Conference Session

Corporate Member Council Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared V. Berrett, Utah State University; Cedale Sage Armstrong, Utah State University; Curtis G Frazier, Utah State University Eastern

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

with professors.viii It has been Dr.Berrett’s observation after teaching Native youth for more than 10 years, that “These studentsare equally as talented as any students I’ve taught, they just need more opportunity to experiencethe culture in which they are expected to compete in.”In 2013, Dr. Berrett got together with Mr. Frazier, Director of a Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTI) grant on the USUE Blanding Campus, to discuss how they couldentice more Native students interested in STEM. Dr. Berrett wanted to create a learningexperience what would build students’ self-confidence, get them out of their comfort zone, andpush them into potential STEM fields for a future career. Dr. Berrett noticed that students in hisclasses

Conference Session

Corporate Member Council Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Brian Carbonette, New York Institute of Technology

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

academicculture to best align its curricular programs to make students aware about thepossibilities of using their engineering training to solve real-world problems.To address this challenge, NYIT applied and was selected as one of 25 universities thathave joined the Epicenter’s Pathways to Innovation program.8 This alliance enables us toengage with other schools on fully incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship inundergraduate engineering education.With the support of the Epicenter network, the SoECS is now capitalizing on the ETICto implement significant curricular changes, such as incorporating the Center’s advancedfabrication facilities across the curriculum to teach students about design and rapidprototyping. The SoECS is also organizing