First Lecture

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Mission of the UIC College of Engineering

• Our core belief is that the most significant
  impact we have on society is educating our
  students.
• Our mission is to offer students a world class
  education in engineering to prepare them for a
  successful and fulfilling professional career,
  one important, but not the only, component of a
  full life.
• To carry out this mission, we strive to create a
  positive learning environment in our college.

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Creating a Positive Learning Environment at UIC

• Now Build a strong, thriving, positive learning
  community.
• After Maintain life-long connection with
  colleagues and alma mater expand networks
  enrich professionally and socially give back.

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Goals of the UIC College of Engineering

• Improve learning environment to raise the quality
  of experience for students and faculty alike.
• Provide coaching tips to improve each student's
  effectiveness, professional/social skills and
  success.

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Necessary Elements for a Positive Learning
Environment

• Students respecting Students
• Professors respecting Students
• Students respecting Professors

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Students Respecting Students

• UIC's diversity offers an extraordinary
  opportunity to learn in an intense research
  environment reflective of todays global market
  place.
• Ability to work well with others and good
  teamwork skills are greatly valued and sought by
  employers.  
• Fellow students offer an important support
  network (and sometimes lifelong friendships), now
  and after you leave UIC.

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Students Respecting Students (Cont.)

• Work hard, take advantage of the world-class
  resources made available to you.
• Take time to get to know and appreciate those
  around you. Students who build positive working
  relationships with peers can reap rich benefits
  for a lifetime.
• Remember your early days at UIC. Extend a helping
  hand to your junior colleagues.
• Respect begets respect.

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Students Respecting Students (cont.)

• As engineers we have professional AND ethical
  responsibilities.
• Be aware of biases, e.g., unconscious gender,
  ethnic, or race-based assumptions and stereotypes
  embedded in the patterns of thinking of many
  people.

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Students Respecting Professors

• The classroom is a microcosm of the work place.
• Students who build a positive working
  relationship with their professors set the
  groundwork for successful working relationships
  with supervisors and mentors in the real world.

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Classroom Etiquette

• Etiquette Courtesy Guidelines
• Classroom is a professional, formal setting.
• The rules of Common Courtesy guide discussion
  and all interactions.
• When students demonstrate respectful regard for
  everyone present, this sets a positive classroom
  tone which promotes learning.

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Effective Communication with Your Professor

• Today, the professoriate is as diverse as the
  student body your professor brings a unique
  perspective to enrich your learning.
• Maintain a respectful tone in the classroom
  arrive on time, turn-off cell phone, be
  attentive, participate in a positive learning
  exchange.
• Listen to others point of view, take your turn
  to express your question or idea, agree to
  disagree, if needed.

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Communication Office Hours

• Pre-schedule an appointment with your professor.
  Be mindful that emergencies come unannounced.
• During the meeting with your professor arrive on
  time, state your questions clearly, and keep the
  appointment time provided.
• The code of conduct applies to office meetings
  and lays the groundwork for a productive meeting.

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Communication E-mail

• Write concise emails that clearly indicate your
  questions and requests/concerns.
• Indicate when you need a reply, if a deadline
  looms.
• Use language that mirrors a professional setting.
• Do not send an e-mail when you are upset. Wait a
  while, if you can.

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Professors Respecting Students

• Professors are responsible not only for teaching
  the technical contents of the course, but also
  for preparing the students for their future
  careers, whether in industry, academia or
  government.
• Engineering today requires social skills and
  ethical judgment that must also be learned in
  school.
• Professors have different styles of teaching,
  just as coaches have different styles of coaching.

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Professors Respecting Students (Cont.)

• Professors evaluate and issue grades based on
  many factors, including class participation,
  performance in homeworks and exams, classroom
  conduct, attendance, etc.
• Primary factor when assigning a grade is
  fairness.
• Professors value students input and constructive
  criticism on any element of a course.

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Classroom Etiquette

• Professors demonstrate respect through their
  teaching.
• Professors set the tone in the classroom.
  Creating and maintaining a respectful, yet
  comfortable, learning environment facilitates
  effective two-way communication.
• Professors should be fully attentive to their
  students educational needs.

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Professors Communicating with Students

• Professors make an honest effort to get to know
  their students students come from different
  backgrounds and have different needs and
  expectations.
• Set a respectful tone in the classroom arrive on
  time, be prepared, use effective means of
  communication, allow for feedback from the
  students.

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What to Expect from Your Professors

• Professors must make clear what is required from
  the students discuss the syllabus clearly,
  explain grading policy, be available outside the
  classroom during office hours.
• If problems arise, the Director of Undergraduate
  Studies and the Department Head are available to
  discuss any concerns that students may have about
  their professors/instructors/teaching assistants.

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Continuing Dialog for Improvement

• Let's work together to make the most of your
  education!

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A BIT ABOUT UIC
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Introduction of Professor