Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Thomes, University of Pittsburgh; Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Kate Joranson, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Washburn, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Baker, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

crucial CompositionProgram and ABET objectives, we review here the development of the first 2 writingassignments freshman engineering students encounter. The actual E/FEWP writing assignmentsthat all freshman engineering students must complete are available upon request.E/FEWP: Assignment #1Dan Budny has a program in which upperclassmen act as peer mentors to incoming freshmen. Togain a sense of their students’ background, interests and accomplishments, the mentors ask thefreshmen students to write letters of recommendation about themselves for an imaginaryengineering scholarship. As the E/FEWP faculty, directed by Beth Newborg, began developingthe program’s curriculum, they immediately saw the usefulness of this peer mentoring exercise.The E

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

presentations • asynchronous forums, email, and online document management • individualized tutoring, assistance, and instruction through email and phoneOverview of MEPPMEPP is designed on the “cohort” model. Every Fall, a new cohort is admitted and spends aweek on the UW-Madison campus in a first summer residency week; students receive orientationto the program and complete a networking course to facilitate their online work. Thereafter,students enroll concurrently in the same classes for two years. Appendix A outlines the two-yearMEPP calendar.Students meet with their library liaison in a library orientation during residency week. Libraryresources are integrated into the MEPP curriculum, especially the MEPP writing courses wherethe