AugSTEM Scholarships: Preparing Juniors and Seniors for Careers in STEM

在AugSTEM项目中，奥格斯堡学院向跨学科的学生群体颁发了70项奖学金。 该计划建立在过去成功吸引转学和代表性不足的学生到奥格斯堡的小城市校园和成功的保留战略介绍干序列。 大约50%的奖学金获得者在地区社区学院开始了他们的中学后职业生涯。 学生们通过他们共同的教育阶段和毕业和追求STEM职业的共同目标团结起来。 编程鼓励学生以强大的学术证书和明确的目标完成学位。 AugSTEM计划的目标是： - 通过建立伙伴关系和提供针对这些学生的需求和时间表的编程，增加获得STEM学位的转学生数量; - 为30名学术上有才华的高年级STEM学生提供财政支持; - 通过延长第一年和第二年编程的早期成功，保留初级和高级STEM学生毕业; - 加强STEM学生的准备，以便成功过渡到科学工作场所;以及 - 发展本科STEM教育的持续卓越。AugSTEM计划正在加大学院创建多元化校园的努力，特别是为那些可能离开STEM管道的代表性不足的人群提供服务。 该计划还与合作伙伴社区学院的S-STEM计划配对，以更好地为越来越多的本科生提供服务，这些本科生开始在两年制院校的职业生涯。 最终，AugSTEM计划正在增加进入劳动力市场的STEM毕业生的数量和多样性，促进奥格斯堡STEM教师和社区学院同事之间的互动，增强学生的专业准备，并为自然科学和数学充满活力的部门的未来发展奠定基础。

In the AugSTEM program, Augsburg College is awarding 70 scholarships to a cross-disciplinary cohort of students. The program builds on past successes in attracting transfer and underrepresented students to Augsburg's small urban campus and successful retention strategies in introductory STEM sequences. Approximately 50% of the scholarship recipients began their postsecondary careers at area community colleges. Students are united by their common educational stage and a shared objective of graduating and pursuing a STEM career. Programming encourages students to finish their degrees with strong academic credentials and clarity of purpose. Objectives of the AugSTEM program are to: - Increase the number of transfer students who obtain a STEM degree by building partnerships and providing programming tailored to the needs and timelines of such students; - Provide financial support for 30 academically talented upper-division STEM students; - Retain junior and senior STEM students to graduation by extending earlier successes in first and second-year programming; - Enhance the readiness of STEM students for successful transitions to the scientific workplace; and - Develop sustained excellence in undergraduate STEM education.The AugSTEM program is increasing the College's efforts to create a diverse campus, especially serving underrepresented populations who might otherwise leave the STEM pipeline. The program is also pairing with S-STEM programs at partner community college to better serve the increasing population of undergraduates who begin their careers at two-year institutions. Ultimately, the AugSTEM program is increasing the number and diversity of STEM graduates entering the workforce, fostering interactions between Augsburg STEM faculty and community college colleagues, enhancing professional preparedness for students, and providing a foundation for future growth of a vibrant division of natural sciences and mathematics.