First2 Scholars: $1500 per semester, $3000 per year
Log 100 hours per semester, plus 1 First2 conference per year, in the following activities.
- Helping yourself
- Research and Meta-cognition (pick one) (required)
- Research Lab Placement as approved
- Special projects, courses, or initiatives as approved (for example embedded student reporting for a STEM class)
- Reflection journals (may be blog, vlog, multimedia or written) (required minimum of one journal per semester)
- STEM career job shadowing (optional)
- Application for summer internships or professional development opportunities (optional)
- Attending tutoring (optional: maximum of 2 hours a week with required logs)
- Research and Meta-cognition (pick one) (required)
- Helping others
- Ambassador training
- Ambassador visit with a high school over winter break (required minimum of 1 required)
- Ambassador legislative visits and URDC (recommended)
- Mentor or tutor other students (optional)
- Testing change ideas with clubs, working groups, student-led projects (PDSA required) (optional)
- Helping the First2 Network
- Club Meetings and Activities (required minimum 5/semester)
- Statewide Student Leadership Meetings (required minimum of 3/semester)
- Must be responsive to every single Research and Evaluation request (all required)
- First2 Conference Participation (required minimum 1 conference per year)
- Conferences or appearances on behalf of First2 or to present research (as approved)
- Serve as an author, co-author, or contributor on a First2-related publication (optional)
First2 Student Directors: $2500 per semester, $5000 per year
Log 150 hours per semester in the following activities, plus 1 First2 conference per year.
- Helping yourself
- Research and Meta-cognition (pick one) (required)
- Research Lab Placement as approved
- Special projects, courses, or initiatives as approved (for example embedded student reporting for a STEM class)
- Reflection journal (may be blog, vlog, multimedia or written) (required minimum of one journal per semester)
- STEM career job shadowing (optional)
- Application for summer internships or professional development opportunities (optional)
- Attending tutoring (optional: maximum of 2 hours a week with required logs)
- Research and Meta-cognition (pick one) (required)
- Helping others
- Ambassador training
- Ambassador visit with a high school over winter break (required minimum of 1 required)
- Ambassador legislative visits and URDC (recommended)
- Mentor or tutor other students (optional)
- Testing change ideas with clubs, working groups, student-led projects (PDSA required) (optional)
- Helping the First2 Network
- Club Meetings and Activities (required minimum 5/semester)
- Statewide Student Leadership Meetings (required minimum of 3/semester)
- Must be responsive to every single Research and Evaluation request (all required)
- First2 Conference Participation (required minimum 1 conference per year)
- Conferences or appearances on behalf of First2 or to present research (as approved)
- Serve as an author, co-author, or contributor on a First2-related publication (optional)
- Serve the network in a leadership capacity (required). Examples include:
- Student Director Officer Position
- Campus Network Liaison
- Club Leadership activities
- Regularly scheduled tutor for other students
- Participate Student Director weekly meetings (required)
- Weekly direct contact with assigned freshmen (required minimum to contact each student once a month)
- Student led project of choice (required minimum of 1/year with PDSA cycle)