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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Debjani Sarkar, College of Engineering, Michigan State University

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Diversity

different opportunities, connect with resources, and bond,socialize, and network with their peers and the greater engineering community.A variety of novel techniques can be implemented to teach and assess communication skillsthrough the delivery of elevator pitches. Students can pitch with dorm mates, peers, and outsidersin their dorms, cafeterias, on elevators, and corridors, and be assessed by peers who can beprovided with a rubric of presentation expectations. Peer review can be in the form of a report oran executive summary, which is another innovative method of enhancing writing skills. They canface mock interviews in an active learning environment in class, with peers enacting as hiringmanagers, company executives, supervisors, and