Transcript ACME - Diversity

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...
• Institutional dynamics
• Physical resources
• Intellectual assumptions
Join a graduate student
support group
-Robert Peters
“Getting What You Came For”
Pg. 138
ACME Framework
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Commonality component
Scholarly community
Accountability mechanisms
Interdisciplinary
Organic and distributed
ACME results
• Adds depth to the graduate learning experience
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• Places the student in the context of a reflective
practitioner
• Provides intellectual environment for presenting
new ideas and setting goals
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• Broad range of perspectives on research and
process - understanding the graduate student
individual process as a developing scholar
Implementation
of ACME Framework
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
ACME Online System
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Goals Page
Comments Page
ACME Email
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ACME facebook application:
goal-setting
Success Stories
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
Start Your Own ACME
• Start an accountability group
• Meet regularly
• Shared Commonality
• Recommended group size (4 to 8)
Conclusion
• Optimal group size promotes crucial
interactions
• Complementary online and face-to-face
interaction critical to robustness and
sustainability
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