Scholarships to Enhance Life Sciences (STELS)

在得克萨斯州A M大学科珀斯克里斯蒂，西班牙裔服务机构生命科学系，建立了奖学金，以提高生命科学（STELS）计划，以协助学术人才，但经济上有需要的生命科学专业，成功地完成他们的学士学位。 该计划每年向第二学期新生和第一学期新生提供15个新的和/或持续的奖学金。 STELS的目标是： - 提高生命科学学士学位本科生的数量、质量、多样性和保留率; - 增加研究生入学考试; - 提高学生进入劳动力市场的质量。为了实现生命科学专业的这些目标，STELS提供奖学金，以满足奖学金获得者未满足的经济需求;将学生支持服务纳入STELS活动;为STELS学生提供专业发展机会;鼓励STELS学生与其他奖学金计划的学生之间的互动;并为STELS学者群体建立社区。招聘策略包括小册子，新生入学通知，咨询会议和班级参观。此外，有针对性的招聘发生通过（a）一年级学习社区（FYLC）计划，帮助学生从高中到大学成功的学术和社会过渡，以及（B）荣誉计划，提供丰富的学习计划，以高度积极的学生谁有能力在学术上出类拔萃，并希望发展全球视野。

The Department of Life Sciences at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a Hispanic serving institution, established the Scholarships To Enhance Life Sciences (STELS) program to assist academically talented, but financially needy life science majors, to successfully complete their baccalaureate degrees. The program offers 15 new and/or continuing scholarships annually to second semester freshmen and first semester sophomores. STELS goals are to: - increase the quantity, quality, diversity and retention of undergraduate students pursuing baccalaureate degrees in life sciences; - increase matriculation into graduate school; and - increase the quality of students entering the workforce. In order to achieve these goals for life sciences majors, STELS provides scholarships to fulfill the scholarship recipients' unmet financial needs; integrates student support services into STELS activities; presents professional development opportunities to STELS students; encourages interactions between STELS students and students in other scholarship programs; and builds a community for the cohorts of STELS scholars. Recruitment strategies include brochures, announcements at freshman orientation, and advising sessions and class visits. In addition, targeted recruitment occurs through (a) a First Year Learning Community (FYLC) program which helps students make successful academic and social transitions from high school to the University, and (b) the Honors Program which offers enriched plans of study to highly motivated students who have the ability to excel academically and the desire to develop global perspectives.