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Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers

Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers. ACME provides a safe forum to strategically approach the challenges faced by graduate students, in order to facilitate graduate student development. Challenges for Graduate Students. The job!! It’s challenging. But there are also...

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Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers

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  1. Academy of Courageous Minority Engineers ACME provides a safe forum to strategically approach the challenges faced by graduate students, in order to facilitate graduate student development

  2. Challenges for Graduate Students • The job!! It’s challenging. But there are also... • Institutional dynamics • Physical resources • Intellectual assumptions

  3. Join a graduate student support group Robert Peters “Getting What You Came For” Pg. 138

  4. ACME Framework • Commonality component • Scholarly community • Accountability mechanisms • Interdisciplinary • Organic and distributed

  5. ACME results • Adds depth to the graduate learning experience • Places the student in the context of a reflective practitioner • Provides intellectual environment for presenting new ideas and setting goals • Broad range of perspectives on research and process - understanding the graduate student individual process as a developing scholar

  6. Implementationof ACME Framework

  7. ACME Activities • Weekly accountability day (changes every semester using doodle surveys) • ACME lecture series and practice talks • Writing and study rooms – e.g. AHANA lounge • Thesis boot-camps/retreats

  8. ACME Online System

  9. Login

  10. Goals Page

  11. Comments Page

  12. ACME Email

  13. Soon to come …ACME facebook application:goal-setting

  14. Asegun Henry, Ph.D. Mech. E 2009 Mark Hampton, Ph.D. EECS 2008 Lincoln Chandler, Ph.D. OR 2008 James McLurkin, Ph.D. EECS 2008 Tyrone Hill, Ph.D. EECS 2008 Ishara Mills, Ph.D. Biology 2007 Fritz Pierre, Ph.D. Mech. E 2007 Eric Wade, Ph.D. Mech. E 2007 Melva James, S.M. Chemistry 2007 Sean Bradshaw, Ph.D. EECS 2006 Robbin Chapman, Ph.D. EECS 2006 Anthony Okobi, Ph.D. HST 2006 Tamara Rosbury Ph.D. EECS 2006 Lincoln Chandler, S.M. OR 2005 Ayanna Samuels, S.M Aero/TPP 2005 Shaundra Daily, S.M. MAS 2005 Todd Coleman, Ph.D. EECS 2005 Amon Millner, S.M. MAS 2005 Nicole Love, Ph.D. EECS 2004 Tyrone Hill, S.M. EECS 2004 Aisha Walcott, S.M. EECS 2004 Alicia Boozer, S.M. EECS 2003 Success Stories

  15. Start Your Own ACME • Start an accountability group • Meet regularly • Shared Commonality • Recommended group size (4 to 8)

  16. Conclusion • Optimal group size promotes crucial interactions • Complementary online and face-to-face interaction critical to robustness and sustainability

  17. Conclusion • ACME Promotes critical reflection on graduate student process • Exposure to diverse range of scholarly perspectives • Thoughtful setting and achievement of goals • Strongly connected pool of scholars

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