Montana Minds - Scholarships for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

蒙大拿理工学院的奖学金项目Montana Minds向20名学业有准备但经济困难的学生颁发了可续签的奖学金，以便他们能够获得生物、化学、数学、计算机科学或软件工程等STEM学位学科的学位。蒙大拿理工大学与三人组和Gear Up员工合作，将在蒙大拿州24所贫困高中招募人才，包括所有13所部落高中和7所部落大学。用于支持奖学金获得者的战略包括：-招收蒙大拿州Minds的学者参加学习社区，确保学生一起上几节课，并在学术和社交方面互动，以发展为一个有凝聚力的自给自足的团体；-让蒙大拿州Minds的学者在进入校园的头几年参加大学成功课程，旨在灌输和磨练在大学取得成功所需的技能；-由一名STEM教员在一个学科内提供建议，该教员将指导每个学生的进步，并促进与其他STEM教员的关系；-指派精心挑选的上级本科生导师/导师，帮助蒙大拿州明德大学的学者进行研究，并帮助在这些学者中建立社区；-协助蒙大拿州明德大学的学者进行教员指导的本科生研究。-在蒙大拿智库的学者一年级和二年级期间访问国家科学和工程实验室，见证大规模的科学和工程工作；-为每个学者在大三期间参加全国会议以扩大他们对其学科范围的了解提供财政支持；以及-鼓励蒙大拿智库的学者参与他们所在学科的学生俱乐部。除了这些使学者们取得成功的特殊功能之外，蒙大拿州智库还包括外联活动，以确保在全州范围内对中学和中学后教育系统产生广泛影响。归根结底，该项目旨在改善学生的机会，提高毕业率，在蒙大拿理工大学创造更加以学生为中心的文化，并就经济困难学生面临的挑战对教职员工进行教育。

Montana Minds, a scholarship program of Montana Tech, is awarding renewable scholarships to 20 academically prepared but financially challenged students so that they will obtain degrees in the STEM degree disciplines of biology, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, or software engineering. Montana Tech, working with TRiO and GEAR UP staff, will target recruiting at 24 of Montana's impoverished high schools, including all 13 tribal high schools, and 7 tribal colleges.Strategies being used to support scholarship recipients include: - enrolling Montana Minds' scholars in Learning Communities that will ensure that students take several classes together and interact academically and socially to develop as a cohesive self-sustaining group; - enrolling Montana Minds' scholars, during their first years on campus, in a College Success course designed to instill and sharpen the skills needed to succeed in college; - advising within a discipline by a single STEM faculty member who will mentor each student's progress and catalyze relationships with other STEM faculty; - assigning carefully selected upper division undergraduate mentor/tutors to assist the Montana Minds' scholars with their studies and help build community among these scholars; - assisting Montana Minds' scholars in pursuing faculty mentored undergraduate research. - visiting, during the Montana Minds' scholars freshman and sophomore years, national science and engineering laboratories to witness science and engineering done on a grand scale; - providing the financial support for each of the scholars to attend a national meeting during their junior year to broaden their acquaintance with the scope of their discipline; and - encouraging the Montana Minds' scholars to become involved with student clubs in their discipline.Beyond these special features that enable the scholars' success, Montana Minds includes outreach activities to ensure broad impacts on a statewide level in both the secondary and post secondary educational systems. Ultimately, this program aims to improve opportunities for students, increase graduation rates, create a more student-focused culture at Montana Tech, and educate faculty on the challenges facing financially disadvantaged students.