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Teaching, service, and research--making the most of graduate positions

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Conference

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia

Publication Date

March 24, 2023

Start Date

March 24, 2023

End Date

March 25, 2023

Page Count

3

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44913

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https://peer.asee.org/44913

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140

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Susie Huggins West Virginia University

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Huggins currently works for the Fundamentals of Engineering program at West Virginia University. She is her PhD in Education a lifelong dream. Huggins is an advocate of STEM learning in the K-12 arena as well as a proponent of after school programing to help build the workforce of the Technological Revolution.

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Abstract

Budgets are tightening but the department needs are greater than ever, meeting students where they are is critical to any first-year engineering program. Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are a natural part of any first-year program and typically provide a variety of teaching services including instruction, labs, grading, and tutoring. Other graduate students who may engage with students and faculty within an active first-year program include Graduate Service Assistants (GSAs) and Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs). Graduate students contribute significantly to an active first-year engineering program at a large, R1 institution in the mid-Atlantic region. All graduate students regardless of the specific role, engage in professional development and facilitate many programmatic activities, promote students’ engagement and support engineering education. In addition to GTAs, GSAs and GRAs are actively engaged and helping this unit to stretch limited resources... This poster will describe the roles and contributions of GTAs, GRAs, and GSAs in an active and engaging First-Year Engineering Program. A specific focus is on the contributions of GSAs within the overall program context of program goals and activities. Additional information will be provided about the various professional development of all graduate students the unit and how these roles work together to facilitate good stewardship of limited resources.

Huggins, S. (2023, March), Teaching, service, and research--making the most of graduate positions Paper presented at 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--44913

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