Union College Scholarships

智力优势：为了增加坎伯兰谷地区开发区及周边县的弱势学生人数，该项目正在设立数学和科学奖学金。奖学金颁发给在学术上有天赋但经济困难的学生，这些学生来自肯塔基州东南部，这是美国最贫穷、教育权利最被剥夺的地区之一。在资助期内将颁发大约15个奖学金。该计划包括精心策划的活动和支持结构，通过创建一个协作学习社区来提高入学率、留校率和毕业率。参与者通过以下方式形成有凝聚力的学习群体：分配学术顾问和同伴导师；参加指定的重点课程；参加实地考察和服务学习机会；参与研究和实习机会；在职业规划和安置过程中得到协助。与地区高中和stem相关企业管理人员建立的项目网络将在赠款到期后招募、毕业和就业地区学生。更广泛的影响：该学院73%的学生是第一代或来自低收入家庭。奖学金项目主要为这些学生提供服务。

Intellectual Merit: In order to increase the number of disadvantaged students from the Cumberland Valley Area Development District and surrounding counties, the project is establishing math and science scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to academically-talented but financially-challenged students recruited from southeastern Kentucky, one of the nation's poorest and most educationally-disenfranchised regions. Approximately 15 scholarships are being awarded over the duration of the funding period. The program includes deliberate activities and support structures to increase matriculation, retention, and graduation rates by creating a collaborative learning community. Participants form cohesive learning cohorts by: being assigned academic advisors and peer mentors; being enrolled in designated sections of key courses; participating in field trips and service-learning opportunities; participating in research and internship opportunities; and being assisted in the career planning and placement process. Program networks established with area high schools and managers in STEM-related businesses function in future efforts to recruit, graduate, and place in employment, area students after the expiration of the grant. Broader Impact: Seventy-three percent (73%) of students at the college are first generation or come from low income families. The scholarship program is serving these students primarily.