A $1.38 million National Science Foundation grant renewal for Washtenaw Community College (WCC) will support STEM students and meet the national and state workforce need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers and technicians.
The renewal will expand efforts to recruit talented economically disadvantaged students to WCC’s STEM Scholars cohort program established five years ago to encourage and facilitate success through a range of activities. Students pursuing STEM-based associate degrees with the intent to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in STEM would receive two years of scholarship support.
WCC and Mott Community College are sub-awardees of a larger six-year grant issued to Michigan State University that became effective this semester.
“Many in-demand, high-paying jobs are STEM-based and require a top education. We are…
