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Cool, it looks like most people are logged in. Fantastic kulanthai. See some familiar names as well, so welcome. My name is Jackie gold ring, so I serve as the manager for undergraduate recruitment programs within the College of engineering and so on. Your point person, anything that I can help with as you prepare to transition to CSU, please do reach out. My email is on this slide here an I'll make sure to drop it in the chat as well so that we can follow up 1 on one if you have any questions today.
That were not able to answer 'cause We want to make sure that you're starting out at CSU on the right foot and we want to make sure that you're able to get involved and find a sense of community at CSU. And so with that, what we're going to do today is I'm gonna do a brief presentation and then we're going to open it up for questions and so will be joined by panelists at that time. And so the way that you do submit your questions is through your chat feature. So does that sound like a good plan to everyone?
Awesome, so today we're really going to be focused on student involvement within the College of engineering, and it's really important to note that with an engineering it's really important to lean on others. Engineering wholeheartedly. Is a team sport and it takes everybody working together to solve problems. and I really am excited to share with you some of the great opportunities to get involved from Day One, and I hope that you are able to engage. They ask questions and that we're able to share a little bit of information with you.
She's run Fortunately not able to welcome you to campus today, so with that I will go and do an overview of our majors as well. So some of this information might be a little bit repetitive. But if you have questions about any of the majors, we can talk about that in our chat as well.
So I want to think really broadly about engineering in general, and so engineering is all about problem solving and at CSU, that's what we're focused about looking at the world around us, figuring out how things work or don't work, and then think about how to make them better, how to run more efficiently, how to better serve humanity and the environment around us and so were heavily focus on what we call the grand challenges of engineering. And if you don't know about the grand challenges of engineering yet, please do look him up. It's fascinating.
It's everything from clean water to cybersecurity and a million things in between, and our focus is on the grand challenges because that truly impact society. And as an engineer you have the capacity to change the world and that's really powerful and the way that we think about changing the world is collaboratively. So bringing people together to think about creative solutions and the way that we do that is, we work across multiple disciplines of engineering and away that this shows up is in how we work on projects.
And so it seems you you're gonna start an engineering your very first semester. So if you are a mechanical engineer you will start in Mac 103 that very semester. So your fault 2020 semester you'll be in your intro class. And that's going to include projects, an hands on experiential learning component. And it's really those projects that bring out all of the skills and knowledge that you need to be a successful engineer. And really, a lot of this kind of momentum you start to build in those first couple years, starts to pay off.
In your final year, and so all the seniors are required to work on a senior design project and this is an amazing capstone project where you come together with engineers across all disciplines to solve a pretty big problem. You work for an entire year to come up with a solution, and these projects are really incredible and so some of my favorite projects from previous years include our rocket team and so we have an intercollegiate rocket team and students across the Canickel Engineering Computer Engineering.
Electrical engineering, chemical and biological engineering come together to build out the best rocket and then they get to launch them at a national competition as well. And we were actually the first institution in the whole nation to use a liquid fuel rocket successfully, and so students are coming together to build out into design together collaboratively. Working on the most efficient and really cost effective and best functioning machine they can think of. And so it really shows you and prepares you to work in industry.
Also, that teamwork is really critical to gaining an internship and ultimately your full time job because again, engineering is a team sport and building up your communication skills, your leadership skills, understanding the strings as well as the weaknesses that you bring to a team will only make you more competitive candidate when you're entering into those opportunities of research or internships or full time jobs. So that's kind of an overview of engineering at CS go and so now what I want to do.
Is cover all of these major so these are all of our majors in the College of engineering so buccola this is going to be a lot of information so I'm gonna go pretty fast. But please do ask any questions that you might have and we can share more information as well. Once we get to the Q&A.
So first I want to talk about biomedical engineering, so this is a super unique program for Colorado State University were actually the only institution to offer a bet accredited dual degree in biomedical engineering. So that's a mouthful. So I'm on break it down just a little bit a bit. So this is huge. So no matter where you end up going to school, make sure that your institution is ABBA accredited. So this is the accreditation body for all engineering curriculum across the nation, so they ensure through review process and when they review they do a thorough review of homework assignments.
Quizzes, senior design projects. They go into all of our laps. They talk with all of our faculty. They make sure that students are needing core competencies that are required of them to enter into the field of engineering successfully, and so our program is a dual degree as well. So that means is a five year program where you get 2 degrees so you get one degree in biomedical engineering and then you get another degree in your partner major. And the reason why we have the degree structured this way is because when the school for Biomedical Engineering first started, we asked for industry.
An industry partner. So let's hey, Biomedical Engineering is super brought. Y'all need to hone in and become experts and so that's where we developed a partner major. And so there are three different partner majors that you can choose from. The first we're going to talk about is electrical engineering. So if you're thinking about electrical engineering and the realm and sphere of biomedical engineering, you might be thinking through imaging and scanning all those medical diagnostic processes. Also, you might think about medical devices that are implanted into the body like pacemakers.
How can you produce a pacemaker that sufficient in safe that you don't have to replace on a regular basis? So those are all things that students with an electrical engineering and biomedical engineering are thinking about. Next step is mechanical engineering, so if you pair mechanical engineering with Biomedical, you're thinking about how things move. Objects in motion, machinery and our human body. Animal bodies are pretty incredible machines to understand into study, so a lot of students are focused on replicating that motion. That range of motion.
So creating things like prosthetics, also medical devices, another one is bio mechanics and biomaterials. And then the third and final partner major that you can choose from his chemical and biological engineering. And so this is perfect if you're thinking about going into pharmaceutical. Also it's worth noting that students in biomedical engineering are definitely set up first success to pursue a premed track. So this means you might want to go to medical school after you graduate. If you are in bio medical engineering, definitely pairing with something like chemical and biological engineering.
It's gonna set you up for success 'cause you're gonna knock out a lot of those prerequisites that you need for medical school. You'll also work with an advisor in our pre professional health programs to ensure that you're doing everything that you can to put forward a strong application for medical school, so that will include things like internships, research. Also volunteer activities as well. So lots of support along the way. If you are looking into pre medical.
So next step I'm gonna talk about chemical and biological engineering, so this is another super unique program at Colorado State University. So we're one of two institutions to offer degree in both chemical and biological engineering, and so this is incredible. 'cause you are going to be prepared to enter those traditional chemical engineering fields like oil and gas. And then you'll have that biological component and that will really open up all of the opportunities for the industries where you can work. So if you're interested in pollution control.
Pharmaceuticals material science food engineering you're going to be competitive in those realms as well, and it's worth mentioning that food engineering is a massive industry. So if you want to learn how to make cheese on a large scale, this might be a great program for you. Or if you want to go into cosmetics, this might be a really great program. Also, process engineering so you think about a manufacturing line, Ana process line, you're thinking about recreating products at a really expedited rate in a safe and efficient and consistent manner. So you're going to need a process engineer to oversee that.
So that's a huge opportunity for development in a really exciting field.
So Next up I wanna talk about civil an environmental engineer.
So this is one Department, but two separate degrees and it is worth noting that this Department right now is very noted. So right now we are #7 in the entire world for our rankings in civil and environmental engineering and a lot of that is due to our water resources program. So if you come to Colorado State University to be an environmental engineer, your focus is going to be heavily in water. So thinking about water treatment, water contamination also how harness the power of water.
For clean energy production, so that's a huge piece of the puzzle, and then with civil engineering, you're really thinking about large scale projects and infrastructure. So if you look at a building, it's probably going to be an architect who is designed that building, and then it was down to the civil engineer to make sure that it is structurally sound. Also, civil engineers work on roadways, bridges, tunnels, really, city planning and infrastructure is well, so if you like dealing with big big things, this might be a great Department for you.
So next step is electrical and Computer Engineering, so again, this is one Department but two separate degrees. So you're either an electrical or computer engineer. It is worth noting as well. My fun fact about this Department is that we have 100% placement rate, so that means students who graduate with a degree in either electrical or Computer Engineering. 100% of them have jobs and or go on to advanced degrees right after graduation. And that's really nice to know. And really over on the whole College of engineering are placement rate is 94%.
And so it gives you a sense of security when you're going out and finish your degree in looking for a job. Because this is a large investment to make. It's also one of the best investments that you will make because you are investing in yourself. So also it's worth noting in electrical engineering and kind of some specifics about the program is you're really thinking about electrical components in hardware, and then when you look at Computer Engineering, your bridging kind of this gap between computer science. With that steadily focus and software and coding.
And then you're also bridging that gap between computer and electrical, where it's all kind of hardware side. So you get to do the best of both worlds, and with computer engineering you can go into still software engineering or you know things like embedded systems, but there's tons of opportunities for a number of industries if you are at electrical or computer engineer, and that's because literally everything that we touch has to do with electrical or computer engineering from our phones to our watch is to our cars to our houses are computers, and that's only going to be the trend as we move forward.
We've seen exponential growth in this field, so this is a great job opportunity. A great job market for anybody in electrical and Computer Engineering so you can go into things like aerospace, robotics, and especially with the development enhancements we've seen in virtual reality. Augmented reality as well as artificial intelligence. There's tons of opportunity for employment.
So Next up is mechanical engineering, so this is definitely our largest program within the College of engineering for undergraduate students. So we have 1/3 of all of our undergrads are in mechanical engineering, and this is a really awesome degree because it gives you a broad foundation and then you get to start picking out where you see yourself in industry. So the way that curriculum is structured at CSU again is you start in your discipline. You starting your intro classes, and then as you move through the program, you start to pick out what are called technical electives.
And those are the classes that are truly going to connect you to your areas of interest and really get you primed to go for that internship to go for that job and be a super competitive candidate. So some of those areas where you might want to pursue your specialty area might be automotive engines, material science, robotics, and a big one for us is power and energy generation. So thinking about sustainable ways to work on renewables, and so we're really, really fortunate to have our powerhouse.
Energy campus, just a little bit North of Maine CSU campus and that's a great place to get involved if you are focused on renewables. And so there's a ton of research that happens there. an A lot of mechanical engineering students in their undergraduate degree are able to get into those research labs again, an internship in work experience as well, so they're working on all kinds of cool projects over there, from Cook stoves to really looking at big engines, how to get them to run more clean as well and micro grids.
Also things like harvesting biofield so there's a ton of research to get involved in that has a high focus in sustainability.
OK, so that was like a ton of information and a little bit overwhelming. If you are coming into CSU and know that you want to be an engineer, but you're not sure what discipline you can come in as an engineering open option student and so on. Your first semester you take a class called end 101. The grand challenges, which by now it sounds a little familiar, right? And so in this class you go through all these challenges. So again, like cyber security, clean water, food production, sustainable energy production and you think about how each kind of engineer would approach these problems.
And then the class you have folks from all departments come in, whether that be current students, faculty or staff, and you work with an advisor to then declare your major after that first semester. And this is really great because you have access to all the support resources associated with the College of engineering. So it's different than being in undeclared as well.
All right, so we're going to shift gears just a little bit here, because our focus today is on ways to get involved as a student in the College of engineering. So few things that we're going to talk about today are joining our residential learning community or joining key community with a focus in engineering or joining one of our student diversity organizations. Or an engineering as Social Club, our society. And then there's other ways to get involved as well, such as finding employment or becoming a tutor yourself.
So we're going to dig into these a little bit more.
First stop I want to talk about our engineering residential learning community. So this is a fantastic way to get involved in your first year at CSU. The transition to college can definitely present challenges, and it's really awesome to be surrounded by folks who are maybe in engineering curriculum as well and understand some of those challenges and maybe can help you as well in support you in that first year. And if you are having any issues with homework or studying for a quiz, you can literally walk down your home, knock on your neighbors door.
And they'll be there to help you, which is pretty incredible. Also, there's some pretty great resources. Focus over in this space as well. I do want to note that you do not have to live in the engineering residential learning community to access these resources so you can live anywhere else on campus Anne with an engineering ID, you're still going to be able to access all of these opportunities, so some of those opportunities include mentorship, so that's huge to me. With a student who's a little bit further along in their engineering degree.
And be able to get advice is really important and it might be an classes. It might be on things that are more social or personal is well and this is a just a great person that you can turn to an know that there in your corner. Also, we offer nightly tutoring from Sunday to Thursday and each night of the week is dedicated to a different discipline of engineering, which is fantastic. This is one of the most helpful services and resources available to engineering students and so the tutors who do the tutoring have recently finished these specific.
Intro classes and done really well and the nice thing about learning from your cures is often times they're going to breakdown information differently than the professor and we all learn in different ways, and so that's really important to note is really understanding how we digest information and somebody like a peer mentor or even one of your students in your class might be able to breakdown a problem and away that's a lot more accessible, and so definitely go to tutoring and again you have access to all of these resources, even if you don't live in the engineering residential learning community.
We also have weekly advising on a walk in basis and this is awesome, especially if you've got a question and you're not able to make an appointment with your advisor. You can go and talk to somebody and get your answers immediately. We also have our residential assistance, and that's another person who's a little bit further on in their degree in can be that support system as well offer advice. Talk with you about any of the classes that you're in. Say. Hey, definitely take this at this time if it's really well with your schedule, right? Any kind of that advice is just.
Really helpful and then also it's worth noting that you have over an academic village where this residential learning community is based. You have what we call the Engineering Building and then we have ASP in as well as honors. So Aspen is for overflow for engineering as well as honors and 2nd year student and you also have Rams horn which is a fantastic dining center so it's a very convenient location. And then on the 1st floor of the engineering building you have your design studios. So these are your computer lab spaces and these are fantastic spaces that you can really.
Work together, and so the spaces were donated to us by Lockheed Martin and they really replicate their workspaces, so you'll go in and you'll see computers aligned around the perimeter and then in the center is a collective work space and this is a great way to work on problems and assignments together. It's also worth noting that on these computers you're already going to have all of the software that you need for your whole time at CSU. As an engineer, you can also remote desktop into these computers and access that software wherever your at so really great to know you don't have to purchase.
Any of your software out of pocket? Also we have classrooms so you might be even fortunate enough to have a class taught in your building so you can roll out of bed in your pajamas and head down to class and be right on time. We also have our engineering network services help desk located in this building so you have any kind of technology problems.
You have somebody right there to help you.
So next time I want to talk about key community a little bit, so key communities are fantastic places to meet people and build your network on campus. So really, key communities, we've got an academic cluster geared towards engineering and our goal with our community is to bring people together and connect them to support resources across campus and really were serving traditionally under represented populations in engineering. So first generation students and students of color women in engineering as well. And this community is run by doctor Anthony Marqise who's our associate Dean.
He's a first generation college student as well, and he understands some of those barriers and can help break. Those down is well and was really great. Is. Not only is this a place to live and truly learn, so you also take a seminar class taught by Doctor Marquese. You're also connected with a mentor as well, so this is a fantastic opportunity to live, learn and get connected on campus.
So Next up, I want to talk a little bit about our diversity programs in engineering, so this is a fantastic way to meet other students on campus, build us into community, but also engage in things like professional development. Build up your leadership skills, build up your resume, have your resume reviewed by professionals as well, and our students that participate in these organizations have the opportunity to travel at the regional and national level to build that network. And so a lot of times students are going to conferences. They might have the opportunity to present there.
Research or go to a career fair and maybe land a full time job or an internship as well. So there's a number of organizations at CSU, and typically they'll have active chapters at CSU and then be built into a nationwide network. So some of these organizations are nasty, which is our National Society of Black Engineers. We also have ship our Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers we have oh stem, which is out in stem with aces, which is the American Indian science.
And the engineers. And sweet, which is the Society of women engineers. So these are super active chapters at CSU and they provide opportunities to really build and engage at CSU an in the community. So many of these organizations have really wonderful community connections to really uplift the next future generation of Engineers. And it's about giving back and building on that momentum as well. So these are fantastic ways to find community at CSU and beyond.
You might even meet your future mentor if you travel to one of these conferences or land your future job and you can continue as a life long citizen of these communities as well. So you might have membership that lasts throughout your lifetime.
So you can also join some other organizations within the College of engineering, so typically each discipline of Engineering is going to have their own society. So as you can see here on this side, we have like the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in each major will have their specific society, and again these are really great ways to build a professional development leadership opportunities. An really get connected to really leaders in your field. Also, we have our engineering College Council.
Engineers Without Borders. These are clubs where you can get involved with the College of engineering and get involved in projects that really have a tangible impact and we'll talk a little bit more about those as well today, and so there's some great projects that are students engage in, especially when thinking about Engineers Without Borders, and I'll have Ananya share a little bit more about that as well when she joins us.
So another really great way to get involved is to find a job in the college so the College of engineering employees. A lot of students to help out with different things in the college. So it may be coming a mentor or tutor. Maybe you lived in academic village and you want to become a residential assistant. You might want to join one of our team so our teams work in outreach and recruitment, so maybe you want to become an outreach team member or an ambassador. Or you can help out as a learning assistant in our classrooms.
So this is a bit different than a teaching assistant. This is an undergraduate student who will help facilitate those conversations in recitation an labs as well. Also, you can do research at CSU. This is a huge opportunity to engage an undergraduate research, and so there's a lot of different ways that you can get involved in research, and one of the best ways is to really research on line what's happening. So see what faculty members are up to in their lab spaces and see how you can help out. And maybe you start as a volunteer.
And then it turns into a paid position. So this is another really great way to find your community and find your passions within the College of engineering.
And then I do want to mention that the engineering success center is a great place to go. So that's where our offices typically located. Right now I'm in my Home Office, but typically are Engineering Success Center. We are there and ready to serve you, and so we're based in the Scott Bio Engineering Building and a lot of things happen out of our office were definitely that front door to the college, and if you are feeling like I don't know how to get involved, I don't know where to go for this resource or whatever it looks like we can help you. So come in, talk to us, visit us at the front desk and will help connect you.
So our diversity student organizations are run out of this office, and Claudia Hernandez is the one who coordinates those programs and she will be joining us here in just a short while and be able to share more about organizations and how to get involved in how to connect now as well as you can reach out to diversity organization leadership right now over the summer time and start building those relationships. Also, we run the services for the engineering residential learning community and the key community out of our office. So Doctor Marquez, he is in our office and then we also hire our mentors in our tutors.
Out of the engineering success center also we run a summer bridge program and this is really wonderful. So this is part of our empower program, so it's part of an opportunity to move in a bit early so you're able to situate get acquainted with campus. We do workshops on skills development, connect you to resources like the writing center tilt, which is the Institute for learning and teaching, where a ton a ton of tutoring happens on campus and then during that week you're also meeting current students that are going to be a part of your cohort.
And a part of your community at CS. Go and then the bridge program also extends throughout that whole first year. So you're connected to a mentor as well. Somebody who can be there to support you in that transition to college. So this is a great program if you are a part of the key communities, you're definitely going to be able to participate in this summer bridge program. Also, we have all of our career services, so this is definitely worth noting. 'cause careers services are so important to your overall success, and we're very fortunate CSU to have our CSU general career services.
That serve the whole population and she is you. And then in engineering we have our engineering career services because your resume is an engineer might look very different than a communication studies student and so you're able to have your resume reviewed by a professional engineer. We also do mock interviews and we host two career fairs every single year and this is specifically to bring out engineering companies and their recruiters to talk to our students. And there's usually 180 to 100 recruiters who show up at these career fairs, so they'll connect you with opportunities that they have.
And that may be internships Co OPS or full time jobs. And so co-ops are definitely a program where we're growing, but that's Cooperative Education, where you stop out of school for a little bit and then go and work for an employer full time. And you do a couple of rotations of that and then come back to complete your undergraduate degree.
And it is worth noting that nearly 90% of our students will complete at least one internship, and many students have multiple internships during their time at CSU. And so it's really important to go to book the CSU career fair as well as the engineering career fair. Get connected with people even though your first year. Find companies where you want to intern. Ask them. Hey, what are you looking for? What can I do to be competitive? They will literally give you a checklist of things to do so that the next time you come back you're super prepared.
So just a little bit about funding, because like I said, This is an investment that you are making in yourself and investment of time, money and other resources. But it truly is the best investment that you can make 'cause you are investing in not only your future but the future of your family is well in those in your community. So at CSU, within the College of engineering were very fortunate to be able to have a number of scholarship opportunities last year alone for undergraduate students we awarded 275 scholarships and that came to an amount over 1.2 million dollars.
Which is pretty impressive, and so all of these scholarship opportunities are accessible through the Colorado State University scholarship application and you are going to want to do this application every single year that you're at CSU, and it's do every year on March 1st and you actually become more competitive for scholarships as you progress your engineering curriculum. So don't forget this March 1st. Apply for scholarships.
OK, that was a lot of information. I know I tried to go kind of fast there, but I do want to kind of say I'm just something really important close our hearts is we're here for you. This is a picture of our outreach and recruitment team up at our mountain campus or in our retreat this summer. Our last summer and we just, you know, we're passionate about what we do here at CSU and I truly want you know that you already have people on your side and you have people you can reach out to right now who want to support you in this process as you transition to csco. Also, I want to put a quick plug in for social media so if you don't already follow some social media.
Please do and we share a lot of really important information and resources through our social media network. So follows at CSU Engineering OK and with that I'm gonna go ahead and ask all of our folks to go.
Go ahead and broadcast their videos and we'll get started with some introductions. And in the meantime, if any of our viewers have questions that you would like us to answer, please do go ahead and submit those through the chat now.
Great thanks is this is awesome so everyone would be able to do an introduction. Uhm of who you are? What you do in the college if you're a student. If you would, please share your maiden year and then also maybe your favorite memory from first year and the order that will go in is cloud yet highly and Anya and Katie.
Actually, I can't really hear you, yeah?
OK, can you hear me now? Perfect? It's always technology y'all, but This is why you wanna go into into him to buy now how to make it better. But my name is mother none this I work at the outreach an equity coordinator at the Walter Scott Junior College of engineering in the Engineering Success Center.
So I am not a student. I'm actually full-time staff member, but only cool about me is. I recently graduated with my Masters degree from the student affairs in higher education program and so I'm really excited to work with all of our perspective students and their families to really make engineering a possibility as well as really built community in the college.
Everyone, my name is Kaylee and I'm currently a fourth year studying computer engineering. I'm from Honolulu HI, which is where I am right now and one of my favorite memories from freshman year. Would probably be uhm.
Freshman welcome I like ram welcome, which was the weekend right before school starts. When you're moving into the residence halls because it's really. It's really awesome. Time to get to learn everyone or to get to meet everyone on your floor. Learning about your major kind of get an introduction and settle in before school starts. Which is awesome time.
Hi everyone, my name is ammonia. I'm going into my third year studying chemical and biological engineering and I'm from India Bank in California at the moment and my favorite memory from first year would definitely be just living in an academic village engineering. A lot of the close ones that I have right now with friends that I've met in my foreign in the building 1 roll. And so it was a great experience overall.
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realistically how many classes are going to be in person as opposed to being on line
Hello everyone, my name is Katie Rodriguez. I'm going into my 4th year studying environmental engineering with a minor in International Development. I'm from Bakersfield, CA and one of my favorite memories from my first year. Was also living in academic village. I met some of my best friends ever that I'm still very close with and see weekly on my Hall there. Uh, my whole ended up being Super Close and we all move to the same apartment complex together so that was really fun and.
Even though not all of them stayed in engineering, we've all stayed really close friends.
Awesome, thank you all so much for joining us today. So we have our first question and so the question is realistically how many classes are going to be an in person as opposed to being on line. So the University has released their plans for the fall semester. There's still a lot of details to figure out, however, their overall goal is to offer all of our first year classes in person. So that's the goal. And because of you know having to do social distancing and think through may be wet. The sections look like.
So that we are at like a a good number of students in each space to be able to properly social distance, we're going to have multiple sections of classes, and so the class schedule might look a little different than years previous because we may they've talked about maybe offering classes from like a 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM time frame, so that there's enough flexibility for students to be in those spaces with their faculty in Aceh Fashion. But the goal is that all first year classes, and that will include, like your general chemistry.
Your calculus as well as your intro to engineering classes will be in person and there are a lot of classes that they are working on is hybrids or to be options on line. So if there are folks who are unable to join us for the fall semester, they'll be able to take those classes at a distance as well and not be behind on their graduation timeline and then some of the other classes like a students are going into their advanced years within their curriculum. Some of the classes may be offered online, but a lot of the engineering classes.
Really, the goal is to have those in person, since there are a lot of hands-on component to the learning, and so there's a lot of labs that are required as part of these curriculum, and so I think you know that overall goal is definitely in person. We are awaiting further information from the University as to exactly how that's going to play out in the fall semester. What we do know is that you know classes are scheduled to start on the 24th of August, and then we will actually rap up the in person instruction right before.
Right at that fall break period, and then the rest of the semester. So from fall break all the way to winter break will be online.
And that will just be your kind of last week before you study for finals and then actually do finals on line. Does anybody have on the panel anything to add to that or that I missed?
Awesome, so yeah, that's our goal hopefully. And of course we don't know how everything will play out with Cove it. And really, the safety of everybody on campus is the most important aspect to our plan, but there is a you know, pandemic team that's really working through all different kinds of scenarios to prepare for situations that may arise this fall semester.
OK, so uh, definitely continue. You know, entering those questions were here to answer those. I do want to talk to everybody and I know everyone did their undergrad at CSU, so I want to hear a little bit about why did you choose to come to see you and then why have you stayed and we're gonna go where to switch it up. We're gonna go. Katie Ananya, Kayleigh Anne, rap up with Claudia?
OK, so like I said I'm from Bakersfield, CA. I knew I did not want to stay there so I applied to universities only outside of California and I thought Oh, Colorado sounds cool, you know, never actually been there, but let's just go for it. So I applied to Boulder Minds and CSU and immediately once I visited all the campuses it was not hard decision for me. I loved the community that I was seeing on campus.
Forgot Emily was saying hi to like everyone that she knew on campus and I knew that. OK maybe one or two people could be staged, you know saying hi to her but the amount of people that she knew I just knew that was not possible an she truly had built this community that was so welcoming within engineering. And so I wanted something like that and I have 100% fail. Not here. That's why I chose to stay here. Yeah, that's a common theme with all of our ambassadors as a community and.
The amount of support that we have here. I was a little afraid going to some other universities because I thought if I needed help, like with a class or just in life in general, I might be too afraid to ask for that help. But I knew here I would be comfortable and to ask for that help and I would be supported.
So my experience was a little different than in Katie's in the sense that I didn't actually get to visit any of the universities that I apply to because I came in as an international student and so for me really did come down to like academic opportunities and wear like the goals I'd set for myself academically would come true, and so I really like to Csus Engineering program specifically for chemical and biological engineering because it was essentially taking like two different degrees of chemical engineering and biological engineering degree and putting both of those.
Into 1 degree where people could still graduate in the span of four years, and so that was really appealing to me. And other than that, I also wanted to get involved in research and CSU is really well known for its research and I was a little hesitant. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to get involved in research or not, but after coming to CSU I found that it was really easy to get involved in research and I was able to do that during my first year itself, and so that was a really positive experience for me.
So actually pretty similar to Katie's experience. I also chose CSU mainly for the community that I felt as soon as I got on campus. I had toured dozens of schools and I once I got into the CSU campus it felt completely different than a lot of the other schools that I had visited an. At the end of all of my touring at CSU, I felt really confident in my decision just because I felt like I would be able to.
Paa Kwesi Obeng
03:39:35 PM
Is it possible to double major within the college?
Go to a school that truly supported me in any aspect that I needed to be supported, and I always felt like whether it be my friends or my professors or my TAS, I found that to be completely true in my time here at CSU, which is really a testament to that whole thing of like Rams take care of Ramzan, where Ramlee. So that's why I chose and state I see is you.
Alright, so I think for me I'm originally from Colorado and so I wanted somewhere where I was able to still be close to family if I needed to visit on the weekend, but still be far away enough to kind of stay if I wanted to come and see us. You really provided that distance for me and I think a lot of our ambassadors have touched on a really key component that has really been unique for me in the sense of having that community. Once you step on campus I had also toured a couple of other schools.
In Colorado and a couple even an estate. But I found that CSU was the one that really exemplified that community, not only with our student population, but also with their staff and faculty members. So everyone that I had talked to was really eager and willing to help me out, and so for me, I knew that you know, transitioning to CSU was going to be challenging, and so I really I knew I needed a network of support and I was able to build that even before I came on to campus, which was really special to me. And so.
Even throughout the years of being, you know, in undergrad and going through my Masters, I found that CSU still keeps to that community.
Oh, I think you all so much for sharing. I appreciate all your perspectives. I'm sorry next question is, is it possible to double major within the college? So there are some programs that are specifically structured to be double major, so our school for biomedical engineering, the program in Biomedical Engineering is a dual degree, so you're going to major in biomedical engineering and then pick one of those partner majors. If you were thinking you want to double major and say mechanical engineering and chemical and biological.
You can, you can do it it just it may take you a long while because there's not a ton of overlap in the curriculum and the way that the engineering curriculum works is it's very sequential in nature and so there are prerequisites for pretty much every class within your engineering programs. However, it depends on what your passions are, so if you are passionate about a number of things, one way to really find a really great combination of those passions is to connect with either a minor or.
A concentration certificate. So Katie I know you've got an awesome miner. Do you want to talk about your experience having a minor outside of the College of engineering?
Yes, so I have a minor in International Development and I personally love it. I love having a class. 1st. I was a little shocked like they're asking my opinions like we were discussing things. There wasn't just an equation or like a direct answer, so I got got some taking used to you 'cause our engineering minds are so rewired now for problem solving and thinking.
And not necessarily like theoretical frameworks, but it's been awesome to kind of use both parts of my brain. Uhm, and definitely enhanced my engineering experience. So like I said that minor is an International Development and that has opened up quite a few doors to have some international experiences, which ties really well with environmental in civil engineering.
That's awesome, thank you Katie and then Kylie. Do you want to talk a little bit about how maybe computer science that's really well if you're a computer engineering student and how you can do a minor?
Sure, definitely so as Jackie was kind of talking about when she explained ECE. Computer Engineering is basically a really nice middle between electrical engineering and computer science, and so actually for my major, which is computer engineering. If I wanted to minor in a computer in computer science, I don't have to take any additional classes. I just have to schedule my technical electives. Which are those fourth year classes where you kind of get to start picking what interests you. Those technical electives would have to be kind of focused more in those computer science.
Software programming kind of realm, but besides that I wouldn't have to take any additional classes, so it's really convenient as well.
Awesome, thank you Kylie. And then if you're looking at maybe a math minor, that would be a really great fit because all engineering students have to already complete all the way up to differential equations and you can definitely look into a double major outside of the College of engineering so it's really cool because a lot of Engineers think with both sides of your brain right your left in your right side. So really a fun fact is in our marching band and see if you actually the most popular major is engineering. If you can believe it.
So that's another way to really bring your passions together so you could do a minor in music. Or you could do a major with music and mechanical engineering. Or you could participate and get involved in things like the marching band so you don't have to be a music major in order to audition for marching band or jazz combo. Or maybe you have a theatrical side that you want to do the lighting design so those are other ways to really get involved and connect your passions together during your time at CSU, so I hope that's not helpful answer. The other thing that I would say is talk to your advisor. So as you all are going through orientation, you're going to meet with your advising stuff. You can always fall.
Talk with them either in an email or have a conversation during that first semester and say, Hey, these are my other patches. What can I do to align those with my curriculum during my time here at CSU? Because that's something I would definitely say it's a perk to being at school like CSU. Is there so many different disciplines and there's so many different areas of study that you can engage with one other really cool way to get involved is joining the Honors College and Anya. Do you want to talk a little bit about the honors College in the curriculum? Within those programs on track one and two, and then also talk about the difference between track one in two?
03:45:32 PM
what about study abroad opportunities?
Sekar Prasetya
03:45:33 PM
Cal I also take a language class without minoring in it?
Yeah, I can definitely do that. Um, so Microsoft experience. Even though I had the option to apply to the Honors Program prior to coming to CSU, I decided not to do that because I did first want to get in and just see how the engineering workload would be. Before, you know, assign myself or other responsibilities. And so I also wanted to get involved with other extracurricular activities and really get involved in research too, so I didn't want to take away time from any of those. And so I started getting into that and then two years I believe yes, my second year.
At CSU, I decided that I did in fact have become a part of the honors program, and that's when I found out that they were two tracks to the honors program. So there's a track one and attract too. Is Jackie mentioned so track one is really intended for students that have less than 30 either API be or college level credits, and so in that case you would go into track one and there's more honor seminars that you take on our seminars or classes of about 20 to 25 students that are focused on just topics that might not necessarily be covered in your engineering classes. So weather.
That's global issues or any in sort of other topic that you might cover somewhere else. They're really abstract, and so it allows you to explore topics outside of engineering and then track. 2 is really focused on students that already have those 30 credits that they've accumulated, and so you don't take as many Honors Seminars. But you do these things called honors option, which is basically like an enrichment component to your honors classes. So what that look like for me is that I was taking a microbiology course this semester, and so I had.
A separate class that I was taking as well called an honors recitation, and so that really focus on like the honors component where we were focusing on writing and things like that. And so there's a lot of different options there. Both of the tracks are really great though, but which are one you go into really depends on how your schedule works out, an what, your personal interests are, and as well as how well you are good with like time management and things like that as well.
Thank you for sharing Ananya. I'm sorry. Next question is what are about study abroad opportunities? Katie, do you want to talk a little bit about your education abroad experiences at CSU?
Yes, so I've been abroad twice with CSU. The first one was just a couple months into my very first year. It was during Thanksgiving break my first year, so I really jumped right into it. Uh, it was through the slice office which is student leadership involvement in community engagement, and they do a lot of short term study abroad trips. So I was representing the College of engineering on a pseudo wrote student leadership.
Um exchange program with a University down in Mexico. We were up at the total Santos compass in Mexico, which if you ever get the chance together, I highly recommend it is beautiful. We have our own version of the Oval but with palm trees it's amazing. Uhm so that was a great experience. A great first experience. Going abroad with CSU because it was just one week. They do programs like that quite often during pretty much every break spring break.
Winter break, Um Thanksgiving. I believe in summer two and there for about a week or two. And then I also studied abroad this summer. After my first year in Spain and I was taking differential equations and an upper division Spanish course which satisfies credits for my minor.
Awesome, thank you Katie. It's definitely worth mentioning that studying abroad as an engineer is possible and it really is a great way and to gain more information and to have a global perspective as an engineer. And that's really powerful. So the real key components to going abroad as an engineer is plan early on top with your advisor early on. Each program has like a sweet spot for going abroad and so I figure out what that sitting spot is for you and work with your advisor to plan out your schedule accordingly.
But there's a ton of different options in countries to go to on these education abroad experiences. So no, it's possible. As an engineering, we highly encourage you to participate, and so the next question is, can I take a language class without minoring it? Yes, definitely. I'm so folks have taken on a foreign language class. Do you wanna talk about your experience that she is you?
So I personally have not taken a language class, but I did consider taking a Spanish class just because I lived in Chile before coming to CSU, and so I really did want to take that Spanish class, but at the same time I found that activities that I involved myself, and specifically extracurricular activities, allowed me to still practice my Spanish and half that Spanish component to my learning, and which is why I didn't take a Spanish class. But definitely language classes are possibility whether or not you're minoring in it. All of that, really.
Comes up to whether or not you can fit it in your schedule and I will say if it's something you're considering doing, just talk to your advisor in just you might as well do it because worse comes to worse. You can always just drop the class, but at least you've made that effort to take it in the first place.
Also, I'm going to chime in, um, definitely talk to your advisor about everything. So I took a course. Um, it wasn't. I took a Spanish course which satisfies credits for my minor. However, I also took a class called politics and society along the US Mexican border an which also satisfies credits for my minor. However, after talking to my advisor, I found out that I could maybe put it, and I use CC appeal, which is our.
All University core curriculum to get that class to count as my history credits and it turns out after looking at the syllabus that was possible. So I know there are some Spanish courses or we actually have an amazing Arabic program that could satisfy credits for a sec's.
Ben Norby
03:51:43 PM
In your opinion, what involvements within the college of engineering have enriched your college experience the most?
Thank you Katie awesome so I want to ask a little bit more in depth here about our programs and and specifically let. So we just gotta question pop up here. So in your opinion, what involvements within the College of engineering have enriched your college experience the most? That's an awesome question, so let's have each of our students addressed the question at hand. And then Claudia, I would really like you to be able to share a little bit more information specifically about our diversity organizations within the college. So for our students. For this response, let's go. Kylie and Anya Katie.
So one of the really awesome things about the electrical and Computer Engineering Department is that they offer something called VIP, which basically stands for vertically integrated projects. It allows students who are not quite in their 4th year or considered a senior to hop onto a senior design project and stick with it for a couple years. So in my second year I actually hopped onto a senior design project as a VIP student and I've been staying with that project an I will continue to do that project in my 4th year.
It's not going to be my senior design project, so technically I'm going to senior design projects next year, but that's a different story.
Um, that honestly has been one of the best experiences ever because it gave me an opportunity to see what senior design is like so I could prepare myself. But it also gave me a chance to stick with something within the engineering program that applies to what I'm learning that enriches my knowledge, not it kind of differs from a diversity program in engineering just because it focuses more like coursework. Whereas like diversity programs which Claudia can talk about later.
Really focuses on professionalism as well, whereas you don't really get that side from this VIP project, so it's really, really awesome to kind of have that coursework that helps to enrich. This project helps enrich your coursework so that you understand what you're learning, rather than just letting all of these theoretical concepts and not knowing how to apply them.
Um, hang on to that, even though that is a separate part of the computer engineering program itself. For chemical and biological engineering and specific, I have found that doing research has helped me a lot. I am really interested in biomedical engineering, but I didn't necessarily want to add on that 50 year of the biomedical engineering dual degree program. And So what I ended up doing is I wanted to get involved in research so I just looked up all the professors in my faculty and one of them was heavily focused on the biomedical engineering side and so I just reached out to him.
And once we just talked about what the expectations would be an what sort of skills that I would be learning at the same time I was able to get involved in the lab and it's been a great experience so far, which is why I've been doing it for about 1 1/2 years now. And apart from that I will also say just the extracurricular clubs on campus have been really helpful as well. One of the ones I'm involved in is Aiche, which is the American Institute of chemical engineers, and it's a great opportunity to just network with professionals in the industry, but apart from that, since it is a national organization at the same time I have been able to do.
Or tools webinars that they've been holding recently, and those are really allowed me to learn more programming skills as well. Which is, you know, really beneficial for the future too. And apart from that, the third organization that's really helped me is grams Without Borders, which is the CSU Chapter 4 Engineers Without Borders, and so the project that I'm involved in for that is called MP. That last tab loss, and so that's a community in El Salvador and we're really focused on just ensuring that the community there has access to clean water and that access ability is something that everyone is able to.
Um obtain as well, and so that's been a really great project, and that's also helped me learn. You know, skills in terms of politics, but also engineering at the same time, which I would not necessarily learn from engineering classes themselves.
I've been involved in quite a few different things in the College of engineering. Um Society of his bank, professional engineers ship of course, which Claudio will touch on is amazing. Earlier, this spring semester we would have guest presenters from huge companies. Um, come every single week, and they would tell us all about the ticks, trips or my gosh, I just found a new words that tips and tricks for interviewing with them at landing a job with them. We have so many corporate sponsors.
That look specifically for people that are involved in ship, so those are amazing opportunities. We hold resume rushes every semester. Uhm, so that's been amazing. I've also had two internships. I'm currently in one right now, so.
Specifically with my internship, um, yesterday I was working in an excavator and with a chainsaw all day and they do not teach you that in engineering classes. So that has definitely enriched my experience with in the College of engineering and I also worked at the front desk of the Engineering Success Center for two years. To that again was amazing. Learning all about the career workshops and things like that. Getting involved with in college and all the events we always have going on.
And of course, being an ambassador, Pily still teaches me things every week about electrical and Computer Engineering.
Alright, and so a couple of our ambassadors have mentioned our diversity programs in engineering, which is well. I specifically work with over at the engineering success center, so Jackie did mention that we do have five organizations. We have an SB which is the National Society of black engineers ship. The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. We also have Asus which is the American Indian Science and Engineering Society we have out in stem as well as our Society of women engineers and so.
I think the biggest something with our organizations is really to give students an opportunity to really bring in what you're learning in your curriculum and applying it outside of that academic role. So this can look a lot of different ways. A lot of our organizations do host outreach opportunities, so we has introduce a girl to engineering. Nesby has passed the torch where we actually go into the community. Our local communities here in Fort Collins and work with middle school and high school age students to really teach them that.
Engineering is really applicable to what they're doing. You just sometimes you just can't see the math and science behind it, and so it's really cool to have those opportunities and go do those activities. Other than that, we a lot of our organizations also host professional development opportunities, so Katie talked about this a little bit with ship. A lot of our organizations actually have weekly meetings where they will bring industry partners and they talk about what do they look for in a resume? Opportunities for involvement, whether it's an internship or.
Another opportunity after graduation, so that's really a really good opportunity to start getting involved in terms of career readiness. And then of course we also do focus on after graduation and what that looks like. So a lot of our organizations also have professional chapters which you can participate after graduation and so that's really a really cool opportunity to keep that community going, which is what we want to develop here in the college. And you have an opportunity to go beyond not only the field you meet so many professionals out there in, so that's a really cool opportunity for.
Yay, thank you all so much for sharing. OK so we only have about one minute here left and so we're going to do a quick like summary here of one piece of really short advice that you would offer our new incoming students. So one piece of advice and we're gonna go will go get Katie and Anya Kylie and wrap up with Claudia.
Jacqueline Goldring
04:00:05 PM
jacqui.goldring@colostate.edu
Jacqueline Goldring
04:00:12 PM
Please email me!!!
OK, I'm ready, so I would definitely say biggest piece of advice is to just reach out to Jackie. She will give you her cell phone number. You can text her day and night. Maybe not all the time. Maybe not night, uh, but definitely reach out to Jackie. Reach out to us to ambassadors to Klaudia a student. Ambassadors literally get paid to talk to you. We interviewed for this job. We love our jobs, so definitely take advantage of all of your resources.
I know my first year in before coming here. I was a little nervous to reach out like well, what if this is like a dumb question? What if it's somewhere on the website and I just missed it? Um, definitely always feel free to reach out.
Jacqueline Goldring
04:00:31 PM
Or call (970) 541-0958
I would say just really get involved in whatever you want to during your first year because you do have a lot more time compared to your other years. And so if you do that during your first year, it really helps you narrow down what your interests are for the future as well, and that's a really great time to realize that because whether you're getting involved in research or classes, whatever it is, it really helps you see where your focus should be an what extra research you might need to just focus in on those skills as well.
Claudia Hernandez
04:00:58 PM
claudia.hernandez@colostate.edu, if you are further interested on getting involved.
My piece of advice is to just know that failure is OK, whether it be a test that you studied really hard for and you only got a D or C. Sometimes I got apps not going to lie, and but the fact of the matter is at CSU going back on that community aspect, you'll know that even if you don't get a grade that you want, or even if you're not seeing the results that you're looking for, you have a whole support network, which is the entire University on your side that will help you get to where you need to be where you want to be.
Mine would be don't be afraid to try new things. We have so many opportunities at the college an at the University and so you will find that some things you really don't like to do and you don't have to try it again. But it's a really cool opportunity to go ahead and get out there and get involved.
Wonderful y'all are so amazing. Let's give a round of applause for our panelists.
This is wonderful, and so both cloudy and I dropped her information here. So email us call me text me like Katie said I'm here to help and get you connected, especially as we start this next year and there is a great deal of uncertainty. I'm just know that we're here to help you in that process and know that you've got a whole slew of people here rooting for you already. And then we truly mean that from the bottom of our hearts. So with that, enjoy the rest of your afternoon. Please do take care of yourself. Have some time to practice some self care and self love.
Also, take care of others. Take care of your loved ones in your community and sending you all the best. And we're so excited for you to join the ram late. So go Rams.