Scholarships in Information Technology and Engineering (SITE) is a four-year project to increase educational opportunities at UMBC for low income, academically talented students by providing scholarships and supplemental academic and student support services for 20 full time students in bachelor's degree programs in related fields. Support services include faculty advisement, tutoring, a summer orientation program, career exploration, mentoring by peers, faculty, and industry professionals, increased internship and experiential learning opportunities in the Baltimore-Washington area, and programming that supports academic and career interests in IT and Engineering.. This program hopes to improve the recruitment, enrollment, graduation, and work placement of increased numbers of students, particularly those in underrepresented groups. Women are targeted as they are both under-represented in computer science and engineering programs and over-represented in the pool of economically disadvantaged students at UMBC.

To learn more about SITE, please contact Amera Bilal at 410-455-8076 or at abilal@umbc.edu.