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Session Description

This session provides insight about strategies promoting success among underrepresented engineering students. Particular focus will be given to programs that offer cohort and/or summer experiences.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Walter C. Lee

Papers Presented

1. S-STEM: ENG2 Scholars for Success 2007-2013 [view paper]
   Ms. Sarah Cooley Jones (Louisiana State University), Dr. Kelly A. Rusch P.E. (North Dakota State University), and Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack Jr. (Louisiana State University)
2. Emerging Impact on Graduation Rates/Times from a Summer Engineering Enrichment Program [view paper]
   Dr. Robert W. Whalin (Jackson State University) and Ms. Qing Pang (Jackson State University)
3. Examining the Transition to Engineering: A Multi-Case Study of Six Diverse Summer Bridge Program Participants [view paper]
   Walter C. Lee (Virginia Tech), Mrs. Christina Seimetz Wade (Virginia Tech), and Dr. Catherine T. Amelink (Virginia Tech)
4. Can an Engineering Summer Bridge Program Effectively Transition Underrepresented Minority Students Leading to Increased Student Success? [view paper]
   Dr. Darryl Dickerson (Purdue University), Dr. Freddy Solis (Purdue University, West Lafayette), Ms. Virginia Booth Womack (Purdue University, West Lafayette), Tasha Zephirin (Purdue University, West Lafayette), and Dr. Carol S. Stwalley (Purdue University, West Lafayette)
5. Lessons Learned in Establishing STEM Student Cohorts at a Border University and the Effect on Student Retention and Success [view paper]
   Dr. Mikhail M. Bouniaev (University of Texas, Brownsville), Dr. Immanuel Adaikalaraj Edinbarough (University of Texas, Brownsville), and Mr. Bill W. Elliott (The University of Texas at Brownsville)
6. Use of Front-end Evaluation to Design an Ambassador Program (ISEAmP) [view paper]
   Dr. Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson (NC A&T State University), Ms. Brianna Shani Benedict (Industrial & Systems Engineering), Garner Ted Stewart II (Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering), and Ms. Elaine Smith Vinson (North Carolina A&T State University)