Cyber Generation Tech Stars

该项目将通过网络一代科技之星奖学金计划，每年向经济困难、学业有才华的学生提供30个奖学金。它将帮助有前途的学生选择佛罗伦萨-达灵顿技术和通识教育部门三个相关的副学士学位STEM项目之一：计算机技术/网络系统管理、工业技术或工程技术。学生将获得副学士学位，然后进入劳动力大军或转到授予学士学位的机构继续他们的教育。该项目建立在之前S-STEM助学金工作的基础上，该助学金建立了一个全面的学生支持结构，事实证明，该结构在提高STEM领域代表性不足群体的留存率和成功率方面取得了成功。学生支持战略包括创新的贷款到自己的技术支持，支持有凝聚力的群体的社交媒体和活动，以及来自行业的移动技术信息，以增进学生对STEM职业和现代工作场所的知识和理解。该项目的结果可能为更大的学术社区提供关于学生成功的信息，并对全国开放的两年制技术和社区学院产生潜在的变革影响。有针对性的外展活动和模范职业大使将鼓励女性和少数群体考虑从事STEM学科的职业。SC ATE卓越中心是NSF/ATE国家资源中心，将促进项目成果的传播。

This project will provide 30 scholarships annually to financially needy, academically talented students through the Cyber Generation Tech Stars scholarship program. It will assist promising students who choose to major in one of the three related associate degree STEM programs within Florence-Darlington Technical College's division of Technical and General Education: Computer Technology/Network Systems Management, Industrial Technology, or Engineering Technology. Students will be expected to earn an Associate Degree and then to enter the workforce or transfer to continue their education at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution. The project builds upon work from a prior S-STEM grant, which established a comprehensive student support structure that has proven successful in increasing retention and success among underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Student support strategies include innovative loan-to-own technology support, social media and events that support cohesive cohorts, and mobile technology messages from the industry to advance students' knowledge and understanding of STEM careers and the modern workplace.Results from the project could be informative for the larger academic community on student success and have a potentially transformative effect on the nation's open-door two-year technical and community colleges. Targeted outreach activities and role model Career Ambassadors will encourage females and minorities to consider careers in STEM disciplines. The SC ATE Center of Excellence, a NSF/ATE National Resource Center, will facilitate the dissemination of project results.