The DACC-NMSU STAR program is a 5-year NSF-funded scholarship for engineering-bound transferring students from DACC to NMSU College of Engineering (CoE).

Benefits of the S-STEM STAR Program:

• Unmet need-based scholarship, covering up to $10,000/year for education costs
• Math Tutoring
• Offers intensive workshops and cohort-based activities that lead to academic and professional success:
  • Time-management and metacognition-based study strategies
  • Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Growth Mindset
  • Establishing Engineering Identity through cohort-based activities
  • Internship opportunities and how to apply for them
  • Speaker Series that will help with professional development
• Near-Peer mentoring and tutoring
• Real-time academic intervention through support network
• NMSU faculty mentor assigned to each scholar