Undergraduate Sustainable Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (U-S2TEM) Scholars

本科生环境培训(UTE)学者项目的学术价值来自于其对全球变化的影响以及自然和人类建造系统的动态和可持续性的关注。UTE学者计划支持理学院、矿业学院、地球科学学院和工程学院的14名学生，他们作为一个多学科队列工作，探索不同的科学和工程领域如何相互作用。该奖学金项目是犹他大学全球变化与可持续发展中心(GCSC)和科学与数学教育中心(CSME)的合作项目。这一合作关系为学业上有天赋、经济上有困难的本科生提供了独特的教育和研究机会。该计划还提供学术支撑、指导、职业发展，并在整个本科培训期间为他们提供支持。UTE学者计划的更广泛影响来自于与各种不同组织在招聘和拓展方面的伙伴关系。这些伙伴关系促使学者接触少数族裔占多数的学区以及农村地区。UTE学者研讨会系列为与会者提供了一个论坛，学习将研究活动与教育相结合，以便将他们的科学放在更广泛的社会背景下。该奖学金项目正在发展一个由学生、教师和专业人员组成的跨学科学习社区，在UTE学者完成学术培训时协同参与并支持他们。此外，该项目为未来犹他大学内外的类似项目提供了一个模式。

The intellectual merit of the Undergraduate Training in the Environment (UTE) Scholars program derives from its focus on the impacts of global changes and the dynamics and sustainability of natural and human built systems. The UTE Scholars program supports 14 students in the Colleges of Science, Mines and Earth Science, and Engineering who work as a multidisciplinary cohort to explore how various scientific and engineering fields interact. This scholarship program is a partnership of the University of Utah's Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC) and the Center for Science and Math Education (CSME). This partnership provides academically talented and financially challenged undergraduate students with unique educational and research opportunities. The program also provides academic scaffolding, mentoring, professional development, and supports them throughout their undergraduate training.The broader impacts of the UTE Scholars program derive from partnerships with various and diverse organizations both in recruiting and outreach. These partnerships engage scholars in outreach to the minority-majority school districts as well as rural areas. The UTE Scholars seminar series provides a forum for participants to learn to integrate research activities with education in order to place their science in a broader societal context. This scholarship project is developing an interdisciplinary learning community of students, faculty, and professionals that synergistically engages and supports the UTE Scholars as they move through their academic training. Further, this program provides a model for similar programs in the future both within and outside of the University of Utah.