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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Mirit Shamir; Stacy Hutchinson; Gaea Hock; Ryan Hansen; Jonathan Aguilar; Nathan Hendricks; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Rebecca Cors; Melanie M. Derby

completed peer review in week 15, in which they assessed the workof themselves and their colleagues. An assessment of “1” (weak effort) required a writtenexplanation.Capstone Course ProductsStudents selected the team’s NRT capstone research product from the choice board: researchpaper (conference or journal), research and extension report, NSF or USDA-style researchproposal, or a community project. After careful consideration, all teams chose a research paperfor their final product, and thus, had to write an interdisciplinary journal article. The team’s finalresearch product followed the formatting and citations requirements for the selected journal, anddrew on the interdisciplinary expertise of the entire team. It was expected that teams

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson

communities of peers that can help each other.For first-generation students, forming communities and understanding expectations can beparticularly challenging. An estimated 15-40% of college students are first generation, definedhere as a student whose parents have not received a 4-year college degree [1]-[3]. These studentshave been shown, both nationally and in our own courses, to have an achievement gap relative totheir continuing-generation peers in terms of degree completion and continuation in engineering[4]-[5]. These students may also be disproportionately from underrepresented racial and ethnicgroups [6]. Previous research has identified several factors that impact the performance in first-generation students including a lack of cultural

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

following the tours to give the students additionalnetworking opportunities with the alumni professionals.The program finished with the students writing their reports and giving their final presentations.Reports varied in length between approximately 5 to 20 pages depending on the types of data © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceFigure 1. Example of Quad slidescollected. All reports followed a specific template designed to aid the program managers incollecting important information necessary for post reporting requirements. Rough drafts were dueone week in advance to both the program managers and the student’s advisor. This allowed

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Heather L. Walker; W. Kent McAllister; Michael W. Mourot; J. Robert Dean; Greg Nesmith; Edgar C. Clausen

indicating very or somewhatsatisfied. As in the Fall 2021 survey, the mentors thought that the students needed help withtheir communication skills. Students and mentors felt that the number of mentoring sessions wasabout right, the topics that were discussed were helpful, they would recommend the program totheir peers and were happy that they participated. The students said they were a bit less likely toparticipate in the program again, largely because they were unsure of how the program woulddiffer if they participated a second year.In critiquing the program, the mentors and students would have preferred more one-on-one timein their circles, more targeted topics for seniors and more structure in the mentoring events. Thestudents would also have