Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention in ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

provide insight into the structure of the award winning proposal.Furthermore, information related to application demographics and the selection process will bedisseminated.IntroductionK-State at Salina Engineering Technology Department applied for S-STEM (Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant in 2006 and has been named therecipient of a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its EnhancingLives Through Engineering and Technology (ELITE) Program. The NSF program solicitation1states that “S-STEM program provides institutions with funds for student scholarships toencourage and enable academically talented but financially needy students to enter the workforcefollowing completion of an associate