Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Students

该项目的目标是招收和留住有经济需要的有学业能力的学生，以转移或完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学位。该项目的重点是使奖学金学生能够参加全日制课程，并在两年内可靠地完成STEM课程。学生们得到了该学院STEM商场的支持，该项目旨在通过提供课外学术支持来增加STEM专业的完成率。学生学者还得到了许多成熟的学生支持团体的支持，这些团体为学生群体提供经验丰富和重点突出的支持。智力优势：该项目为奖学金获得者提供了充分的机会和资源，让他们能够继续攻读STEM专业，专注于课程，不会因为工作和经济上的自立而分心，可以参加全日制课程，并与教职员工和其他学生打交道。这些学者受益于一系列支持服务，包括教师导师、专职顾问、学术辅导，以及为即将转学或希望获得职业跟踪实习或研究机会的学生提供的服务。一群不同的教职员工正在指导学生，他们对人口亚群有一定的了解，并充当了榜样。奖学金正在增加学生的学业成就、毕业率、转学和职业准备。此外，该计划通过与提供先进实验室、仪器和人员的大学合作，为学生提供传统上只有四年制大学学生才能获得的可选研究机会。更广泛的影响：该项目正在改善留住学业有才华、经济困难的学生，他们中的许多人来自STEM专业中代表性不足的群体，从而增加STEM毕业生和转校生的经济和种族多样性，并缩小社会经济差距。学生们正在学习工作技能，并通过丰富的活动，如教师指导和可选的实习，获得就业信心。通过招收和吸引当地高中的学生，并与私营部门的公司合作，该项目为有风险的学生提供了一条在STEM职业生涯中获得经济回报的途径，否则他们可能不会接触或动机追求这些职业。

The goal of this project is to recruit and retain to transfer or completion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees academically capable students with financial need. The focus of the project is to enable scholarship students to attend full-time and to complete their STEM programs reliably in two years. The students are being supported by the STEM Emporium at the college, a program designed to increase completions in STEM majors by supplying out-of-classroom academic support. The student scholars are also supported by many established student support groups that supply experienced and focused support for student sub-populations. Intellectual Merit: The project is providing scholarship recipients full opportunities and resources to stay in a STEM major, to focus on courses and not be distracted by working and financially supporting themselves, to attend full-time, and to engage with faculty and cohort students. The scholars are benefiting from an array of support services that includes faculty mentors, dedicated counselors, academic tutoring, and services to aid students who are transferring to universities or who wish to obtain career-track internships or research opportunities. A diverse group of faculty members, who are knowledgeable about population subgroups and serve as role models, are mentoring the students. The scholarships are increasing the academic success of students, rates of completion, transfer to universities, and career readiness. In addition, the program is offering students optional research opportunities that are traditionally available only to students at four-year universities by partnering with universities that provide access to advanced laboratories, instrumentation, and personnel. Broader Impacts: The project is improving the retention of academically talented, financially disadvantaged students, many of whom are from groups underrepresented in STEM professions, thus increasing the economic and racial diversity in STEM graduates and transfer students, and narrowing socioeconomic gaps. Students are learning job skills and gaining confidence for employment through enrichment activities such as faculty mentoring and optional internships. By recruiting and drawing students from local high schools and partnering with private sector companies, the project is giving at-risk students a financially rewarding pathway in STEM careers to which they otherwise might not have been exposed or motivated to pursue.