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Habitat For Humanity: A Student-Led Service Trip To Thailand, Amber Reiff
Habitat For Humanity: A Student-Led Service Trip To Thailand, Amber Reiff
Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement
Amber Reiff started volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in high school and joined the Purdue Student Chapter as a freshman in 2014. During her sophomore year, she became more involved and held the position of Vice President of Development. While serving in this role, she planned on-campus advocacy events and recruited volunteers for Saturday site builds. In 2017, she traveled to Lampang, Thailand, over spring break with a group of like-minded students striving to make a difference. In this article, she shares her experiences on this trip and explores the impact of her participation. Beyond this trip, she has continued …
Retention Of Female Faculty Members, Susan L. Murray, Mariesa Crow, Suzanna M. Rose
Retention Of Female Faculty Members, Susan L. Murray, Mariesa Crow, Suzanna M. Rose
Suzanna Rose
The recruitment and the retention of female undergraduate and graduate students into engineering courses is discussed. A similar challenge lies in recruiting female faculty member from the limited pool of candidates in several fields at most universities. It is found that about half the females who were hired did not stay at the university. It is suggested that programs should be introduced to encourage mentoring and career development as such improvements would benefit all faculty members both female and male.
Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset In Interdisciplinary Student Engineers: Experiences Of A Project-Based Engineering Program, Elizabeth Pluskwik, Eleanor Leung, Andrew Lillesve
Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset In Interdisciplinary Student Engineers: Experiences Of A Project-Based Engineering Program, Elizabeth Pluskwik, Eleanor Leung, Andrew Lillesve
Integrated Engineering Department Publications
Engineering education models have recently embraced the entrepreneurial mindset as a desired outcome of undergraduate engineering education. Interdisciplinary active learning strategies have been suggested as an effective pedagogy for engaging student engineers in undergraduate engineering education. Recent research suggests that active, social learning in context can lead to improvements in learner innovation, problem-solving, curiosity, retention and accessibility of knowledge, value-creation, and other desired learning outcomes. Much of the recent adoption of active and collaborative learning, self-directed learning, problem-based and project-based learning (PBL), peer to peer learning, and other similar learning strategies are aimed at developing innovative and entrepreneurial mindset skills, …
Computer Science Master’S Graduate Chronicles Her Journey At Usu | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
Computer Science Master’S Graduate Chronicles Her Journey At Usu | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
College of Engineering News
Mounika Arukala joined the master’s of computer science program at Utah State University in August 2016.
Congratulation A-Pin Recipients | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
Congratulation A-Pin Recipients | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
College of Engineering News
Interim College of Engineering Dean Dr. Jagath Kaluarachchi and department heads from across the College of Engineering on Thursday recognized sixteen students for receiving the prestigious A-Pin award.
Upending Assumptions In Engineering Education | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
Upending Assumptions In Engineering Education | College Of Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering
College of Engineering News
It doesn’t make Idalis Villanueva uncomfortable to confront assumptions.
The Rock 2018, School Of Engineering And Computer Science
The Rock 2018, School Of Engineering And Computer Science
The Rock
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