Region III Academic Excellence Functional by: Jameelah C' Muhammad

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Region III Academic ExcellenceFunctional by
Jameelah C. Muhammad
National Society of Black Engineers

• Regional Leadership Conference
• August 13, 2005

The Mighty Region III www.nsbe.org/region3
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Academic Excellence Committee
Chapter Academic Excellence Chairs
Chapter Academic Excellence Chairs
Chapter Academic Excellence Chairs
Chapter Academic Excellence Chairs
Chapter Academic Excellence Chairs
YOU !!!
Jameelah C. Muhammad Region III Academic
Excellence Chair
Cynthia Bossard Region I Academic Excellence Chair
Jerrod Henderson Region IV Academic Excellence
Chair
Helena Mekonnen Region VI Academic Excellence
Chair
Kendra Maxwell Region V Academic Excellence Chair
Aftin Ross Region II Academic Excellence Chair
Nicole Harris
Academic Technical Bowl Coordinator
Teresa Shearill
Research Technical Development Coordinator
JT Gentry Academic
Resource Diversity Coordinator
Wendel Johnson
Cultural Relevance Coordinator
Shaundra Bryant Daily Achievers Plus
Coordinator
Wanda Eugene Online
Learning Technology Coordinator
Anderson D. Prewitt National Academic
Excellence Chairperson
Lynette Johnson HQ
Collegiate Coordinator
Dr. Mike Smith HQ
Director of Programs
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ICE BREAKER!
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National Constitution

• Article VIII, Section 2
• Standing Committees shall have the following
  duties
• (a) Academic Excellence
• i) Collect and maintain data needed to establish
  the progress of the National Academic Excellence
  Program.
• ii) Create and maintain academic excellence
  programs and activities.

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National By-Laws

• Article X, Section 5.
• Academic Excellence Committee
• A. The Academic Excellence Committee (AEC) shall
  consist of a Chairperson appointed by the
  National Chairperson and confirmed by the NEB,
  one representative from each Region, a
  representative from the Alumni Extension, a
  member of the National Advisory Board selected by
  the Advisory Board Chairperson and other members
  appointed by the National Academic Excellence
  Chairperson.

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National By-Laws

• Article X, Section 5 contd
• B. The Academic Excellence Committee shall be
  responsible for the following duties
• 1. It shall research, develop, and implement
  academic excellence programs meeting the
  memberships needs.
• 2. It shall provide academic support service to
  the members.
• 3. It shall coordinate the Academic Technical
  Bowl.

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National Directives 2005-06

• Social Consciousness
• Leadership Development
• Academic Technical Excellence
• Membership Recruitment Retention

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Strategic Planning

• Objectives
• Goals
• Strategies
• Measures

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Objective I

• To create NSBE members of academic
• distinction through institutional and NSBE
• programs

Goals

• Increase Achievers Plus (A) Membership
• Increase use of services at your institution
• Increase ATB participation

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Goal I Increase A Membership

• Strategies
• Promote the simplicity of joining within each
  Region III chapter
• II. Understand A as a Region III Chapter AEx
  Chair

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Strategy I Promote Simplicity of Joining

• Register on NOL
• Opens August 17, 2005
• Submit official transcript to AEx Chair, who then
  sends them to WHQ
• National Society of Black Engineers
• World Headquarters
• 1454 Duke Street
• Alexandria, VA 22314
• Phone [phone]

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Strategy II Understand A as an AEx ChairWhat
is A?

• Mission Statement To instill an intense
  philosophy focused on personal and societal
  development and forging identities of
  intellectual, academic and professional
  achievement in the hearts and minds of the black
  engineering community

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OkaySoWhat is A?

• An academic excellence program designed to
• Promote academic achievement
• Help students to improve their Grade Point
  Average.

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How will A accomplish all of that?

• Online Training Tutoring for PCI to PhD
• Academic Support Services, Register in NOL
  (Limited number provided on a first come, first
  serve basis)
• ALEK Software ( Pre-College Students, 500)
• Socratic Learning (H.S. Seniors/College Freshmen,
  250)
• Skill Soft Online Resources (Undergrad/Graduate,
  500)

• Toolkits (Documents posted Online)
• Time Management
• Study Skills
• Specific Academic Subjects

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Goal Setting Accountability
Example
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Tracking Goals and Success

• Documentation Statistics to Gauge Progress

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Academic Networking

• Online Peer Feedback Encouragement
• Group Study (Real-time virtual)
• Student Mentoring Tutoring

Example
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Achievers Plus Tutoring Initiative

• Please refer to
• Chapter Funding Grant Proposal 2005-2006
• handout
• Deadline December 31, 2005

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A Incentive Program

• A Workshop Series
• AEx Chair Presentations/Workshops available on
  NOL on September 1, 2005

Regional Award

• Scholarship for A member with most improved
  GPA

involvement in NSBE activities

• National Chapter Individual Awards
• Cum Laude Competition
• Most Improved A NSBE Member
• Most A Participation ()
• Chapter with the Highest Avg. GPA
• Chapter with the Most Improved Avg. GPA
• Chapter with the Most EIT Certified Members

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Goal II Increase use of services at your
institution

• Strategies
• I. Promote services to 100 of membership
• II. Install a NSBE Points program on the chapter
  level offer incentives for use of services
• III. Use academic professionals to host at
  least 4 workshops

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Strategy I Promotion of services

• Prepare list of services at your institution
• Email Blasts to membership
• Flyers on campus Announcements at meetings

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Strategy II NSBE Points

• Create incentives for using services
• Pencils, etc
• NSBE paraphernalia
• Keep a record of attendance and give points to
  participating members

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Strategy III Use academic professionals
to facilitate workshops

• Region III AEx Timeline

Please refer to handout!
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POP QUIZ
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Goal III Increase Academic Technical Bowl
participation to 24 teams Region
III had 13 teams in 2004-2005.

• Strategies
• Promote exciting nature of competition to 100 of
  membership
• Promote ATBs ability to prepare students for EIT
  exam to 100 of membership
• Promote the ease of registration to 100 of
  membership
• Promote the prizes to 100 of membership

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Academic Technical Bowl

• Strategy I
• Exciting team competition with
• Jeopardy! style questions
• Team consists of 4 members
• At most 1 graduate student, 1 alternate
• Pre-Quiz elimination round
• 8 teams compete in actual bowl
• Strategy II
• Questions representative of FE/EIT exam
• On the path to becoming a Professional Engineer,
  one must pass the Fundamentals of Engineering/
• Engineer-in-Training Exam.

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Academic Technical Bowl

• Strategy III
• Easy ATB registration via NOL
• Open September 7, 2005
• Close October 15, 2005
• Strategy IV
• Great Rewards
• Regional Recognition
• Stipend for travel to National Convention

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Objective II

• Encourage members to continue the
• pursuit of knowledge

Goals

• Increase USTR Participation
• High involvement in NSBE Book Club
• Increase AAQB Participation
• Develop Black Faculty in engineering mentor
  program

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Undergraduate Students in Technical Research
(USTR) Overview

• Submit abstract on engineering technology topic
• Register on NOL for FRC Competition
• Opens August 31, 2005
• Closes October 15, 2005
• Participants display technical research via a
  3X4 Poster Presentation
• 10-minute question and answer session with judges
• Top 3 regional participants submit project report
  compete on national level
• Cash Prizes

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Goal I Increase USTR Participation to __.There
were __ participants in 2004-05.
Insert your ideas below

• Strategies
• I.
• II.
• III.

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Goal II High involvement in NSBE Book Club
NSBE Book Club Overview

• National Directive Social Consciousness
• Cultural Relevance Chair presides
• Books Articles for discussion on a national
  level

• Strategies
• Promotion of book club in all chapters
• Use of NOL or Yahoo! to post messages and NSBE
  meetings to discuss the selected book

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Goal III Increase AAQB Participation to
African American Quiz Bowl (AAQB) Overview There
were 8 participants in 2004-2005.

• Paper Quiz
• Open to FRC participants
• Book Awards

• Strategies
• Promotion of AAQB in all chapters
• Provide quizzes in all FRC registrant packets

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Goal IV Develop Black faculty in
engineering mentor program

• Strategies
• Each Region III Chapter shall submit a list of
  the Black faculty and interested graduate
  students at their institution
• II. Match faculty with graduate students

more information is forthcoming
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POP QUIZ
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Fall Regional Conference

• ATB
• USTR
• AAQB
• Study Hall Primetime
• Insert your workshop ideas below
• 5.
• 6.
• 7.
• 8.
• 9.

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Resource GuideHow to function once I leave
RLC
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AEx Grad Students
Summary Slide 1 of 6

• Fill position on your AEx Committee with at least
  one graduate student by 9/15/05. Positional
  duties are
• Generate list of graduate students for mentor
  program submit to R3AEx Chair by 10/01/05.
• Increase graduate student attendance at NSBE
  meetings and workshops
• Plan advanced degree related workshops as shown
  on provided timeline (see handout).
• Facilitate joint programming with Black Graduate
  Student Associations

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Measures
Summary Slide 2 of 6

• MONTHLY REPORTS (Templates to be emailed to you)
• Submit records of events/workshops and attendance
  to that event in line with our timeline (see
  handout)
• Submit records of attendance to academic services
  and NSBE points accumulated by participating
  members
• Submit official transcripts at beginning end of
  each semester to WHQ
• Brief report of what is going on in your chapter
• Contents Accomplishments, Goals, Strategies,
  Works in Progress, Contact/Communication,
  Questions/Comments/Concerns
• Submit by email to r3aexchair_at_board.nsbe.org
  post on Yahoo! Groups by the 10th of each month
  (i.e. September 10th, October 10th, etc)

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Monthly ReportsWhy are they so important?- Like
a class with no homework, without them, people
often forget the information and have no
documentation or record of what occurred.
Summary Slide 3 of 6
Action Items What are they?- Action Items are
tasks that should be completed by a given
deadline.
ME Be sure to take care of yourself.
Expectations Excellence is expected.
Always reply by deadlines, even if your work is
still in progress
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Region III AEx Timeline
Summary Slide 4 of 6
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Resources
Summary Slide 5 of 6

• Future National AEx Website
• www.nsbe.org/programs/AcademicExcellence
• Region III Website
• www.nsbe.org/region3
• Yahoo Groups!

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Contact Information
Summary Slide 6 of 6

• Jameelah C. Muhammad
• Region III Academic Excellence Chairperson
• r3aexchair_at_board.nsbe.org

Anderson D. Prewitt National Academic Excellence
Chairperson nationalaex_at_yahoo.com
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