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ICAT Playdate — Understanding Organizational Partnerships to Improve Low Income Student Success

September 13, 2024

The Research on Organizational Partnerships in Education Systems (ROPES) Hub is a $3M NSF-funded project focused on understanding the network of systems that influence low-income engineering and computing student success. This project connects a wide range of higher education institutions across the nation with the intent on aggregating research on how broad networks of inter- and intra- organizational partnerships are critical to supporting low-income student success, particularly in engineering and computing careers. This discussion will focus on details about the value of organization and education systems-level research, the challenges and opportunities of bridging research and practice through collaboration with a wide range of four-year and two-year institutions across the nation, and a specific project around curricular complexity and the role of descriptive analysis as a boundary object to foster support change with faculty and departments.

 

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Speakers: 

  • David Knight
    Professor & Special Assistant to the Dean 
  • Jake Grohs
    CENI Director
  • James Newcomer
    Academic and Career Advisor

Team members: 

  • David Knight
    Professor & Special Assistant to the Dean
  • Jake Grohs
    Associate Professor & Director of CENI
  • Amy Richardson
    Postdoctoral Associate
  • Gary Kirk
    Associate Director of CENI
  • James Newcomer
    Academic and Career Advisor
  • Walter Lee
    Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence
  • Sarah Rodriguez
    Associate Professor
  • Bevlee Watford
    Professor Emerita, Associate Dean Emerita, Executive Director Emerita of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity
  • Anya Work
    Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development
  • Michelle Klopfer
    Researcher

Northern Virginia Community College:

  • Belghith Hamadi
    Professor

Weber State University:

  • Dustin Grote
    Assistant Professor

University of Cincinnati:

  • David Reeping
    Assistant Professor

University of Oklahoma:

  • Teri Reid
    Director of OU Polytechnic Institute
  • P.K. Imbrie
    Vice Provost for Faculty Effectiveness

Date:

  • September 13, 2024

Time:  

  • 8:30am EDT
     Networking & Donuts at Community Assembly, Creativity and Innovation District LLC
  • 9am EDT
     Presentation begins in the Community Assembly and live on YouTube

Virginia Tech faculty can receive Professional Development Network (PDN) credit for attending

  1. Register at https://profdev.tlos.vt.edu/?query=playdate 
  2. Check in with Phyllis Newbill during the event.

Location: Community Assembly, Creativity and Innovation District LLC