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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University

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new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning. Page 26.1786.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 “What’s in it for me?” A Look into First-Year Students’ Perceptions of a Digital Badge SystemAbstractIn Fall 2014, the Purdue Polytechnic Incubator – a new undergraduate program with the focus oncompetency-based interdisciplinary skills – welcomed its initial cohort of first-year students.During the first semester, students were involved in a number of holistic

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Hands-on Projects and Spatial Skills

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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active member of Northeastern’s Gateway Team, a select group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at NU. She also serves as a Technical Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Challenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger has been the recipient of numerous awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond.Dr. Richard Whalen, Northeastern University Dr. Richard Whalen is a Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and a core member of the Engineering Gateway Team. The focus of this team

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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transition from high school to University. Having been in charge of this program at the University of Notre Dame for 7 years and now at YSU has made her deeply famil- iar with the requirements for a thorough undergraduate curriculum that successfully transfers an in-depth understanding of the core principles of math, science and engineering to the incoming students through innovative coursework, mentoring and team work, and the value of hands-on teaching and one to one interaction of faculty and students. Page 24.704.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014

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FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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., University of North Carolina, Charlotte Patricia A. Tolley, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Dean for undergraduate experiences in the Lee College of En- gineering at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Her responsibilities include the introductory en- gineering and engineering technology courses, a large freshman residential learning community and peer retention program, a junior/senior multidisciplinary professional development course, student leadership academy, employer relations and industry-sponsored senior design, and ABET and SACS accreditation. Her research focuses on engineering education research using quantitative methodologies.Dr. Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Kimberly Warren is

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First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

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, Hispanics,and females of all races) at the University of Maryland, including a summer bridge program,mentoring program, and engineering specific living learning communities. Importantimplications about program design drawn from the longitudinal evaluation of these retentionprograms will be discussed.The Successful Engineering Education and Development Support ProgramThe Successful Engineering Education and Development Support (SEEDS) Program iscomprised of several multifaceted retention programs within the A. James Clark School ofEngineering at the University of Maryland. Funded through a grant from the National ScienceFoundation (DUE #0969232), the SEEDS program was piloted in 2010 and fully implemented in2011. The goals of the SEEDS program

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 4A: Retention Programs and Strategies

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michael Wolf, Rice University

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Paper ID #15772Summer Bridge Program Structured to Cover Most Demanding STEM Top-icsMs. Megan McSpedon, Rice University Megan McSpedon is the Associate Director of the Rice Emerging Scholars Program. She has been with the program since it was founded in 2012. Megan received a B.A. in English from Rice University.Dr. Ann Saterbak, Rice University Ann Saterbak is Professor in the Practice in the Bioengineering Department and Associate Dean for Un- dergraduate Education in the School of Engineering at Rice University. Saterbak was responsible for developing the laboratory program in Bioengineering. Saterbak introduced problem

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Johnson, LeTourneau University; Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University

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even when overall retention is improving?In 2009, LeTourneau University, a small, private university sought to identify the reasons behindlow graduation rates in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SEET). Theydeployed an exhaustive survey to students that had left the school asking these former students(leavers) to rank the influences behind their decision to leave engineering. Results were utilizedto help develop several first-year retention initiatives targeted at engineering persistence of firsttime in any college (FTIC) students. These initiatives, aided with funding through an NSF-STEPgrant began with the 2010 cohort and have continued until present. Subsequent deployments ofthe identical survey to cohorts 2009 through

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The Best of First Year Programs: Best Paper Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates, Institute for STEM & Diversity Initiatives; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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while simultaneously struggling to formnew peer groups, and adapting to more rigorous coursework with less externally imposed structure thanprior learning experiences. These challenges, especially those related to students’ sense of belonging andconnection to other students, can be particularly pronounced for women, non-traditional students, firstgeneration students, students with high levels of financial need (such as those who are pell-eligible), andmembers of underrepresented minority groups.To address these challenges, we first developed a multi-day summer outdoors experience, designed tostrengthen relationships, build community, and increase participants’ sense of belonging in STEMdisciplines through camping, rafting, hiking, and exploring

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First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Raven Knudsen, Kennesaw State University; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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Gilleran (Graduate Student Instructor)and the team of Departmental Ambassadors who enabled us to implement these changes. Specialthank you to our collaborators from Michigan Engineering Alumni Engagement. We gratefullyacknowledge funding and staff support through the University of Michigan Foundational CourseInitiative.References[1] P. O'Keeffe, “A sense of belonging: Improving student retention.” College Student Journal, vol. 47, pp. 605-613, December 2013.[2] T.F. Smith, D. Wilson, D.C. Jones, M. Plett, R.A. Bates, and N.M. Veilleux, “Investigation of belonging for engineering and science undergraduates by year in school,” In American Society for Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education, 2012.[3

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

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. Chickering’s Theory of Identity Development suggests thatstudents develop their own personal identity by moving across seven vectors that include 1)developing competence, 2) managing emotions, 3) moving through autonomy and towardinterdependence, 4) developing mature interpersonal relationships, 5) establishing identity, 6)developing purpose, and 7) developing integrity.6 The mentors provide needed assistance as theirmentees negotiate these vectors. As they support their mentees’ development, the mentors willalso be aided in their own journeys along these vectors. “Meaningful friendships and diversestudent communities in which shared interests exist and significant interactions occur encouragedevelopment along all seven vectors.” (p. 41)6Building on

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First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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]. Many of these skills can be gained through meaningfulincorporation of liberal arts into higher education [16]. However, current engineering educationhas not yet embraced the notion of the “cooperation among the previously separate disciplines toattack problems that have no recognizable boundaries” (p.17) [17] to enable students to quicklyadapt to the consistent shifts in directions taken by technology and engineering in the real worldwhere the globalization, the development of a knowledge economy, and rapid changes intechnology make skills of recent graduates obsolete in as little as 18 months [12, 18, 19]. Page 26.677.4However, changes in