Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Rachel F. Perlman, Stony Brook University; Kimberly Bell, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

:00am EST slot for formalprogram engagement (see Table below for the schedule). As a large segment of the incominggraduate student cohort was from Asia, that slot translated into 10:00pm - 12:00midnight inBeijing. Virtual Happy Hours were scheduled each day @ 9:00pm EST / 10:00am GMT+8 and co-hosted by volunteer student ambassadors. The introductory meeting was a large-scale Zoom welcome, attended by faculty, staff,peers, and students from all CEAS departments, and focused on warm welcomes, wide smiles, abit of silliness, and as much excitement as could be transmitted in a virtual space. Immediatelyfollowing was exclusive peer-to-peer time, where new students and student ambassadors couldnetwork in multiple Zoom breakouts, curated with