍计算机概念。夏季课程包括以职业为导向的实地考察，参观阿贡国家实验室、西北大学、芝加哥研究与贸易公司（一家证券交易公司）和人民天然气公司的设施。学生将获得120美元的津贴以支付交通费，并通过芝加哥公立学校获得高中课程学分。洛约拉/阿斯皮拉SSC复制了美国能源部洛约拉/阿斯皮拉新生前充实项目（PREP），该项目反过来又是为年轻学生重新设计的NSF青年学者项目的双语版本。美国国家科学基金会青年学者项目已经显著影响了伊利诺伊州计算机科学研究中的少数族裔代表。洛约拉/阿斯皮拉SSC的总体使命是智力培养机会有限的西班牙裔学生，为他们提供激发兴趣的体验，使他们能够并激励他们参加科学，工程和数学的大学预科课程，并最终促进他们进入复杂的SEM职业。＊＊＊

Loyola University Chicago in conjunction with Aspira of Illinois, will offer a bilingual (English/Spanish) six week, commuter Summer Science Camp integrating computer science, engineering, and physics for thirty-five Hispanic middle school students. The program continues with a thirteen-week academic year follow-up. The interdisciplinary activities begin with students being introduced to basic computer architecture, after which they assemble IBM-compatible computers for subsequently use in the program. Each week, the students experiment in three distinct labs: Digital electronics, Engineering design and control, and Computer science programming, where computer concepts are introduced through programming in Pascal language. The summer session includes career-oriented field trips to the facilities of Argonne National Laboratories, Northwestern University, Chicago Research & Trade (a securities trading firm), and People's Gas. Students are paid a $120 stipend to cover their transportation expenses and are granted a high school course credit through the Chicago Public Schools. Loyola/Aspira SSC replicates the DOE Loyola/Aspira Pre-Freshman Enrichment Project (PREP), that in turn is a bilingual version of an NSF Young Scholars Project redesigned for younger students. The NSF Young Scholars Project has already significantly affected minority representation in computer science studies in Illinois. Loyola/Aspira SSC's overall mission is to intellectually nurture Hispanic students of limited opportunity, to provide them with interest-stimulating experiences that enable and motivate them to take college preparatory courses in science, engineering, and mathematics, and to promote ultimately their entry into sophisticated SEM careers. ***