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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Pat Ackerman; Kathy Brockway; Raju Dandu; Pedro Leite; Jimmy Splichal

Tapping in to the Power of ‘The Community Classroom’ Pat Ackerman, Kathy Brockway, Raju Dandu, Pedro Leite, Jimmy Splichal Kansas State University - SalinaAll too often, the college educational experience exists exclusively within the confines oftraditional classrooms. Consider the possibilities of expanding the college educationalexperience from the college classroom into the larger community classroom.Faculty members at Kansas State University-Salina accepted the challenge to transform thetraditional educational setting to enhance student learning. A new method of enrichment,service-learning, has been incorporated into the educational

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton

Focus on Tar Creek By Christi L. Patton The University of TulsaAbstract Tar Creek is #1 on the EPA cleanup list and it is located about 90 miles from theUniversity of Tulsa campus. While the legislators and residents debate what should bedone to clean up the area, freshman Chemical Engineering students research the historyof Tar Creek and use this as a starting point for lectures and lively discussion on safetyand ethics. Throughout the course students perform practice calculations that are basedon the information gleaned through research. During the last weeks of the semester thestudents participate in a research project that

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh

Connecting Learning with Students’ Interests and Daily Lives: “It is My Project.” Jung Oh Kansas State University-SalinaAbstractTo foster creative expression of students in a science course and to connect students’learning to their personal areas of interest, academic major programs, and daily lives,‘Periodic Table’ project is assigned in the General Chemistry Course. Students are toresearch a chemical element they select, to design concise representations for a collectivedisplay, and to present informative, creative projects using media of their own choice. Incourse portfolios and an end-of-semester survey, students indicated that

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanna Long; David G. Spurlock

options to restructure their careers. Demographicdiversity among first year students continues to grow. As a result, the traditional “look” of thefreshman class has changed. Engineering and engineering technology departments havetremendous opportunities for marketing their programs to new target audiences. We provide aframework for understanding these factors and discuss opportunities for future research.Introduction. The decision to seek academic credentials is complex, especially when faced byindividuals already in the workforce or those who are first generation university attendees.Demographic diversity among first year students continues to grow. As a result, the traditional“look” of the freshman class has changed. Economic factors have