STEM Student Enrollment and Engagement through Connections (SEEC)

Initiatives

Learning Village: To enhance the Learning Community (LC) model at Iowa State University by improving programming and availability; and to create a LC model that spans DMACC and ISU.

Connected Curriculum: To redesign the first-year engineering curriculum to enable flexibility and commonality across LCs; and to make selected engineering gateway courses available to DMACC students via distance education.

Student-centered Advising: To develop and enhance academic advising and mentoring programs for precollege, community college, and university students.

Coordinated Networking: To establish a recruiting and outreach network across Iowa and with alumni using ISU Extension, DMACC, and involving parents and teachers; to tap into diverse communities of students; and to improve the awareness and understanding of engineering among those who influence student choices.

Evaluation: To evaluate project effectiveness and improve project activities.

Dissemination: To share best practices on campus in other areas of STEM, with other community colleges in Iowa, with other institutions in the Big 12 consortium, and at national meetings.

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