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By Katie Byard
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 04:19 p.m. EDT, Mar 20, 2008
The University of Akron and three other area schools have a big lure to attract and keep students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics: $6.5 million.
UA said today that it and Lorain County Community College, Baldwin-Wallace College and Stark State College of Technology have been awarded the money through the state's Choose Ohio First Scholarship program.
About 800 students — spread among the four schools — will receive scholarships over a five-year-period, said Rex Ramsier, a UA associate provost.
''That's a lot of people coming into the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas,'' he said.
The schools have yet to determine how the $6.5 million will be divided among the four schools. Other details need to be worked out.
But Ramsier said the individual scholarships will range from $1,500 to $4,700 a year.
Recipients must be Ohio residents.
The $6.5 million that the four schools received represents more than a quarter of the $22.7 million awarded in the first round of the Choose Ohio First program, Ramsier said.
''This amount of funding is significant for the Northeast Ohio region,'' he said.
The Ohio General Assembly created the scholarship program last year to attract, retain and graduate more than 2,000 students to the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and medical fields and STEM education.
''The primary driver for this is stimulating the economy of Ohio,'' Ramsier said.
''High technology and knowledge-based careers are becoming much more prevalent,'' he said. ''It is presumed if we train more people in these areas we're likely to attract more business into the state.''
The University of Akron and three other area schools have a big lure to attract and keep students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics: $6.5 million.
UA said today that it and Lorain County Community College, Baldwin-Wallace College and Stark State College of Technology have been awarded the money through the state's Choose Ohio First Scholarship program.
About 800 students — spread among the four schools — will receive scholarships over a five-year-period, said Rex Ramsier, a UA associate provost.
''That's a lot of people coming into the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas,'' he said.
The schools have yet to determine how the $6.5 million will be divided among the four schools. Other details need to be worked out.
But Ramsier said the individual scholarships will range from $1,500 to $4,700 a year.
Recipients must be Ohio residents.
The $6.5 million that the four schools received represents more than a quarter of the $22.7 million awarded in the first round of the Choose Ohio First program, Ramsier said.
''This amount of funding is significant for the Northeast Ohio region,'' he said.
The Ohio General Assembly created the scholarship program last year to attract, retain and graduate more than 2,000 students to the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and medical fields and STEM education.
''The primary driver for this is stimulating the economy of Ohio,'' Ramsier said.
''High technology and knowledge-based careers are becoming much more prevalent,'' he said. ''It is presumed if we train more people in these areas we're likely to attract more business into the state.''
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