Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University ; Maureen Grasso, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

, at least 25 departments will designate faculty Fellows and participate inthe change process.Fellows serve as connectors between the AGEP-NC project and their department faculties. Theyare responsible for disseminating information to and collecting information from theirdepartments. For example, Fellows might share information they learned in project workshopsand their own individual studies, and they might gather departmental data on rates of doctoralprogram completion and attrition and career paths of recent doctoral graduates. They alsocoordinate faculty efforts to develop plans to increase URM doctoral candidate recruitment andretention. Figure 1 depicts arrows between the AGEP Fellows and the Project Team to show thetwo-way information

Conference Session

Graduate Education Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Heather Doty, University of Delaware; L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware

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Diversity, Graduate Education

Graduate Student Steering Committee at the University of DelawareAbstractThe University of Delaware (UD) has had an active Women in Engineering (WIE) program sincethe early 2000s. The goal of WIE is to foster a warm climate in which all members of theCollege of Engineering feel welcomed and can be productive. WIE activities have evolved overthe years, but in the last decade most of the programming has been planned and executed by theWIE Graduate Student Steering Committee. Sponsored by the dean of engineering and overseenby an associate dean and faculty advisor, the committee is made up of two women graduate-student representatives from each of the seven engineering departments. The committee planssocial, networking, and

Conference Session

Graduate Education Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Thomas M. Bluestein, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Diversity, Graduate Education

completion of their plans of study, and act to ensure intellectual health ofthe student (Noy & Ray, 2012). Solem, Lee, and Schlemper (2013), in a study of graduatestudents in a geography program, found that students reported the need for faculty advisors to aidthem with the “publish or perish” culture and climate evident in graduate education.Additionally, Cress (2008) found that, especially for underrepresented minority graduatestudents, the faculty-student relationship plays an important role in mitigating the negativeeffects of a poor campus climate. Beyond the roles and responsibilities of a faculty advisor, the interactions andrelationship between the student and advisor impacts students’ perceptions of climate andsuccess in their

Conference Session

Track: Graduate - Technical Session 12

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Indiana University ; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Amanda James Reed

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Diversity, Graduate Education

doing, like 'How is your PhD going? When are you going to be done?" No. It's like, "Oh, okay. You're here. Are you planning to have kids? They're the ones asking where my relationship situation is, [what] I'm planning moving forward. If I'm planning to have kids, because that's what they care more than if I'm happy. Several participants also described the "Why do you need to do this?" phenomenon wherethey are bombarded with comments that question their decision to pursue their doctorate. Jessicashared: Yeah, the whole idea of, "Why do you need to do this?"… my family, my mom's like, "People who graduate from Cal Tech make a lot of money, so why don't you just do that and live with [your

Conference Session

Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

program with PennsylvaniaState University, that engages in collaborative research throughout the academic year, and during thesummer, NCCU students conduct summer research at Penn State. The Bridge program attended a PREMmeeting to present on available opportunities to participate, particularly in the professional developmentworkshops and research seminars. Additionally, we have initiated a STEM professional developmentseries for all STEM undergraduates. Thus far, one seminar on Preparing Powerful Presentations has beenheld. This initiative is to motivate current undergraduates to pursue Master’s degrees that could directlyfeed into the Bridge program. More seminars and an Open House are planned for the beginning of theFall 2019 semester.One