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Faculty Support And Student-Created Communities
- In Cathy Turrentine's leadership praxis class, one group of
first-year biology students decided that Virginia Tech needed a residential
community oriented to life sciences students. Their investigation quickly
turned into a real project that involved attending a national conference,
consulting national experts, developing a university proposal, securing funding
from multiple sources, making numerous presentations to faculty and
administrative groups, negotiating an approval process, and now planning the
program with the biology department and personnel from student affairs
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- At the University of Wisconsin, Caitilyn Allen leads a residential
community for women in science and engineering (WISE-RP). Key strategies
include making difficult foundation courses more accessible through a
combination of cohort scheduling, special study groups, female TA leadership,
and career talks by women scientists. Student veterans in the program—Wise
Women—keep the initiative alive and working year-to-year.
- Professor Ramu oversees a Virginia Tech engineering program. In one
project, students from multiple disciplines develop a high-speed, personal
transportation infrastructure. Student "employees" are responsible
for all elements of the project, including design, manufacturing, funding,
public relations, and then moving the project into the public sector for
implementation.
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