Conference Session

Community Engagement in Diverse Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerrod A. Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT); Virginia Snodgrass Rangel, University of Houston; Rick P. Greer, University of Houston; Mariam Manuel, University of Houston; Sara Jolly Jones, University of Houston; Victoria Doan, University of Houston

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

describedwhat he would tell others, saying, “I’d tell them, ‘It’ll teach you a lot of things. It’ll teach youhow to be more patient. It’ll teach you how to communicate.’ If you’re going to explainsomething to an 11-year-old, you can do it to pretty much anybody.” (Mentor 11, F18) Anothermentor agreed with this reason, explaining to us that, there’s way more than just the physicalaspect of engineering. There’s communication. There’s presentation. There’s talking to people.They talk about that soft skill all the time, that soft skill is really important and, again - and italso has been – it’s really funny because whenever it comes to something new I learn, it’s almostalways reflected in every other thing that I’m doing in my engineering career. (Mentor 9

Conference Session

Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica A. Kuczenski, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. Additionally, project-based courses require a lot of time andresources that typical lecture-based courses might not. For example, at every class meeting eachteam gives an informal project status to the professor. At these meetings, the professor helpsguide design, gives feedback, and provides resources for project materials for projects toprogress. Furthermore, project management and other “soft skills” (also often known as“interpersonal” or “people skills”, “EQ” (Emotional Intelligence), or “communication skills”) aretaught as part of the course. Frequently students have no experience in these areas and thus theirintroduction takes time to implement meaningfully as part of student projects. Furthermore, eachcommunity partner is unique and has