Due to Winthrop's dedication to excellence and experiential learning, Winthrop is uniquely poised to significantly increase the number of undergraduates in South Carolina who matriculate into STEM Master's and Ph.D. programs, professional programs, and careers. In keeping with compelling student needs, with Winthrop's mission, and with INBRE I successes; Winthrop University approved the INBRE II initiative to effectively matriculate more students from all backgrounds into biomedical science graduate programs.
During the 2011-2015 period, Winthrop developed and implemented the Winthrop Eagle STEM Scholars initiative by emulating two decades of proven practices from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's (UMBC) Meyerhoff Scholars Program. This represents the central direction of Winthrop's science programs over the next several decades. It couples Winthrop's historic tradition of providing educational opportunities to undergraduates with its central drive for national excellence in undergraduate education via student engagement in undergraduate research.
The Eagle STEM Scholars Program is a student-centered, four-phase approach:
