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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, ​ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics National Zoological Park

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withinternational collaborations, preparing for an international conference, observations as youtravel, challenges, and expectations.2. a) What did you learn from the Wednesday plenary and the Women in STEM and Diversitypanels? b) Is there a research benefit to meeting someone in person versus using technology toconnect?3. a) Please describe the impact of having a mixed group of faculty (external to your university)and graduate students. b) Has this trip facilitated any collaborations or research ideas that moveyou closer to your academic goals? c) How can an excursion like this one contribute to career-life balance? Page 19.30.104. How does this picture of

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

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Diversity, International Forum

-independency that is expected from graduate students when it comesto research. Some of the students anticipated more guidance and/or daily contact with the facultyhost and felt a little lost at the beginning. Better preparing the students for that environment willallow them to engage in the research project and adjust to the lab environment more quickly.The program was designed to provide intensive language training in the morning. For that, thecollaboration of Texas A&M University’s English Language Institute was crucial. The EnglishLanguage Institute integrated the 50 students into their regular summer session while creating atailored TOEFL preparation class for the group and designating conversation partners that wouldaddress each student’s

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity, International Forum

persemester).An evaluation of the Eminent Scholar Mentoring program at UMBC demonstrated its success in Page 19.28.4addressing women’s exclusion mentoring relationships. Program participants report receivingadvice from their mentors about grant writing, networking at conferences, researchcollaborations, research presentation opportunities, nominations for research awards, mentoringstudents, and work-life balance. The Eminent Scholar mentors have also provided mentees withletters of support for tenure. Recognized within the ADVANCE community as a best practice,other ADVANCE institutions have replicated the Eminent Scholar Mentoring program (e.g

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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Monica Gray P.E., The Lincoln University - College of Science & Technology; Constance Loretta Lundy

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Diversity, International Forum

Engineering Education’s (ASEE), Going theDistance report, 53.6% Hispanics, 61.4% Native Americans, 61.7% African Americans and 49%Female students who enter engineering programs do not graduate in this major.1 This translatesto an engineering workforce that comprise of about 6% Hispanics, 0.3% Native American, 4%African Americans and 13% females according to the latest National Science Foundation’sreport.2 With such high attrition rates among minorities and underrepresented groups, changingthe current engineering workforce’s diversity portfolio is of grave national importance andrequires a plethora of high impact approaches. In the aforementioned ASEE report, over 60strategies and best practices were proposed. High impact practices included first-year

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Nicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Diversity, International Forum

successful they will be at becoming an effective leader. The best time todevelop these skills are during the undergraduate education of an engineer. This is a time that thestudent can practice, without serious consequences for making mistakes. Therefore, the university’s role in providing programs to prepare students to not only belifelong learners, but also leaders, has gained a greater significance in the last ten years. In orderto meet industry’s growing demand for future technical leaders, university sponsoredundergraduate engineering leadership development programs have been increasing steadily. Table1 lists the rapid growth in the development of these programs.Table1. Engineering Leadership Program and the year they were foundedYet