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Multicultural Engineering Program: Industry Advisory Board Meeting

May 10, 2019 Welcome! Feel free to find a seat and enjoy breakfast! Please fill out the IAB Member Information Card in your folder.

Introductions

Please…

• Introduce yourself
• Your current role
• What you hope to get out of our meeting today

Agenda

MEP Mission

The Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) is an academic support program designed to retain and graduate a diverse population of students, especially groups which continue to remain the most underrepresented in engineering. This includes but is not limited to aspiring College of Engineering students who are first in their family to earn a baccalaureate degree, or from family backgrounds of limited financial resources and less educational opportunities. MEP leverages a strong support network to build an academic community and provide the necessary bridges for students’ academic and professional success.

Vision

In efforts to create an equitable society and enhance diversity in education and engineering, MEP partners with campus and industry to encourage the development of students who:

• Feel a sense of belonging within their undergraduate education, at

Cal Poly, and in the workforce.

• Perform as a high caliber engineering student and professional.
• Lead within Cal Poly and the workforce.
• Create positive change.
• Exemplify confidence through self-advocacy and consistent personal

growth.

• Value collaboration and diversity in teams.
• Are socially responsible and global citizens.

Learning Outcomes

Services and support provided by the Multicultural Engineering Program result in…

A sense of belonging and community for underrepresented students in the College of Engineering Enhancement to students’ academic progress Fostering students’ professional and leadership development

Team Updates/Changes

Can Candy J Jan aniam am

MEP Advisor

Meg egha han Sc n Schul huler er-Jones nes

MEP Coordinator

Katie M e McGui uire

Retention Advisor

Who We Serve

• First Generation Students
• Low Income Students
• Cal Poly Scholars
• EOP
• Groups that are historically

underrepresented in engineering

• Society of Hispanic Professional

Engineers (SHPE)

• National Society of Black Engineering &

Scientists (NSBE)

• Transfer Students

18-19 Cohort: MEP Demographics

3 271 39 732 7 272 363 148 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Race/Ethnicity **1,835 students as of May ‘19

MEP’s Three Pillars

Services & Programs

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• ENGR 101
• MEP Study Room
• Computer Lab
• Scholarship Database
• Book Loan Program
• MEP

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• Indust

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• Corporate Connections

Professional Database

• ENGR 301
• Advising SHPE & NSBE
• Club Mixer
• Welcome Back &

Finals Week Breakfasts

• PALentine’s Day
• “HAGS” Event
• GRAD

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Outreach Overview

• Melissa Furlong, Director of Outreach and Recruitment
• Aaron Borgeson, Admissions Officer & Co-Advisor of Poly Reps

& University Ambassadors

CENG Updates

• Dr. Amy Fleischer, Dean
• Dr. Eric Mehiel, Interim Associate Dean for Diversity and

Student Success

ESS Overview & Updates

• Kim Marsalek, Director of Engineering Student Services

Mentor Collective

• Transfer student mentor program pilot
• Partnering with Mentor Collective & the College of

Science and Math

• How can institutions proactively help students

develop the major leading indicators of success?

• self-efficacy
• sense of belonging
• help-seeking behavior
• social capital

Mentor Collective

Retention Updates

• Katie McGuire, Retention Advisor
• Improving Processes:
• Graduation
• Leave of Absence
• Returning Leave of Absence students
• Retroactive Withdrawal
• Student Outreach
• Proactive Advising Efforts
• Active Not Enrolled

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MEP – Year at a Glance

Partnership Highlight: Cal Poly Cares

• Dr. Joy Pedersen, Associate Dean of Students
• Anthonia Edgren, Director of Development for Student Affairs

Cal Poly Cares: History of the Program

• Started by the Cal Poly Foundation Board in 2015
• Has provided approx. 1M in grants to over 700 students
• Top categories for need are:
• Housing and food assistance
• Tuition
• Academic expenses
• Other emergencies

Cal Poly Cares: Scope

• It takes approximately $400,000 to operate Cal Poly Cares each

year

• Funds come from:
• Foundation Board
• President’s Office
• Graduation Initiative
• MEP
• Tanklage Fund for Homelessness
• General Donations

Cal Poly Cares & MEP This Year

• 58 MEP students applied
• 9 supported from MEP funding ($4,000)
• 24 supported from other Cal Poly Cares Funding ($21,519) = $25,

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• Most common needs:

1.

Tuition

2.

Housing

3.

Academic supplies (i.e. software programs like autoCAD, Minitab)

Cal Poly Cares: MEP Student Stories

• ME

MEP St Student #1 udent #1

• Environmental Engineering
• Graduating senior
• Received $1,000 for March/April rent
• ME

MEP Student Student #2 #2

• Aerospace Engineering
• Graduating senior
• Received $1,020 for academic supplies and bike

Program Highlight: Food for Thought (sponsored by Chevron)

• Highlights:
• Food for Thought Kickoff – highly

attended

• Transfer engagement
• First-year and transfers that did attend –

appreciate targeted programming

• Challenges:
• Facilitating is a difficult task for MEP

Lead

• First-year student attendance dropped
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Student Feedback – How Are We Doing?

• Advising Survey responses (86 so far)
• Please rate your advisor for each of the statements below. My

advisor…

Student Feedback – How Are We Doing?

• Advising Survey responses (86 so far)
• My appointment/drop-in met my expectations.

Student Feedback – How Are We Doing?

• Advising Survey responses (86 so far)
• Please provide any comments, shout-outs, or suggestions…

“Candy was really helpful and helped me plan for the rest of my time here. She was really knowledgeable and helped me understand my courses. In addition, she helped me with planning for studying abroad.” “I am continually amazed at how helpful and prepared Meghan is. She answered questions I didn’t know I had and steered me in the right direction. She emailed me immediately after with a summary of everything we talked about…” “I love the ESS center. As I struggled through Cal Poly, it has slowly become a safe space for me. […] More young male advisors would also be very inviting to students like me.”

Student Feedback – How Are We Doing?

• Leadership to Legacy Banquet Survey
• Industry & Student Feedback/Suggestions

“I thought this was one of the best displays of appreciation any school has offered me. It truly shows how

much Cal Poly cares about its students and connecting them with industry in a very comfortable enjoyable setting that makes everyone feel pampered and taken care of. We all need this once in a while .” – Student “The key note speaker who talked about resilience in leadership was fantastic. I learned a great deal from that discussion and will use this to help me in my career development. Really appreciate being at this event.” – Industry Attendee

“Tailoring the student table choices to the industry would be something to look at. My colleague and I are in the electrical industry, but we had no electrical engineers at our table. To increase the student's exposure and chance at making a positive connection, possibly have the students convey which companies they have interest in, or find out which industry the company reps have a good knowledge base in.” – Industry Attendee

Student Feedback – Next Steps

• Focus groups
• Guiding question: What do students need to be successful?
• Five groups with seven students (ideally)
• Brief, intentional survey
• Guiding question: How satisfied are students with current services and

programs?

• Plan to incentivize participation
• 30% response rate is ideal (about 500 students)

Updates & New Initiatives

• NEW Website
• Improved usability!
• MEPConnect
• Scholarship Database
• High School & CC – Schedule a MEP
• Info. Session
• MEP Study Room facelift!

Debrief

• We’ve talked about a lot!
• Takeaways
• Questions?

LUNCH & Club Showcase

NSB SBE SH SHPE

Updates to IAB Structure

• What prompted a review of our structure?
• MEP team changes
• Dean Amy Fleischer’s CAAB updates
• Streamline sharing information back and forth with MEP IAB

& CAAB

• Elevate and align with campus IABs

MEP IAB Members…

• Are the consistent representatives for their company &

engaged and present at the annual MEP IAB meeting

• Have some insight/prior knowledge about MEP’s population

and program goals

• Have philanthropic say or are closely connected to someone in

their company who does

• Are honest, knowledgeable, positive, and passionate about

supporting students

Proposed IAB Changes

• Structure:
• Three-year terms with possible reappointment
• MEP IAB/CAAB Liason  Christina Hernandez 
• NSBE/SHPE student representatives at the meeting
• Conclusion of term  Board Member Emeritus  consult on special projects/topics

as needed

• Member Expectations:
• Attend annual IAB meeting
• Contribute to annual funding initiatives
• Engage with MEP students at least once a year:
• Attend flagship event
• Engage with clubs
• Workshop via MEPConnect
• Participate in Corporate Connections Professional Mentor Database

Next Steps

• Meghan will…
• Send follow up email with charter and information on specific member

terms

• Review IAB Member Info. Cards and email any follow up questions
• Send meeting feedback survey
• Members will…
• Develop plan for MEP involvement for 2019-20
• Ask Meghan any follow up questions
• Sign and return charter

2019-20 Funding Initiatives

• Contributions to Our Discretionary Fund
• Projector & Screen in MEP Study Room
• MEP Leads
• Cal Poly Cares Funding
• Club Leadership Retreat
• Travel for SHPE/NSBE Conferences

2019-20 MEP Flagship Events: Save the Dates

FALL Da Date Event September 3 30 MEP Networking BBQ WINTER Da Date Event Ja January 2 ry 21 Leadership to Legacy Banquet SPRING Da Date Event Ma May 8 8* Industry Advisory Board Meeting Ma May 8 8* SHPE Banquet Ma May 9 9* NSBE Banquet May 1 18 – 22 (da day de depe pends ds

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space availa ilabilit ility) MEP GRADitude Reception for Graduating Students & Faculty Appreciation TBD BD Club Leadership Retreat

Thank You!

Meghan Schuler-Jones mcschule@calpoly.edu 805-756-1433 Candy Janiam gjaniam@calpoly.edu 805-756-5101 Katie McGuire kmmcguir@calpoly.edu 805-756-5407