CONNECTS 2: Scholarships to Support Success in Engineering

这个连接2 S-STEM项目将通过为80名在各个工程学科和计算机科学专业有学术天赋的第一代新生提供奖学金，提高工程劳动力的质量，数量和多样性。此外，该计划将针对来自历史上代表性不足的人口的学术强的学生。 该计划采用三管齐下的招聘-申请-入学计划，从12所选定的德克萨斯州高中招聘，选择和保留奖学金获得者。 该计划结合了学生支持策略，如生活学习社区，课程集群，行业互动，学生专业社会参与和学生职业安置。

This CONNECTS 2 S-STEM project will increase the quality, quantity, and diversity of the engineering workforce by providing scholarships to 80 academically talented, first-generation freshmen students majoring in various engineering disciplines and computer science. Additionally, the program will target academically strong students from historically underrepresented populations. The program utilizes a three-pronged recruitment-application-matriculation plan to recruit, select, and retain scholarship recipients from 12 selected Texas high schools. The program incorporates student support strategies such as living learning communities, course clustering, industry interaction, student professional society involvement, and student career placement.