interests focus on early P-12 engineering education and identity develop- ment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Session W1A Development of Engineering Professional Identity and Formation of a Community of Practice in a New Engineering Program Lee Kemp Rynearson, Anastasia Marie Rynearson Campbell University, rynearson@campbell.edu, amrynearson@campbell.eduAbstract – In 2016 Campbell University added a School of advances. Some previous works have reported on CampbellEngineering, offering a general engineering degree
building strategies The weekends are reserved for working on the team project,prior to the beginning of the academic year and an opportunity social development activities and free time. Ideally, theto network with college of engineering faculty and HOME Program is designed to model the activities of a typi-staff. Fourth, HOME Program students work on developing cal semester.and enhancing their study and time management skills andparticipate in seminars on career preparation topics such as RETENTION RATESinterviewing skills, resume writing and communicationskills. The retention and graduation of STEM students is
, Matt.Bernacki@unlv.eduThis project was supported by National Science FoundationAward number #1420491, university sponsorship and the Wonjoon Hong, Graduate Research Assistant, DepartmentUNLV Office of Information Technology. of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, University of Nevada Las Vegas, hongw1@unlv.nevada.edu REFERENCES Jeff Markle, Lab Director, Department of Mechanical[1] Chickering, A. W., and Gamson, Z. F. 1987. Seven Engineering, Jeff.Markle@unlv.edu principles for good practice in undergraduate education