{"id":47890,"date":"2011-08-17T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T13:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=47890"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:12:20","slug":"2007-summer-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/08\/17\/2007-summer-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 graduates include first students from distinctive math and science program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href="https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/070720_web_hughessummerscholars7784.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/070720_web_hughessummerscholars7784.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large\" alt=\"The inaugural Summer Scholars group, aka as Hughes Summer Scholars, work with Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry Tom Wenzel in 2007.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the 437 students who graduated from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College last May were 11 pioneers of a nationally distinctive program designed to address the need for more diversity among students in mathematics and the sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The 11 graduates were the inaugural participants in the college&#8217;s first Summer Scholars program, launched in 2007. Aimed at students from groups underrepresented in the sciences and math, the annual program gives a group of accepted first-year students an accelerated introduction to the demands and routines of college academics and residence life.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The outcomes for that inaugural group suggest that the program is effective. Among the 2007 Summer Scholars are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a biological chemistry major who is entering dental school;<\/li>\n<li>a psychology major hoping to earn a second degree in nursing;<\/li>\n<li>a double major in art and interdisciplinary studies (public health) who will teach chemistry in Baltimore through the Teach for America program;<\/li>\n<li>and a biochemistry major who will attend Spain&#8217;s Barcelona Graduate School of Economics to study medical economics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href="https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/web_110726_math_summer_scholars_7758.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/web_110726_math_summer_scholars_7758-400x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"2011 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Summer Scholar Yolanda Rodriguez &#039;15\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ cares about diversity,&#8221; says Michael Martinez, a dean of student transition who worked with the 2011 Summer Scholars. &#8220;We want to make sure that the institution is not only doing a great job of recruiting diversity, but helping the diverse group of people that we bring in actually thrive when they get here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The students come from all corners of the country, including Maine. &#8220;They&#8217;re Hispanic, Asian American, white, black,&#8221; says Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ initiative is aimed at academically superior students whose backgrounds may not have prepared them for aspects of college life that may be old hat to families with college histories.<\/p>\n<p>The scholars live on campus and take one math and one science course, each the equivalent of an academic-year course &#8212; but compressed into six weeks. Mastering the course work and labs involves evening and weekend study, and intense, one-on-one collaboration among the scholars and with faculty.<\/p>\n<p>The program teaches time-management skills and study practices, and introduces students to laboratory environments and to such insider information as course registration tactics.<\/p>\n<p>And the program instills confidence that the Summer Scholars carry into the start of the academic year. &#8220;I felt comfortable enough to ask questions,&#8221; says Akinyele Akinruntan, a 2009 Summer Scholar from Memphis, Tenn.<\/p>\n<p><a href="https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/web_110713_summer_scholars_5627.jpg"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/08\/web_110713_summer_scholars_5627-400x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"2011 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Summer Scholars Mark Charest &#039;15  and Tyler Jones &#039;15\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most important, the program encourages students to form relationships that sustain them academically and personally. Most of the 2007 scholars, says associate dean of student transition Carmita McCoy, &#8220;are still very close from that first experience living together four years ago. They have supported each other ever since &#8212; hanging out with each other, studying together, keeping in communication even during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And the bonds they made with faculty and staff, they found to be very helpful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was able to meet good people, students and faculty who shared my passion for the sciences,&#8221; says Akinruntan, a junior psychology major who hopes to become a psychologist.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Summer Scholars program was meaningful enough to Akinruntan that he has spent summer 2011 giving back to it. As a residence fellow living with the 2011 Summer Scholars, he has mentored these 10 first-years as they have studied historic concepts in math and the physics of sound.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve given them advice every day,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the students who graduated from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College last May were 11 pioneers of a nationally distinctive program designed to increase diversity among students in mathematics and the sciences. 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