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  1. Ithaca College S-STEM is a Track 1 National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) initiative designed to address the challenges of recruiting and retaining high-achieving, low-income students majoring in physics, mathematics, and computer science. The program focuses on improving retention by fostering a sense of belonging among scholars, with their peers, and within their academic disciplines and the institution. In this paper, we discuss how an intensive program of first year supports, coupled with research experiences and attendance at discipline-based conferences later in their college career, impacted students’ sense of belonging. Further, we provide insight into how alumni perceived their persistence as connected to their sense of belonging. 
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