Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 1: Peru in State College

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University ; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

- 2024 2019 • United Nations SDGs: Local Context • Pre-departure Cultural and Awareness (UN SDGs) Assessment Test • National Academy of Engineering Challenges (NAEC) • Sustainability Concepts • Sustainability in local context (Classes at Penn State)The evolution of the global experience in Peru, whichbegan in in 2018 and has taken on iterations over theyears.The concepts of global citizenship and sustainability areessential in transforming undergraduate education in

Conference Session

Track 7: Technical Session 5: TechArts & Crafts: Supporting STEM Capital Development for Marginalized Students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Sandra Roach, Duke University; Alia Carter, Duke University; Raeven King; Mark Nabeta

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

science at a Jewish Day School. I use my position and privilege to address inequities in STEM education and strive to stay mindful of my biases and assumptions based on my experiences and opinions.- Good morning, my name is Sandra Roach . I am a Black, able-bodied, cisgender woman of Caribbean decent. I am a research associate in the electrical and computer engineering department at Duke University. I am a first-generation immigrant, one of seven children raised in a two-parent household, and the first to graduate college in my family. I have worked in education for over twenty years and entrepreneurship for fifteen years running my tutoring company that focuses on building foundations in STEM. My current

Conference Session

Technical Session: Transforming Engineering Education Is Possible! A Descriptive Case Study of Reimagining Engineering Education and Delivering a Wake Forest Engineering Student Experience Promoting Inclusion, Agency, Holistic Learning, and Success

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

engineering classes I was teaching).Colleagues from history, philosophy, computer science, anthropology, entrepreneurship,business, art, physics, medicine, ethics, etc. I also started inviting practicing engineers to ourmeetings and all the classes I taught. Me modeling these cross-disciplinary invitations was toencourage engineering faculty to see the value of bringing diverse perspectives to theengineering classroom.When students arrived in the first class, we asked them why they came to WFU and why WFUengineering. We invited them to share what a liberal arts engineer means to them and what theirhopes and dreams were. This fierce commitment to the student perspective and shared visioningcontinued to guide us and drive us in building the