Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas-San Antonio

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Campus Representatives

authorization toapprove expenditures? How are donations being collected and directed to the appropriateuniversity account? It is important that the budget be closely monitored and that those who havecommitted to donate follow through. Two alternative sample budgets for sectional meetingslisting projected and actual budgets are shown in Table 4 and 5. The first includes indirectexpenses (30% overhead charged) based on contracting for services with other universitydepartments (i.e., continuing education). In the second budget part-time staff (e.g., students) arepaid in addition to those supported by the University.Tables 7 and 8 provide more recent examples of budgets for organizing a sectional meeting. Acomparison of Tables 4 and 5 with Tables 6 and 7

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Campus Representatives

innovations and implementations they are taking to solve problems. Some of those problems turn out to be problems I have, and have not yet found a solution for. It's not enough to "read" the proceedings.. being there to interact informally is the key.• It’s important to get feedback on approaches I am using or am thinking about using. This is only done face to face in interaction in a conference setting.• There are issues about NOT being isolated, but understanding that a scholarly community exists that focuses on pedagogy for engineering.• It’s important to interact within my home division - freshman systems - to keep both up to date, and to get inspiration for our projects/directions. To financially support research

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

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Campus Representatives

methods (such as active learning over lecturing) that increase student motivation and interest toward engineering...over 90% of our students go to industry and do not stay in academia, so these are important things to consider. The current list of criteria is very "academic and traditional", so I would probably replace some of the existing qualification criteria. It's important to encourage more of us to develop improve educational methods and styles. Award must include the requirement that recipient(s) provide a teaching improvement track of sessions at the next Section Conference. Also, unclear why we negate ASEE members that teach in institutions that do not have ABET accredited programs. Doesn't this project an elitist