Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aileen Tapia, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose Martinez, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

regional qualifier two years in a row (FTC 2016).By collegiate students being near-peer mentors to high school students, we are not onlyempowering the Jr. Chapter member in how to succeed in their near future, but also anopportunity for the collegiate student to share best practices in: university applications, financialaid, housing, apartment search, major selection, etc.Chapter DevelopmentThe Jr. Chapter members besides being leaders in their school and communities, they also havecreative ways to have fun while at the same time doing proactive learning. They engagethemselves in social activities, fundraisers, and soft skills event to develop that social interactionneeded to lead and be a role model. This is the best way for them to practice how