Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

academic performance. Thepercentile of students from each academic program participating in the honors program isshown in Table 1.In light of the above success, a second program using a similar model was established. TheSchool of Engineering has an S-STEM grant which is currently in its final year ofadministration to support scholarships for females, minorities and economically challengedstudents. The activities produced for this cohort have been singled out by the students andthrough program assessment as being impactful for student success to aid them in maintainingthe grade point averages to keep their scholarships (> 2.5 for freshman; >3.0 all years after). Table 1. Percentage of Honors Students in Each Discipline from 2006-20161

Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower PE, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

$3,640,000.00 $161,077.00*2016 11 $7,906,850.00 $225,424.00 *These funds are primarily from a $600k NSF S-STEM grant submitted in 2010 and the internal grants for research ($3000) noted above.This growth founded on requiring professional development plans that match tenure andpromotion goals have led to greater research proposal submission and funding, scholarship,and growth in student enrollment which has ultimately led to new faculty lines. The actualavailability of these funds ten years ago did not generate the faculty development envisioned.The fact that the resources are now limited, the college is moving to a 60-20-20 facultyworkload model, and an