SUCCESS: Stimulating Undergraduates: Creating Contributors in Engineering and Science for Society

为了吸引和留住有才华的学生进入STEM领域，联合大学成功学者计划通过与资源不足的小型农村公立高中建立关系，进一步扩大了联合大学的包容性招聘战略。成功的学者是从所有科学和工程学科中挑选出来的，为两组10名学生提供四年的奖学金支持。该项目通过满足参与者的特殊情况和背景的教育和经济需求，帮助他们取得成功。该项目的总体目标是：1)增加资源不足的农村高中的学术人才的申请和录取数量；2)通过专门解决来自小型农村高中、学习机会有限的学生面临的挑战，提高这些学生在联合大学STEM领域的保留率和成功率；3)增加工程、物理、数学和计算机科学领域的女性人数，以及所有学科中代表性不足的群体；4)通过早期介绍研究机会、实习机会、出国留学机会和领导力培训，为学生提供提升教育水平的机会；5)通过建立卓有成效的师徒关系，改善招聘和本科教育体验，促进职业发展。该项目的智力价值体现在该计划的综合性，该计划专门针对资源不足的农村高中。更广泛的影响是双重的：(1)成功学者计划旨在培养来自不同背景的有才华、有活力的STEM专业人士，这种方法将被全国各地的教育机构所采用。(2)受过领导培训并能够传播变革指导技能的成功学者将对这个国家的劳动力产生积极影响。

The Union College SUCCESS Scholars program is further broadening Union's inclusive recruiting strategy by building relationships with small, rural under-resourced public high schools in order to attract and retain talented students to STEM fields. SUCCESS scholars are selected from all science and engineering disciplines, with four-year scholarship support for two cohorts of ten students. The project is helping participants achieve success by meeting the educational and financial needs unique to their situations and backgrounds. The overall goals of the project are to: 1) increase the number of applications and admissions of academically-talented students from under-resourced rural high schools; 2) improve retention and success of these students in STEM fields at Union by specifically addressing the challenges faced by students from small, rural high schools with limited academic opportunities; 3) increase the number of women in engineering, physics, mathematics and computer science, and underrepresented groups in all disciplines; 4) provide students with opportunities to enhance their education through early introduction to research opportunities, internships, study abroad, and leadership training; and 5) improve recruiting and undergraduate educational experiences and promote professional advancement by facilitating fruitful mentoring relationships. Intellectual merits of the project are reflected in the comprehensive nature of the program specifically targeting under-resourced rural high schools. Broader impacts are two-fold: (1) The SUCCESS Scholars program is designed to produce talented, energetic STEM professionals from diverse backgrounds and the approach will be transferable to educational institutions across the country. (2) SUCCESS scholars trained as leaders and capable of propagating transformative mentoring skills will positively impact this nation's workforce.