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Student Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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graduate student perspective, not a person who relates primarilyas an employer or instructor of graduate students— hence, the “before I forget” part of the title. I hope theperspective gained by hindsight can supplement that lack of immediacy and that as a communicative act Ican speak directly to graduate students with something valuable. Now a faculty member, I am alsolooking towards being able to synthesize these pieces of advice in ways that I may be able to pass along tomy own and other graduate students. I do not anticipate this advice to be comprehensive, and I inviteothers to add their wisdom as well, in this paper (see Section 5) and future works. In this envisionedcollective body of knowledge on graduate student process, no one would

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Joerene Acerrador Aviles, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eva Dibong; Beatrice Mendiola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michelle Murray, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Marta Tsyndra, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Makayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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us what we maybe already knew, but nevertheless needed to hear: students enterengineering education from diverse points of origin and continue through to careers that are aslikely beyond engineering as within it. However, a close reading of the report also reveals twovoices. On the one hand, there was the voice of educators and administrators eager to celebratethe fact that engineering can serve as rigorous preparation for a variety of future occupations. Onthe other hand, there was a smaller number of educators, including NAE staff members who,through their engagement with the literature on women and minorities in engineering educationsought to make the point that many students enter engineering with diverse backgrounds andpreparation in