Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Student

Virginia Tech, Clemson, Utah State,Arizona State, Ohio State, and others formalizing in the years since then. Other less formalized PhDpathways in engineering education have also appeared, expanding the possibilities of PhD study. Thus,the process of graduate school, while familiar to many academics, is also always becoming new. Whilesharing strategies and insights about graduate school has been done several times before [4], [5], it isimportant to update and reiterate those pieces of advice in new realities.Furthermore, while an intense and specific experience, most people only ever complete the PhD processonce. Each step of the process— coursework, qualifying or comprehensive exams, dissertation proposal,research, dissertation writing, and

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Engineering Education, 2020 Student Success Impacts in Communication and Professional Networking ContextsStudent-driven success in professional networking contexts is qualitatively surveyed andassessed in an engineering-specific technical writing and communications (TWC) course at TheCitadel – The Military College of South Carolina. This TWC course was designed in part toprovide pre-internship preparation for engineering students. Data captured from severalsemesters indicates a positive trend of industry partners’ selection of TWC students forinternships and employment. This data is corroborated by student- led surveying of peers whoidentify important connections between TWC course content and professional

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Student

resources, such as the mentee/mentor ratio, total yearsof the undergraduate program and the local culture are some of the factors that govern the effectivenessof mentoring.Key words: role model, peer mentoring, academic counseling, sponsor, international students.IntroductionThe dictionary definition of the word ‘mentor’ is “an experienced and prudent advisor”, stemming fromthe Greek name Mentor, the advisor of the king Telemachus [1]. Mentoring differs from academiccounselling in many ways. Both the mentor and the mentee need to know each other at a personal level,and thus a stronger bond develops between the two, maintaining a lasting relationship often throughouttheir lifetime. In the ancient epics of India, Krishna became the powerful mentor of

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin J. McCave, University of Houston; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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timeline. Lastly, participants started to receive job offers inearly March and continued until positions were filled.Job Search ResourcesThe most commonly used resource across all of our participants was their advisor, which rangedfrom PhD advisors to faculty mentors and undergraduate advisors depending on the individual.Advisors often encouraged the participants to enter the job market, provided access to importantnetworks, and reviewed documents. Other peers, currently on or just off the job market, werealso a highly used resource for participants as they drafted documents, prepared for job talks, andnegotiated their needs and wants. Two of the participants also participated in a faculty trainingprogram which gave them insight to the job search