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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Electrical Engineering Education:   B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics with minors in Global Engineering Leadership and Arabic, University of Maryland Mentors:   Joyce D. Georgia Tech University; Dr. Ehsan Adeli, Stanford University Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was.

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said. Growing up, there wasn’t really anyone telling me that engineering was a path I could take.

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First time attendee at ACRL 2023: Getting there can be enough 

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March has gone by so fast, and that’s definitely in part because of the ACRL 2023 conference. Maybe you expected this post to be more of a conference report, and I will definitely shout out some of the work I saw later, but I start with this to normalize the mental health struggles that can come with conference attendance.

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Generative AI & the Evolution of Academic Librarianship

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I enjoyed the course and found the lesson on prompt engineering to be the most intriguing. One of the ways in which academic librarians can enter the generative AI realm in higher education is through teaching faculty and students prompt engineering. I tried this with my critical thinking class.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Definitions of interdisciplinary research: Toward graduate-level interdisciplinary learning outcomes. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gaston Gayles directly addressed the toxicity of the constantly productive, highly competitive environment in academia. When that’s in place, they feel student success is definitely impacted—the students feel like they belong and can thrive there, and they have multiple people checking in on them,” said Youngblood.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Definitions of interdisciplinary research: Toward graduate-level interdisciplinary learning outcomes. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.