STEMS II Program for Suffolk County Community College

萨福克县社区学院（SCCC）为来自多个STEM学科的学生提供140个S-STEM奖学金。目标是通过扩大现有项目，增加技术的使用来扩大合作伙伴关系，并加强同伴指导，使更多的STEM学生毕业和转学。参与者将获得经济援助、转学和职业咨询、实习、工作见习、合作机构参观以及受邀演讲。该项目旨在(1)整合SCCC，布鲁克海文国家实验室（BNL）和石溪大学（SBU）的研究和教育经验，以及(2)通过招募学生参加代表性不足的人群项目，包括大学科学技术教育计划（CSTEP），科学技术入门计划（STEP），自由伙伴关系计划（LPP）和帝国多样性奖学金（ESDS），将多样性纳入NSF项目。项目的智力价值包括：(1)由多元化团队领导的创新联合项目；(2)设计并指导学院首个STEM性别平等项目的共同负责人；(3)通过CSTEP、STEP和LPP指导少数族裔招聘的共同负责人；(4)通过与BNL和SBU的合作伙伴关系提供教育和研究机会。通过与CSTEP合作招收低收入和代表性不足的学生，提高NSF S-STEM学者的多样性，从而产生更广泛的影响。这使参与者能够获得CSTEP支持服务，利用国家科学基金会的资源与州和县资助的项目，如STEP， LPP和ESDS。SCCC的2006-2011奖学金参与者的毕业率和转学率比SCCC的同龄人高出一倍以上。该扩展项目将使更多STEM专业人数不足的学生毕业，并帮助他们转学并完成学业，直接解决全国STEM专业人员严重短缺的问题。通过在国家场馆举行的一系列定期报告，结果正在向STEM教育界传播。

Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is providing 140 S-STEM scholarships to students from multiple STEM disciplines. The goal is to graduate and transfer more STEM students by expanding the existing program, increasing the use of technology to expand collaborative partnerships, and enhancing peer mentoring. Participants receive financial aid, transfer and career counseling, internships, job shadowing, partner institution tours, and invited speaker presentations. The project aims to (1) Integrate Research and Education with experiences at SCCC, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and Stony Brook University (SBU), and (2) Integrate Diversity into NSF Programs by recruiting students in programs for underrepresented populations, including the Collegiate Science and Technology Education Program (CSTEP), Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) and Empire State Diversity Scholarship (ESDS).The intellectual merit of the project includes: (1) An innovative joint program led by a diverse team; (2) A co-PI who designed and directs the College's first STEM gender equity program; (3) A co-PI who directs minority recruitment through CSTEP, STEP, and LPP; and (4) Educational and research opportunities offered through a collaborative partnership with BNL and SBU.The broader impacts follow from enhancing diversity among NSF S-STEM Scholars by collaborating with CSTEP to recruit low income and underrepresented students. This enables participants to receive CSTEP support services, leveraging NSF resources with state- and county-funded programs, such as STEP, LPP, and ESDS. SCCC's 2006-2011 scholarship participants demonstrated graduation and transfer rates greater than twice the average of their peers at SCCC. The extended project is graduating more STEM students from populations underrepresented in STEM professions and assisting them to transfer and complete their educations, directly addressing the significant national shortage of STEM professionals. Results are being disseminated to the STEM education community through a regular series of presentations at national venues.