Successful Pathways to Graduation in Chemistry & Biochemistry

在国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划的资助下，“化学和生物化学成功之路”项目正在为低收入学生提供支持，这些学生证明有经济需求，并有在化身世界大学STEM学科取得成功的学术承诺。该项目将为攻读化学或生物化学学士学位的学生提供15个为期四年的奖学金。除了经济支持外，学生还将参与一项名为“红衣主教化学学者(C2S)”的综合支持计划。C2S计划将为学生提供关键资源，包括同行和教师指导、支持性社区、研究经验和培训，以发展他们在大学和职业生涯中取得成功所需的硬技能和软技能。学生将从高中和社区大学招收。除了奖学金援助，该计划还将为学生提供以证据为基础的课程和联合课程体验，旨在提高学术成就以及为工作和研究生做好准备。学生将参加以提高学业成绩和自信、培养专业能力和推理能力以及了解职业和教育机会为重点的发展活动。行业合作伙伴将举办职业研讨会，提供实地参观，并为学生提供实习和就业机会。一个有组织的同伴指导计划将为学生提供有价值的学术指导，帮助他们选择课程，并有机会将该计划的好处传递给新进入大学的STEM学生。经验丰富的教师导师将指导学生完成注册，帮助他们克服挑战，支持个人和职业发展，探索职业选择，并指导学生完成研究生录取过程。参与者将在校园内进行研究，以培养批判性思维、解决问题和工作场所准备的技能。还将鼓励和支持他们在主要大学寻求研究经验。教师将研究这种课程和联合课程活动被证明有效的条件，并通过演讲和学术出版物为这一知识体系做出贡献。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the "Successful Pathways to Graduation in Chemistry and Biochemistry" project is providing support to low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise to succeed in STEM disciplines at the University of the Incarnate Word. The project is funding 15 scholarships lasting four years for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in chemistry or biochemistry. In addition to financial support, students will participate in a comprehensive support program called "Cardinal Chemistry Scholars (C2S)". The C2S program will provide key resources to students, including peer and faculty mentoring, a supportive community, research experience, and training to develop the hard and soft skills they will need to be successful in college and in their professional careers. Students will be recruited from both high school and community college. In addition to scholarship assistance, this program will provide students with evidence-based curricular and co-curricular experiences designed to increase academic success as well as workplace and graduate school readiness. Students will participate in development activities focused on improving academic performance and confidence, building professional aptitude and reasoning abilities, and learning about career and educational opportunities. Industry partners will deliver career seminars, provide site tours, and offer students internship and employment opportunities. A structured peer-mentoring program will provide students with valuable academic guidance, help with selecting courses, and a chance to pass on the benefits of the program to STEM students who are newer to college. Experienced faculty mentors will guide students through registration, help them overcome challenges, support personal and professional development, explore career options, and guides students through the graduate admission process. Participants will engage in research on-campus to build skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and workplace readiness. They will also be encouraged and supported to pursue research experiences at major universities. Faculty will study the conditions under which such curricular and co-curricular activities prove effective and contribute to this body of knowledge through presentations and scholarly publications.