NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	HOPE COLLEGE
Initial Amendment Date:	June 22, 2004
Latest Amendment Date:	November 17, 2008
Award Number:	0422388
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Duncan E. McBride DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	August 1, 2004
End Date:	July 31, 2010 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$0.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$398,040.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2004 = $398,040.00
History of Investigator:	Herbert Dershem (Principal Investigator) dershem@hope.edu Roger Veldman (Co-Principal Investigator) Aaron Cinzori (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Hope College 35 E 12TH ST HOLLAND MI  US  49423-3626 (616)395-7316
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	Hope College 35 E 12TH ST HOLLAND MI  US  49423-3626
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	YBR2AJ9X4BK9
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	S-STEM-Schlr Sci Tech Eng&Math
Primary Program Source:	1300CYXXDB H-1B FUND, EDU, NSF
Program Reference Code(s):	9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	153600
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

This project provides scholarships for academically talented students with financial need to study computer science, engineering, or mathematics at Hope College, focused on recruitment and retention. The objectives of this project are to increase the number of students, especially members of minority groups and women, pursuing majors in computer science, engineering, or mathematics at Hope College; to increase the retention of students in these majors; and to attract students to these majors after they arrive at Hope College. The scholarships continue until the end of the student's fourth year of undergraduate study as long as the student meets eligibility requirements, including continuing progress toward a degree in one of the three target disciplines. Recipients are selected after personal interviews and a review of their work, and are based on the promise for academic success and potential for the scholarship to influence the candidate's career choice.

Recruiting activities are focused on high schools in western Michigan with high minority enrollments, and are initiated through contact with mathematics teachers at those high schools. Retention scholarship recipients are recruited from among students enrolled in introductory computer science, engineering, and mathematics courses at Hope College and selection will be based on nominations from the instructors of those courses. Students receiving CSEMS scholarships are supported by intensive faculty advising, timely and appropriate academic assistance, peer mentoring, career counseling and education, internship and research opportunities, and a program for building community among all CSEMS scholars.

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