Paper ID #41805Board #444 - Professional Practice Experiences of Collegiate Rising ScholarsStudents—A Work-in-ProgressMs. Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge Grace Baldwin, joined the Rising Scholar NSF S-STEM program in the Summer of 2017 as a Graduate Research Assistant. She completed her Bachelor of Science, Master’s, and Docterate of Philosophy at Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE).Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, PE joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruitment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
funding, so it reduced the number of students that had to seek employmentoutside of FAMU. Moreover, by 2020, a federal NSF S-STEM grant was acquired in addition toother industry partnerships that provided additional funding and the ability to ensure no studentshad to work outside of FAMU, which reduced students' financial needs and heavily increasedretention and average GPAs.E. ConclusionThe EESI program has varied over the years with the change of funding offered, which led to theability to meet goal (1) of the program. However, the core concept of incorporating experientiallearning with academic support has been the same to ensure that the seven (7) program goals aremet. The quantitative results in this study show that the EESI students are