Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Student Organizations Technical Session 14

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Fabian Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eve Fine, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carmen Juniper Neimeko; Katherine Fallon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity, Special Topic: Student Organizations

Paper ID #24843Helping Engineering Student Organization Members ”Break the Bias Habit”Dr. Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Sheridan is the Executive and Research Director of the Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Manuela Romero is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison. Dr. Romero oversees undergraduate student services, including student services centers (advising), engineering student development (career services, cooperative

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Student Organizations Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Student Organizations

, it’s kind of funny, ‘cause sometimes I say amen atthe end, ‘cause I feel like it’s kinda like a prayer. Because sometimes I feel that NSBE really islike that kind of organization. It means so much to me because I've gotten so much from it. I'veseen so many people benefit and thrive through it, that you know, it kind of means justeverything. Everything about being a Black engineer. So everything about my career, and myfuture, the people I've met. The people who have impacted me and pulled me forward. Thepeople that I've brought along with me and every single person that they've touched.So NSBE is an organization…for me, the NSBE mission statement really means how can you bebetter than the person before you and how can the person after you be