Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Julie Fogarty, California State University, Sacramento; Nathan E Canney P.E., CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Benjamin V Fell P.E., California State University, Sacramento

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

QuestionsGiven the success of the WP program in other disciplines, the beneficial aspects of servicelearning that address some of the identified causes of attrition, and the need to providemeaningful STEM education experiences to K-6 students, the WP program was implemented inan engineering course at Sacramento State. Through this service learning experience, collegestudents (1) gain more knowledge about what civil engineers do, (2) engage with the communityand embrace their identity as college students and future civil engineers, and (3) practice theirtechnical communication skills with a non-technical audience. Elementary students (1) areexposed to civil engineering, (2) practice their writing skills, and (3) interact with a diversegroup of college

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jennifer Kracha, University of Colorado Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

as pathways and retention to and through K-12 and undergraduate engineering, teacher education, and curriculum development. She is passionate about hands-on engineering design for every student, at every age level.Dr. Michael A Soltys, University of Colorado, Boulder Mike Soltys is an Instructor for the Engineering Plus degree program at at the University of Colorado. Mike is passionate about engineering education, and teaches engineering design in First-Year Engineering Projects (GEEN 1400), Engineering Projects for the Community (GEEN 2400), Statics (GEEN 3851), Thermodynamics (GEEN 3852) and Theoretical Fluid Mechanics (CVEN 3313). Mike is the co-PI for TeachEngineering, a curricular digital library with the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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M. Loraine Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Christina R Scherrer, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; David R Veazie P.E., Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

working in a team setting,they recognized the relevance and connection of the project to real-world engineering practice,and they could “see themselves as engineers or at least becoming engineers” [2]. In surveyingfirst-year engineering undergraduates as well as high school students exposed to servicelearning, Zarske found positive impacts in identity and attitudes towards community service,especially in underrepresented populations, that may help in recruitment and retention of thosegroups [3].There are a variety of definitions of service learning that are employed in education. For thepurposes of this paper, we will use the definition adopted by Kennesaw State University’squality enhancement plan (QEP) for regional accreditation review