Conference Session

Corporate Engagement Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Olga Maria Stavridis, Ohio State University; Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Lisa A. Barclay, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Corporate Engagement, Diversity

and academic support. Autumn 2017 semester was the firstyear that students completing WiE LC1 from the 2016-17 academic year could enter the secondyear program of the Learning Community (LC2). The focus of this program changed to helpstudents determine how they can (1) impact the world as engineers through panels and tours ledby engineers in the field; (2) learn from existing engineers that they do not have to be experts ina particular subject but that a wide range of skills make them successful; and (3) by offeringopportunities to see engineering that is accessible at their campus, the coursework might be moreeasily tied to their end goal. The objective of this project was to help them “see over the fence” oftheir academic hurdles and