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Scholarship program aids science students

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Contributed by: Wendy Grove on 4/15/2008

Glendale Community College received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Math and Science Transfer, Excellence and Retention (MASTER) Scholarship Program.

The five-year grant program focuses on providing scholarships to financially disadvantaged students maintaining a level of academic achievement and majoring in science, technology, engineering or math.

The goals for the MASTER program are:

1. To increase the success of students majoring in science and math through scholarships and the provision of support services that promote full-time enrollment and the attainment of Associate Degrees in the following disciplines: astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, oceanography, math and physics.

2. To assist student transfer to four-year institutions to continue their education in one of the named disciplines.

3. To increase participation of low-income academically talented students in science and math careers, especially students of underrepresented groups.

Starting in the 2007-2008 academic year, up to 70 qualified students per year will be supported in this scholarship program.

Students who are accepted into the program are not only guaranteed transfer assistance to a four-year university with transfer application fees paid, but are also given a five-week summer bridge/academic enrichment program, for which they will receive a stipend and a top-of-the-line graphing calculator.

Scholarship recipients will also receive approximately $1,500 per year if they maintain a 2.5 grade point average and continue progressing in their major.

Each student is assigned a professor/mentor and they may also attend special MASTER Supplemental Instruction classes to give them additional help with their science, engineering and math classes.

Students have a special MASTER counselor, priority registration and assistance with the development of a student education plan.

For additional information on the MASTER program and the NSF grant, contact Dr. Sid Kolpas, professor of mathematics, at 818-240-1000, ext. 5378, e-mail skolpas@glendale.edu or visit the Web site at www.glendale.edu/master.

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