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MICUA Matters Summer 2009
Capitol College has announced the creation of the Emerging Leader Program, a comprehensive outreach and retention program focused on cultivating leaders, along with a $500,000 financial aid commitment for first-year students. The Program is designed to meet the College’s mission of accessibility and commitment to build and educate future leaders of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce and encompasses many of Capitol’s commitments, such as college awareness outreach to middle and high school students. Other Capitol initiatives include career education and services for community college students, as well as summer programs, leadership training, and supplemental instruction for current students. Together with the Capitol Scholars Program—exclusively for high-ability students utilizing funds from the National Science Foundation—the commitment of $500,000 in general scholarships for Capitol students builds on the College’s commitment to developing Maryland’s STEM and cyber security workforce pipeline.
As indicated by several recent studies, such as Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, the STEM fields are key areas of growth for the future U.S. workforce.
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