The University of Akron has been awarded National Science Foundation Scholarships for its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program, enabling UA to award several scholarships to students pursuing STEM degrees. Specifically, the program supports scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate or graduate-level degree in science and engineering disciplines.
The UA S-STEM (Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program will provide these scholarships to a single cohort of students for a five-year period. This matriculation period was selected to allow the students, if they so choose, to include either a co-operative education or internship appointment as part of their academic program.
During summers following their freshman and sophomore years, S-STEM students will be offered the opportunity to participate in a weeklong laboratory and team-building retreat at The Wilds Conservation Center in Cumberland, Ohio.
During their junior years, the S-STEM participants will meet in a one-credit course to plan an interdisciplinary team project, which will then be completed as a course project during the students' senior year. The senior project will be in bioinnovation or environmental applications.
For more information or an application for the Akron S-STEM program, contact Dr. Ed Evans, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, at 330-972-8292 or evanse@uakron.edu.
Media contact: Denise Henry, 330-972-6477 or henryd@uakron.edu.