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quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Workshop for Engineering Faculty on the Professional Development and Mentoring of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Engineering Students
Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport • 7032 Elm Road • Baltimore, MD 21240 May 13-14, 2011
AGENDA
Purpose: To share best practices and strategies for advising underrepresented minority graduate engineering students on their academic and career development plans.
FRIDAY, MAY 13
AM8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Solarium/Crane BC
8:30 Opening Plenary Session: Crane BC Welcome, Purpose, and Introductions Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network
Broadening Participation in Engineering Opening Remarks: Omnia El Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach Directorate for Engineering (ENG), National Science Foundation (NSF)
9:15 Keynote Presentation: Effective Mentoring Strategies for Enhancing the Success of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students in Engineering Keynote Speaker: Percy Pierre, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Michigan State University 2008 AAAS Lifetime Mentor Award Recipient and NACME Founder Introduction of Speaker: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network
10:00 Plenary Session: What the Data Tell Us about the Pipeline for, and Degree Attainment of, Engineering Graduate Students from Underrepresented Minority Groups Presenter: Garrick Louis, Associate Professor, Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant
10:30 Break Solarium
10:45 Panel Session: What Research Tells Us about Best Practices for the Retention Crane BC and Degree Attainment of Engineering Graduate Students from Underrepresented Groups Panelists: Janet Rutledge, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lisa Frehill, Director of Research, Evaluation and Policy, NACME Moderator: M. Brian Blake, Associate Dean for Research and Professor College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant
11:30 Plenary Session: Exploring Career Pathways: Meeting Academe/Government/Industry Expectations Presenter: Stephanie Adams, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, and QEM Consultant Noon/PM12:00 Luncheon: Roundtable Discussions: Chesapeake Ballroom Preparing Engineering Students to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges · Pedagogy for Engineering Education · Understanding Career Options · Challenges to Moving from Master’s to the Ph.D. to Career · Building Self-Confidence and Self-Efficacy · Fostering Scholarly Conduct/Professional Behavior See Table Assignment Sheet (Each Table will have a discussion facilitator and a note-taker) 1:30 Report Back from Table Discussions Crane BC Facilitator: Phyllis Nelson, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Co-Director, Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Materials Design California State Polytechnic University Pomona, and QEM Consultant
2:30 Panel: Preparing Students to Meet Academic Expectations – Best Practices - ABET’s Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) Outcomes for Students - Role of Student Support Services in Student Success Panelists: Michael Milligan, Executive Director, ABET, Inc. DiOnetta Jones, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Director of the Office of Minority Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Moderator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network
3:15 Break Solarium
3:30 Plenary Session: Building Students’ Networking and Negotiating Skills Crane BC Presenter: M. Brian Blake, University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant
4:15 Plenary Session: The Importance of Cultural Competency in Broadening the Participation of Minority Students in STEM Fields Presenter: Cynthia Jackson Hammond, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Coppin State University
Group Discussion: “Acquiring Cultural Competency” Facilitator: Imelda Olague, Bridge to the Doctorate Program Coordinator New Mexico State University
5:30 Break
6:00 Working Dinner Crane A Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering Keynote Speakers: Eugene DeLoatch, Dean, School of Engineering Morgan State University
Malathi Srivatsan, AAAS Fellow Division of Industrial Innovation & Partnerships (IIP) Directorate for Engineering (ENG), NSF Introduction of Speakers: Laura-Lee Davidson, Associate, QEM Network
7:30 Adjournment
Overnight Reflection: Please give additional thought to topics discussed on Day One in preparation for Tomorrow’s Opening Session
SATURDAY, MAY 14
AM8:00 Breakfast Buffet Solarium/Crane BC
8:30 Group Discussion: Further Thoughts and Comments Based on Day One Crane BC Facilitator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network
9:30 Plenary Session: Identifying/Securing Resources to Support the Crane BC Development of Students as Engineering Scholars Presenters: Omnia El Hakim and Malathi Srivatsan, NSF
10:30 Break Solarium
10:45 Plenary Session: Preparing Doctoral Engineering Students and Crane BC Mentoring Early Career Faculty for Careers in Academe Speaker: Gilda Barabino, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies Georgia Institute of Technology Introduction of Speaker: Laura-Lee Davidson, QEM Network
11:15 Panel Session: Modeling and Fostering Professional Behavior/Scholarly Conduct (Licensure, Ethics, Social Responsibility, Publishing, and Professional Societies) Panelists: Garrick Louis, University of Virginia, and QEM Consultant Phyllis Nelson, CSU Pomona, and QEM Consultant Rachelle Hollander, Director, Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society National Academy of Engineering Facilitator: M. Brian Blake, University of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant
PM12:15 Working Luncheon: Developing Effective Mentoring and Advisement Strategies Crane BC to Support Underrepresented Engineering Graduate Students Presenter: Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University and QEM Consultant Group Discussion of the Topic Facilitator: Yang Li, Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
1:45 Closing Plenary Session: Next Steps Overview of November 2011 Workshop for Underrepresented Minority Master’s and Doctoral Students in Engineering Shirley McBay, QEM Network
Closing Comments NSF Program Officers, Workshop Consultants, and Participants
2:30 Adjournment
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