Scholarship, Leadership, and Mentoring in the STEM Fields (SLMS)

Tougaloo学院的STEM领域奖学金、领导力和指导（SLMS）项目为15名获得科学、计算机科学或数学学位的学生提供4年奖学金。为了加强传统的研究，除了社区建设外，SLMS项目还将重点放在领导力培训上。SLMS的学者们受益于一个由两名教师组成的团队的个人指导，以及学院科学成功中心提供的有针对性的学术支持。此外，SLMS学者有机会与工作伙伴一起实习，并有机会与校园教师一起研究。SLMS的学者被邀请参加密集的职业咨询，以及领导技能培养讲习班和研讨会。学者们将参加ACTIVE系列研讨会，在此期间，他们将建立自己的科学写作和演讲技巧，同时还将与受邀的杰出教师访客进行交流。智力优势：SLMS计划正在消除少数民族学生在STEM学科上取得成功的主要障碍之一，即经济需求。通过修改课程，Tougaloo旨在提高STEM学生的参与度，培养动手调查和批判性思维技能。该项目提供的数据显示，在一所小型私立HBCU中，财政支持对非裔美国学生的招生和留校的影响。更广泛的影响：该项目建立在一个强大的基础上，为学生提供上大学所需的一切，并在STEM领域取得成功。学术丰富，专业发展和实践指导的方法是该计划的核心，该计划正在培养全面发展，科学素养，社区承诺的少数民族学生，他们正在增加STEM劳动力的多样性。

The Scholarship, Leadership, and Mentoring in the STEM Fields (SLMS) project at Tougaloo College is supporting 15 students with 4-year scholarships as they earn degrees in science, computer science, or mathematics. To augment traditional studies, the SLMS program also is focusing on leadership training in addition to community building. SLMS scholars are benefiting from individual mentoring from a faculty team of two and from targeted academic support through the college's Science Success Center. In addition, SLMS scholars are being given opportunities for internships with workforce partners as well as research opportunities with on-campus faculty. SLMS scholars are being invited to take advantage of intensive career counseling in addition to leadership skill-building workshops and seminars. Scholars are participating in the ACTIVE seminar series in which they are building their scientific writing and presentation skills while also interfacing with the invited distinguished faculty visitors.Intellectual Merit: The SLMS program is removing one of the major hindrances concerning minority student success in STEM disciplines, namely financial need. With a revamped curriculum, Tougaloo is positioned to increase STEM student engagement and build hands-on investigative and critical thinking skills. This program is providing data on the impact of financial support on recruitment and retention-to-degree of African-American students at a small private HBCU .Broader Impact: The project is building on a strong base to provide everything a student needs to attend college and to succeed as a major in a STEM area. Academic enrichment, professional development, and a hands-on approach to mentoring are at the core of this program that is graduating well-rounded, scientifically literate, community-committed, minority students who are increasing the diversity in the STEM workforce.