Kathleen Rubin, Asst' Dean,

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• Kathleen Rubin, Asst. Dean,
• College of Engineering,
• UMass Amherst,
• CASA Co-Director
• Education and Outreach
• ERC Annual Meeting
• November 30, 2006

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Education and Outreach Goals

• To prepare students for solving complex
  interdisciplinary engineering problems and
  understanding societal impacts by providing an
  education that integrates courses at all levels,
  is driven by the research and incorporates
  experimental test beds.
• To enable K12 teachers to gain a better
  understanding of complex interdisciplinary
  engineered systems and the impact on society.
• To address the paucity of females and minorities
  in the engineering pipeline
• To deliver an agenda that has local, state and
  national impact
• To fully integrate education and outreach
  policies, programs and activities with
  management, infrastructure and the research
  activities of this ERC.

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How Do We Meet Our Goals?

• Academic Courses
• Multimedia
• Pre-college Programs
• STEM Summit
• RET Program Weather RATS
• K-12 Content Institutes
• Focus on Students
• Student Recruitment/Diversity
• REU Program
• Industrial Program
• Student Test Bed
• Student Leadership
• Evaluation and Assessment

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CASA Diverse Students

• CASA (in aggregate) continues to significantly
  exceed national averages in all categories (for
  females, underrepresented minorities and
  Hispanics) at the B.S. and M.S. levels.
• CASA continues to significantly exceed national
  averages for females and Hispanics for Ph.D. and
  faculty.

• CASA is challenged to recruit African-American,
  Native American or Pacific Island doctoral
  students or faculty members however, at least
  one CASA student is expected to continue from the
  M.S. to the Ph.D.

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How Does CASA Facilitate Diversity?

• CASA operates with a committee charged with
  facilitating a diverse ERC
• Committee Members
• Kathleen Rubin, UMass, Chair
• Fred Carr and Renee McPherson, OU
• Sandra Cruz-Pol, UPRM
• Omnia El-Hakim, CSU
• CASA completes an annual strategic plan and
  benchmarks against national norms.
• In addition to CASA in aggregate, each campus
  develops local strategies to support diversity.

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10 Ways to Facilitate Diversity in Your ERC(that
have worked for me)!

• Advice to new ERCs
• Have a person in the ERC who has overall
  responsibility for ensuring diversity and a
  point person on each campus (form a committee).
  Pay them!
• Find the MEP/WEP/Student Affairs office in your
  engineering college to assist you in identifying
  talented students.
• Networking is the Key! Approach students Be a
  matchmaker for your faculty
• Develop student exchanges for REU program (who
  are your colleagues and friends?)
• Identify your nearest LSAMP and AGEP partners
  (maximize your funding!)

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10 Ways to Facilitate Diversity in Your ERC(that
have worked for me)!

• 6. Visit your nearby minority serving
  institutions and develop a relationship.
• 7. Set aside funds in your ERC budget to
  facilitate diversity for travel to conferences
  and to hire students opportunistically
• 8. Mentor potential undergrads for your grad
  programs dont lose touch with them.
• 9. Meet with NSBE and SHPE student groups and
  tell them about your ERC and the opportunities
  there.
• 10. Have your deans and department heads support
  your efforts they should be aware of how the
  ERC is doing with respect to diversity and should
  discuss annually or oftener.

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Final Thought

• Final assess student diversity in your ERC now!
  Put it in table form and update each semester.