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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

declining, career-oriented activities are becoming morevalued. For example, presentations by professionals from broad STEM areas are successful inreinforcing learning communities. To further immerse students in their disciplines, there is aneed for undergraduate research.In this work, data are presented about a series of activities designed to re-build, sustain, andnurture a third year cohort of about twenty scholars in mechatronics, civil engineeringtechnology, computer information systems, physics, biology, chemistry, and mathematics.The Multidisciplinary CohortInitially, the cohort was established from first-year STEM students with GPAs of 3.0 or higher,and determined financial need. Currently, the Scholarships for STEM Students (S-STEM)program

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors