South Texas Border Mathematics and Pre-Engineering Graduates

通过科学和技术学院、自然科学系、学术支持和丰富计划办公室以及学生服务主任办公室的共同努力，德克萨斯农工国际大学(TAMIU)正在建立一个计算机科学、工程和数学奖学金(CSEMS)项目：南得克萨斯边境数学和工程预科毕业生(STBMPEG)。STBmpeg计划为29名计算机科学、工程或数学专业的低收入本科生提供奖学金。由于他们在CSEMS领域的代表性不足，此类奖学金将优先考虑给低收入少数族裔、妇女和残疾人。智力价值：CSEMS-STBmpeg方案的主要目标是：(1)为参与者增加专业发展研究活动和实习机会；(2)提供服务，支持及时完成学位要求；(3)增加进入CSEMS领域研究生院学习的低收入本科少数民族、妇女和残疾人的人数；(4)扩大和进一步发展现有校友和私营行业关系/网络的能力，以提供职业研讨会和相关的就业准备经验；以及，(5)通过针对低年级学生和预科学生的辅导和榜样活动，解决目标人群参与CSEMS的低参与率这一更广泛的社会问题。要获得奖学金，参与的学生必须保持CSEMS专业的全日制入学，GPA至少保持在2.80，并参加旨在通过指导和协作学习促进他们与教职员工和同行交流的丰富活动。学生被要求参加项目指导，每学年至少参加一次职业研讨会，至少每个季度与他们的CSEMS-STBMPEG顾问会面一次，在CSEMS相关的行业实习或校园就业活动中与教师导师一起参与研究，并为对CSEMS表现出兴趣的低级本科生或预科学生充当导师或榜样。为项目参与者提供的支持包括在他们最初的项目年中的同伴导师，辅导和同伴学习小组的支持，以及为研究生做准备的帮助。通过CSEMS-STBMPEG计划提供的经济援助和丰富活动，预计大多数学生将在进入该计划的两到四年内毕业，并将进入CSEMS专业的研究生课程或在相关领域获得一个职位。更广泛的影响：计划活动的长期、持续的好处包括为未来的CSEMS专业建立新的研究和实习机会，为参与CSEMS职业生涯不同阶段的个人之间未来的合作互动增加网络和指导活动，在大学社区内部以及与当地行业和机构发展学生联系，大学前鼓励未被充分代表的种族群体、低收入妇女和残疾人在CSEMS相关领域寻找工作，以及CSEMS学者与他们的教师导师合作获得的更多研究过程的知识。

Through the collaborative efforts of the College of Science and Technology, the Department of Natural Sciences, the Office of Programs for Academic Support and Enrichment, and the Office of Dean of Student Services, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) is establishing a Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) Program: South Texas Border Mathematics and Pre-Engineering Graduates (STBMPEG). The STBMPEG program is providing scholarships to twenty-nine low-income, undergraduates majoring in computer science, engineering, or mathematics. Due to their under representation in CSEMS fields, priority for such scholarships will be given to low-income ethnic minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Intellectual Merit: Primary objectives of the CSEMS-STBMPEG Program are to (1) increase the number of professional development research activities, as well as internship opportunities, for participants; (2) provide services to support timely completion of degree requirements; (3) increase the number of low-income undergraduate ethnic minorities, women, and persons with disabilities who enter graduate school in CSEMS fields; (4) expand and further develop the capacity within existing alumni and private industry relationships/networks to provide career seminars and relevant job preparation experiences; and, (5) address the broader societal issue of low participation in CSEMS by the targeted populations through mentoring and role modeling activities for lower-division and pre-college students. To receive the scholarships, participating students must remain enrolled full time in a CSEMS major, maintain a GPA of at least 2.80, and participate in enrichment activities designed to facilitate their involvement with faculty and peers through mentoring and collaborative learning. Students are required to attend a program orientation, participate in at least one career seminar per academic year, meet with their CSEMS-STBMPEG Advisor minimally once each quarter, participate in research with a faculty mentor or in a CSEMS-related industry internship or on- campus employment activity, and serve as a mentor or role model for a lower-division undergraduate or pre-college student with demonstrated interest in CSEMS. The support provided to project's participants include a peer mentor during their initial program year, tutorial and peer study-group support, plus assistance in preparing for graduate school. With the financial assistance and enrichment activities provided through the CSEMS-STBMPEG Program, it is anticipated that most students will graduate within two to four years of entry into the program and will either enter a graduate program with a CSEMS major or secure a position in a related field. Broader Impact: Long-term, continuing benefits of program activities include establishment of new research and internship opportunities to be available for future CSEMS majors, increased networking and mentoring activities for future cooperative interactions among participating individuals at various stages of their CSEMS careers, development of student linkages within the university community itself as well as with local industry and agencies, pre-college encouragement to seek careers in CSEMS-related fields by underrepresented ethnic groups, low-income women and persons with disabilities, and expanded knowledge of research processes acquired by CSEMS Scholars working in conjunction with their faculty mentors.