Javelina Engineers STEM Scholarships: Building the Pathway for Baccalaureate to Masters Degrees

Javelina Engineers STEM奖学金（JESS）项目为有学术天赋和经济困难的学生提供奖学金，帮助他们在德克萨斯农工大学金斯维尔分校（TAMUK）完成工程、计算机科学或工业管理和技术的学士和硕士学位，这是一所西班牙裔服务机构。JESS计划的目标是：招收至少20名具有不同社会经济背景和高水平经济需求的学术有前途的学生，重点招收来自代表性不足的群体的学生；保留80%的学生通过完成学士学位和40%通过注册进入硕士课程；并整合整个TAMUK校园的学生支持基础设施，以改善所有工程专业学生获得服务的机会。此外，JESS与同一服务区域的HSI社区学院Del Mar College合作，招募和留住高素质的社区学院转学生到TAMUK工程学院。杰斯项目为学士和硕士学位提供全面的支持。学生支持服务包括辅导、社会活动、JESS项目团队成员的一对一建议、本科生研究和/或实习安排，以及促进研究生院准备和意识的系列讲座。Javelina奖学金颁发给在本科生涯早期的Javelina学者，期望他们在获得学士学位后立即攻读硕士课程。每年至少为建筑、化学、土木、电气、环境或机械工程专业的学生提供20个奖学金名额；工业管理与技术；或者计算机科学。

The Javelina Engineers STEM Scholarship (JESS) program provides scholarships to academically talented and financially needy students to complete baccalaureate and master's degrees in engineering, computer science, or industrial management and technology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The JESS program objectives are to: recruit at least 20 academically promising students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds and high levels of financial need, with an emphasis on recruiting students from underrepresented groups; retain 80% of these students through completion of a baccalaureate degree and 40% through enrollment into a master's program; and integrate student support infrastructure across the TAMUK campus to improve access to services for all engineering students. Additionally, JESS partners with Del Mar College, an HSI community college in the same service region, to recruit and retain high-quality community college transfer students to TAMUK College of Engineering.The JESS program provides comprehensive support for both bachelor's and master's degrees. Student support services include tutoring, social activities, one-on-one advising from JESS project team members, undergraduate research and/or internship placement, and a lecture series to promote graduate school preparation and awareness. Scholarships are awarded to Javelina Scholars early in their undergraduate careers with the expectation that they pursue a master's program immediately following attainment of the baccalaureate degree. At least 20 scholarships are provided annually for students studying architectural, chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, or mechanical engineering; industrial management and technology; or computer science.