Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

, faculty mentoring and peer mentoring. Theprofessional development activities are designed to target specific points in the students’ plan ofstudy. They include various topics such as preparation of a personal development plan(sophomore level), resume writing and job search skills (sophomore and senior level),developing research skills (junior level), seven habits of highly effective people (senior level),writing and presenting an engineering-based business case (junior level), and presenting andcommunication research (M.S. level).Overview of the SIIRE ProgramThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds