Odyssey III Scholarship Program

奥德赛III奖学金计划旨在加强密西西比谷州立大学的计算机科学和数学课程的基础设施。 计划活动旨在利用计算机科学和数学专业在过去十年中取得的学术成果，并将这些成果转化为更高的学术愿望，特别是研究生入学率。 该计划协助大学创造一个环境，为学生提供和准备有助于他们在研究生院取得成功的技能，并增加代表性不足的少数民族学生进入劳动力市场的管道与研究生STEM学位。为了实现为学生追求研究生学习的愿望提供更强有力的支持的计划目标，计划活动包括：a）积极招募学生参加研究实习; B）参与学生发展活动，促进研究生入学，如GRE准备和研究生院申请和兴趣陈述的准备; c）早期参与专业发展活动，如新生会议出席，d）积极参与会议研究报告，由大学生，大三和大四学生;和e）教师领导的举措，提高研究生院的要求的认识。 项目活动的预期成果是，项目中主要是非洲裔美国学生的研究生学位的追求和完成有所增加，这些学生在STEM中的代表性不足

The Odyssey III Scholarship Program is designed to strengthen the infrastructure of the computer science and mathematics programs at Mississippi Valley State University. Program activities are designed to capitalize on the academic gains made by computer science and mathematics majors during the last decade and to transform these gains into increased academic aspirations, particularly graduate school attendance. The program assists the University in creating an environment which equips and prepares students with skills that contribute to their success in graduate school and increases the pipeline of underrepresented minority students entering the workforce with graduate STEM degrees. To achieve the program goal of providing stronger support for student aspirations to pursue graduate studies, program activities include a) active recruitment of students to participate in research internships; b) engagement in student development activities which facilitate graduate school admission such as GRE preparation and preparation of graduate school applications and statements of interest; c) early engagement in professional development activities such as freshman conference attendance, d) active engagement in conference research presentations by sophomores, juniors and seniors; and e) faculty-led initiatives that increase the awareness of graduate school requirements. The desired outcome of program activities is an increase in the pursuit and completion of graduate degrees by the programs' primarily African American student population, who are underrepresented in STEM