ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head> <title>LSU S-STEM Scholars Program</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <link href="css/basic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <!-- The following JavaScript code gets the current date from the viewer's machine. --> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- tag to hide script from older browsers that don't support JavaScript function display_todays_date() { var today = new Date(); var numerical_day=today.getDay(); var numerical_month=today.getMonth(); var date=today.getDate(); var year=today.getFullYear(); var weekday_array = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday'); var day_of_the_week = weekday_array[numerical_day]; var month_array = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December'); var month_name = month_array[numerical_month]; var date_string=day_of_the_week+', '+month_name+' '+date+', '+year; document.write(date_string); } //--> </script> <!-- End the current date script. --> </head><body> <!--Begin Utility Bar--> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="760" height="14"> <tbody><tr> <td width="180" height="15"><a href="http://text.lsu.edu/tt/http://www.lsu.edu"><img src="images/spacer.gif" alt="Text Only" border="0"></a><a href="http://paws.lsu.edu/"><img src="images/header_util_paws.gif" alt="Login to PAWS" border="0" width="97" height="15"></a></td> <td class="small" align="center" height="15">Baton Rouge, Louisiana | <!--Begin date display--> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">display_todays_date();</script>Monday, April 12, 2010 <!--end date display--> </td> <td align="right" width="180" height="15"> <form name="google1" method="GET" action="http://search.lsu.edu/search"> <label for="searchbox"> <input name="image" id="image" src="images/header_util_search.gif" alt="Go" type="image" width="17" height="14"> <input name="q" id="searchbox" size="20" value="Search lsu.edu" alt="Search" onfocus="select()" type="text"></label> <input name="site" value="LSU" type="hidden"><input name="output" value="xml_no_dtd" type="hidden"> <input name="client" value="LSU_frontend" type="hidden"> <input name="proxystylesheet" value="LSU_frontend" type="hidden"> </form></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--End Utility Bar--> <!--Begin LSU logo--> <center><div class="logo"><a href="http://www.lsu.edu/"><img src="images/header_logo_pur2.gif" alt="LSU Homepage" border="0" width="760" height="50"></a></div></center> <!--End LSU logo--> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="760"> <tbody><tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h3 align="center"> <img src="sstemheading.gif"> </h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><hr> <h4 align="center"> <img src="sstembanner2.jpg"> </h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><hr> Funded by the National Science Foundation, the LSU S-STEM Scholars program aims to increase the educational and career opportunities for academically talented, financially disadvantaged students who are pursuing degrees in basic sciences or mathematics. Participants in the program will receive computer technology training and various enhancement opportunities. The Office of Strategic Initiatives, The Center for Academic Success, and faculty members throughout the science and math disciplines will provide active mentoring and academic assistance for the scholars to maximize their chance for academic success. <p> Recruitment of students will be based on residency, financial need, GPA, and major. The participants will be awarded $2,175 per semester and will be mentored to pursue their professional careers through graduate study or job placement in industries relevant to their education. </p> <p><font size="4"> To be eligible for this scholarship, <b>you must:</b></font> </p><ul> <li> Be a United States Citizen, National, or Permanent Resident at the time of application </li> <li> Demonstrate financial need as defined by the US Department of Education rules for need-based Federal financial aid </li> <li> Be pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in at least one of the following disciplines: <ul> <li>Biological Sciences</li> <li>Chemistry</li> <li>Computer Science</li> <li>Geology and Geophysics</li> <li>Physics and Astronomy</li> <li>Mathematics</li> </ul> </li><li> Be enrolled full-time (a minimum of 12 credit hours) in any of the above fields during the semester receiving the scholarship </li> <li> Have a minimum GPA of 2.5 or, if entering as a freshman, a high school GPA of 3.0 <u>and</u> an ACT score of 25 </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Click <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/sstem/appcheck.pdf">here</a> for the S-STEM Application Checklist. <br/> Click <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/sstem/financialneed.pdf">here</a> for the Financial Need Analysis. <br/> Click <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/sstem/Application.pdf">here</a> for the Application Form. <p align="center"><img src="NSF_logo.JPG"></p> <p></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--Begin LSU Footer--> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="760" height="65"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="635"> <img src="images/footerline.gif" alt="&quot;&quot;" border="0" width="635" height="50"> </td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="113"> <a href="http://www.lsu.edu/"><img src="images/footer_signature.gif" alt="LSU Home" border="0" width="113" height="50"></a> </td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top" width="12"> <img src="images/footerline.gif" alt="&quot;&quot;" border="0" width="12" height="50"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="footer" width="635" height="34"> <p>LSU S-STEM Scholars Program<br> 213 Hatcher Hall<br> Baton Rouge, LA 70803<br> Telephone: 225-578-4726<br> Fax: 225-578-7231<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:ciarafoster@lsu.edu">ciarafoster@lsu.edu</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="footer" align="center">Copyright © 2007. 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