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Engineering/Engineering Technolgy Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Paul Merriweather, Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Shannon Walton, Texas A&M University; Judy Kelley

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academic potential, and the ability for transferadmission. ETS scholars could renew their scholarships for up to three semesters (approximately2 years) if they demonstrated progress toward their degrees and maintained a minimum 2.75cumulative grade point average (GPA). Students who fell below the requirements were placed ona one-semester probation period and received a counseling session with their academic facultyadvisors to discuss academic difficulties.In addition to the scholarships, ETS participants attended the Success Seminar Series along withstudents participating in the TAMU Engineering Living Learning Community (ELLC). TheELLC housed students in a common dormitory, conducted seminars, provided peer-tutoring, andfacilitated networking

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Diana Carmen Dimitriu, University of Texas at San Antonio

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or she can change the world and make a differenceforever, that mentor leaves an indelible mark on the mentee. Above all other professions,engineering has the power to change the world on a large scale. Since I started to take my mentorship duties seriously, and I started reading aboutmentoring and visiting websites dedicated to mentoring, I realized that my vision and myphilosophy are similar in some ways to other mentors, but in some ways, they also are quiteunique. Upon discussing them with other faculty, I could see that when people write aboutmentoring they make it appear more institutionalized and well regulated but when they talkabout it, mentors emphasize the personal touch and the relationships that they developindividually

Conference Session

Two-year College Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Eva Schiorring, Cañada College

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summer internship position or taking summer courses to ensure their timelytransfer.The ASPIRES Summer Group Internship Program is a ten-week program for sophomorestudents who have no previous research experience and have at least one more year of courses tocomplete at Cañada College before transferring to a four-year university. In addition to allowingstudents to participate in the program as part-time interns, the group setting wherein studentswork with their peers and faculty they know will give students the supportive learningenvironment needed to succeed in their first internship experience. A collaborative learningenvironment has been shown to positively impact minority students—improving cognitivedevelopment2 and reducing students’ feeling

Conference Session

Engineering/Engineering Technolgy Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H Choi, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis

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like your effort linearly translates into a goodacademic result.”Overall, transfer students find that the educational environment at UC Davis emphasizes gradesinstead of understanding concepts. Academically, these students do well, and self-report thattheir community colleges adequately prepared them for UC Davis (as discussed in the secondtheme). Survey data indicates that there is no significant difference in GPA dissatisfaction ascompared to traditional students. However, transfer students spend more time on their coursesthan their peers. The average transfer student self-reports spending 16-20 hours per weekstudying and on other academic activities outside of class, whereas the average traditionalstudent only spends 11-15 hours per week on

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Science Foundation Arizona; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Cynthia Kay Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona; Verlyn Fick, Cochise College; Judith M. Slisz, Judith Slisz Consulting; John Morgan, Yavapai College

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, information technology architecture/engineering, and collaboration systems research. In September 2015, she joined Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to lead the Girls in STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert