Expanding Engineering in Eastern North Carolina (E3NC)

这个拟议的S-STEM项目将提供为期三年的工程学奖学金，将在五年内发放给20名学生。其目标是吸引、留住和毕业北卡罗来纳州东部的优秀学生，该地区以贫困和农村著称。该计划将培养和促进与ECU工程咨询委员会(EAB)的教职员工、学生和行业领袖的关系，最终目标是增加E3NC学生？自信、领导潜力和社会责任感。E3NC计划也将被用作招聘工具。这个项目的智力优势集中在参与者将被录取的一般工程课程，被描述为具有智力挑战。与ECU诺伊斯学者(主修数学教育或科学教育的学生)举办的研讨会将提供课堂外讨论和对话的机会，挑战学生思考自己作为工程师和重视科学和数学教育的社区成员的角色。更广泛的影响集中在通过针对来自北卡罗来纳州贫困和农村地区的学生来扩大STEM的多样性。该项目开发和维护了一个网站，作为了解该项目的地方，获得申请，并包括允许参与者彼此接触和与学生支持教师互动的功能。NC STEM社区合作(www.ncstem.org)用于传播。这是一个帮助北卡罗来纳州社区的组织，这些社区希望通过将他们与州和全国的资源联系起来，扩大他们对STEM倡议的参与。此外，计划在全国学术咨询协会(NACADA)年会上发表演讲。

This proposed S-STEM program would provide three-year engineering scholarships which will be spread across five years and awarded to 20 students. The goal is to attract, retain and graduate outstanding students in Eastern North Carolina, a region known to be poor and rural. The program will foster and enable relationships with faculty, students, and industry leaders from ECU's Engineering Advisory Board (EAB), ultimately with the goal of increasing E3NC students? confidence, leadership potential, and sense of community responsibility. The E3NC program will also be used as a recruiting tool. The intellectual merit of this project is focused on the general engineering curriculum in which the participants will be enrolled, being characterized as intellectually challenging. Seminars held with ECU's Noyce Scholars (students majoring in math education or science education) will provide opportunities for discussion and dialogue outside the classroom setting, challenging students to think about their roles as engineers and as community members who value science and math education. Broader impacts focus on broadening diversity in STEM by targeting students from poor and rural areas of North Carolina. The project develops and maintains a web site that serves as a place to learn about the program, obtain an application, and includes features to allow participants to engage with each other and with student support faculty. The NC STEM Community Collaborative (www.ncstem.org) is used for dissemination. This is an organization that assists North Carolina communities who want to expand their involvement in STEM initiatives by connecting them to resources across the state and the country. Additionally, presentations are planned at the NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Annual Conference.