Together for the Planet: Community Environmental Scholars Program

通过捐赠，社区环境学者计划于2010年在该大学的纳尔逊环境研究所启动。这个基于需求的奖学金项目面向来自代表性不足的种族群体的本科生，或者是第一代大学生、退伍军人、残疾人或归来的成年人。在第一年，该项目为28名学生提供服务，他们致力于与真实的人一起解决真实的环境问题。该项目建立在学者计划的基础上，并增加了新的功能。在5年的时间里，采用类似的选拔标准加上额外的学术卓越标准，该大学将向攻读环境研究证书或专业或攻读环境科学专业的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业的本科生颁发35个或更多奖学金，平均为8000美元。这些奖学金支持STEM领域（主要是科学和工程领域）的一批学生。智力优势：该项目模拟了一个现实世界的环境，在这个环境中，接受STEM培训的人与来自其他背景的人一起工作，以实现一个共同的目标。将STEM的学习与现实世界的环境问题联系起来，已被证明对所有学生都有效，尤其是对女性和代表性不足的少数群体。更广泛的影响：作为专业人士和公民，当前这一代本科生在未来的生活中面临着前所未有的环境挑战。该项目为学生提供培训，帮助他们应对这些挑战。校园网被用来招募和留住各种各样的学生来获得奖学金。对于所有参与的学生来说，这个项目代表了三赢：对于学生自己，对于他们所注册的STEM学科的学生，以及对于他们有朝一日将生活和工作的社区的环境健康和福祉。

Through gifts, the Community Environmental Scholars Program was launched in 2010 in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the university. This need-based scholarship program is for undergraduates either from an underrepresented ethnic group or who are first-generation college, veterans, disabled, or returning adults. In its inaugural year, the program served a cohort of 28 students who were dedicated to working with real people on real environmental problems.This project builds on the Scholars Program and adds new features. Over a 5-year period and using similar selection criteria plus an additional one of academic excellence, the university is awarding 35 or more scholarships averaging $8000 to undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors pursing an environmental studies certificate or major, or pursuing an environmental science major. These scholarships support a cohort of students in STEM fields, primarily science and engineering. Intellectual Merit: The program models a real-world setting in which people trained in STEM work with people from other backgrounds to accomplish a common goal. Linking learning in STEM with real-world environmental issues has been shown to be effective for all students, but especially for women and underrepresented minorities. Broader Impacts: The current generation of undergraduate students faces unprecedented environmental challenges in their future lives as professionals and citizens. This project supports students as they train to meet these challenges. Campus networks are being used to recruit and retain a wide diversity of students for the scholarships. For all students who participate, this project represents a triple win: for the students themselves, for those in the STEM disciplines in which they enroll, and for the environmental health and well-being of the communities in which they one day will live and work.