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Quality
Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Mentoring
Workshop for Underrepresented Minority Undergraduate
Engineering
Students and Faculty/Staff Advisors
The
Four Points by Sheraton BWI Airport •
Baltimore, MD
November 13-14, 2009
DETAILED AGENDA
Purpose: This workshop will focus on the mentoring
and professional development of underrepresented minority undergraduate
Engineering students.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
PM
7:00 Early
Registration and Reception Crane Ballroom
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
AM
8:00 Registration
and Continental Breakfast Crane Foyer
8:30 Opening
Plenary: Crane Ballroom
Welcome,
Purpose, and Introductions
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
Omnia
El-Hakim, Program Director of Diversity and Outreach
Directorate
for Engineering (ENG), National Science Foundation (NSF)
8:45 Effective
Mentoring Strategies for Enhancing the Success
of
Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering
Introduction of Speaker:
Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network
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
9:15 Plenary
Session: What
Research Tells Us about Successful Mentoring
of
Undergraduate Engineering Students
Panelists:
Lorelle
Espinosa, Director, Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Institute
for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)
Susan
Staffin Metz, Senior Advisor
Center
for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
Stevens
Institute of Technology
Moderator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network
9:45 Questions
and Comments from Audience
10:00 Plenary Session: Career
Pathways in Engineering:
Exploring Options in Academe and Industry
Brief
Review of Workforce STEM Trends
Panelists:
Garrick Louis, Associate Professor
Department
of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia,
and
QEM Consultant
Stephanie
Adams, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and
Associate
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
School
of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, and QEM Consultant
Moderator: Laura-Lee
Davidson, Associate, QEM Network
10:30 Questions and Comments
from Audience
10:45 Coffee Break
11:00 Concurrent Breakout
Sessions(co-led
by QEM Consultants and Senior Staff)
(students
grouped by Academic Level – sophomore; junior; senior)
Topic: Preparing Undergraduate
Engineering Majors to Meet Academic Expectations:
Developing
Individual Mentoring and Academic/Career Plans (IMAPs)
Group
I: Sophomores Scott Room
- Academic Requirements and Course Timetables
- Building Effective Study Habits
Discussion
Leaders: Garrick
Louis, QEM Consultant
Costello
Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network
Group
II: Juniors Carlton Room
- Graduate School Planning: Test Preparation
-
Personal Profile Development
Discussion
Leaders: Stephanie
Adams, QEM Consultant
J.
Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
Group
III: Seniors Chesapeake Ballroom
- Mentoring Younger Students
-
Graduate School Planning
-
Portfolio and Personal Profile Development
Discussion Leaders: Brian Blake, Professor and
Associate Dean for
Strategic
Initiatives, College of Engineering
University
of Notre Dame, and QEM Consultant
Laura-Lee
Davidson, QEM Network
Noon
12:00 Luncheon – Crane Ballroom
Preparing
Students to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges in Engineering
Introduction of Speaker: J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
Guest
Speaker: Victor McCrary, Business Area Executive, Science and
Technology
The Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
PM
1:30 Plenary
Session: Modeling and
Fostering Professional Conduct Crane Ballroom
Moderator: J. Arthur Jones,
Senior Associate, QEM Network
– Professional Ethics and Decorum
- Ethical Conduct and Standards
- Professional Workplace Behavior:
Basics all Students Should Know
- Role of Student Chapters of
Professional Organizations
Rose
Wesson, Program Director, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental,
and
Transport Systems (CBET), Directorate for Engineering, NSF
– Scholarly Productivity:
Conducting Research
- Identifying STEM-focused
Research Opportunities
- Conducting Literature Searches
- Reading and Preparing Scholarly
Articles
- Professional Team-Building
Exercises
Brian
Blake, University of Notre Dame and QEM Consultant
2:15 Questions
and Comments from Audience
2:30 Plenary Session: Applying to Graduate School;
Financing a STEM Graduate Education
– Test Preparation (GRE),
Portfolios, and the Personal Essay
– Fellowships and Scholarships
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
(GRF) Program
- NACME and GEM Fellowships
- LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate
Panelists:
Carmen
Sidbury, Program Director, Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
Directorate
for Education and Human Resources (EHR), NSF
A. James Hicks, Program Director,
Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM
Division
of Human Resource Development, EHR, NSF
Michele
Lezama, Executive Director, The National Consortium for
Graduate
Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM)
Moderator: Costello Brown,
QEM Network
3:15 Questions
and Comments from Audience
3:30 Coffee
Break
3:45 Plenary
Session: Entrepreneurship
Juan
Figueroa, Program Director, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Division
of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
Directorate
for Engineering, NSF
4:15 Concurrent
Breakout Sessions
Topic: Preparing
Engineering Majors to Meet Academic Expectations: Skill Sets
Group
I: Sophomores Scott Room
-
Resume Development for Internships and Co-op Opportunities
- Update of Individual Mentoring Plan
-
Team-building Strategies
Discussion
Leaders: Garrick
Louis, QEM Consultant
Costello
Brown, QEM Network
Group
II: Juniors Carlton Room
-
Resume Development for External Research/Practice Opportunities
-
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Update of Personal Profiles and Individual Mentoring Plans
Discussion
Leaders: Stephanie
Adams, QEM Consultant
J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
Group
III: Seniors Chesapeake Ballroom
-
Portfolio and Personal Profile Development
-
Global Research Opportunities
-
International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)
- Writing a Research Abstract
Discussion Leaders: Brian Blake, QEM Consultant
Laura-Lee
Davidson, QEM Network
Group
IV: Faculty
Development Session Crane C
- Preparing Undergraduate Students to Meet Academic Expectations
- Mentoring/Supporting Engineering Students with Special Needs
-
Best Practices in Advising and Mentoring Engineering Students
Discussion Leader: Alvin Kennedy,
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Morgan
State University
5:30 Break
6:00 Dinner Crane Ballroom
“Broadening
Participation Opportunities in Engineering at the
National Science Foundation"
Remarks: Omnia El-Hakim, Directorate for
Engineering, NSF
7:00 Hands-on
Project Team Meetings – Design and Development Crane Ballroom
(Students
are grouped in cross-institutional teams to develop/assemble
8:00 Engineering
Design Competition
(Teams
test ideas)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
AM
8:00 Continental
Breakfast Crane Foyer
8:30 Plenary
Session: Review of Day One and Overview of Day Two Crane Ballroom
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
8:45 Mentoring:
Models for Success
Introduction of Speaker:
Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network
Guest
Speaker: Karl Reid, Senior
Vice President
Academic Programs and Strategic
Initiatives
United Negro College Fund, Inc.
9:15 Student
Panel: Views on Mentoring – Students’ Perspectives
(Students
discuss their views on What Works and on
Ways to Improve the Mentoring
Relationship)
Panelists:
Ashley Allen, Junior, Chemical Engineering, Howard
University
Nicole
Febles, Senior, Biomedical Engineering
The
City College of New York (CCNY)
Rubén Pérez Rivera, Senior, Civil Engineering
University
of Puerto Rico (UPR)–Mayaguez
Moderator: Laura-Lee
Davidson, QEM Network
9:45 Faculty
Panel: Views on Mentoring – Mentors' Perspectives
(Faculty
discuss views and experiences on What Works and on
Ways to Improve the Mentoring
Relationship)
Panelists:
Christine
Ortiz, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
S.
Keith Hargrove, Dean of Engineering, Tennessee State University
Delia Valles-Rosales, Associate Professor,
Industrial Engineering
New
Mexico State University
Moderator: Laura-Lee
Davidson, QEM Network
Questions
and Comments from Audience
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 Concurrent Breakout
Sessions
Topic: Preparing Engineering Majors to Meet Professional Expectations
Group
I: Sophomores Scott Room
-
Use of PowerPoint and Other Tools for Effective Presentations
-
Interacting Effectively with your Advisor
-
Writing Personal Essays
-
Mentoring Younger Students
Discussion
Leader: Costello
Brown, QEM Network
Group
II: Juniors Carlton Room
-
Test-taking Strategies
-
Making Effective Presentations at Meetings/Conferences
-
Picking a Recommender
- Update of Personal Profiles and Career Plans
- Peer Mentoring
Discussion
Leaders: Stephanie
Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University
J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
Group
III: Seniors Chesapeake Ballroom
-
Test-taking Strategies
-
Writing a Research Plan
-
Making Effective Presentations at Meetings/Conferences
-
Developing a Career Portfolio
- Peer Mentoring
Discussion Leaders: Brian Blake, University of
Notre Dame
Laura-Lee
Davidson, QEM Network
Group
IV: Faculty
Development Session Crane C
-
Developing and Evaluating Campus-based Mentoring Programs
-
Establishing Student Chapters of Professional Organizations
-
Providing Hands-on/Practice Opportunities for Engineering Majors
-
Planning Campus-based Activities for Keeping Students on the
Higher
Education Path
Discussion
Leaders: Garrick
Louis, University of Virginia
David
James, Consultant, DPJ Mentoring and
President Emeritus,
International Mentoring Association
Noon/PM
12:00 Luncheon –
Engineering Achievements in Today’s Society Crane Ballroom
Introduction of Speaker: J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
Guest Speaker: Eugene DeLoatch, Dean, School of Engineering
Morgan State University
1:30 Closing
Plenary (Next Steps): Crane Ballroom
Finalizing
Your Mentoring Agenda and Plans –Taking it Back to Campus
Facilitator: Althea Burns,
QEM Network
Faculty Present Campus-based
Activity Plans (Summaries
from Breakout Sessions)
Students
Share Highlights of Next Steps to be Taken (Summaries from Breakout Sessions)
Concurrent
Sessions (Friday AM)
Preparing
Undergraduate Engineering Majors to Meet Academic Expectations:
Developing
Individual Mentoring and Academic/Career Plans (IMAPs)
Concurrent
Breakout Sessions (Friday PM)
Preparing
Engineering Majors to Meet Academic Expectations: Skill Sets
Concurrent
Breakout Sessions (Saturday AM)
Preparing
Engineering Majors to Meet Professional Expectations
3:00 Reflections
and Closing Comments
3:30 Adjournment
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