[Announcement from he-sl listserv]

June 2016 Engineering Community Engagement Workshop

Co-sponsored by Louisiana State University and the EPICS program, headquartered at Purdue University

 

An exciting opportunity to learn about integrating community-inspired design and community engagement experiences into your engineering curriculum.

 

June 22 (evening reception) then 23-25, 2016 in Baton Rouge in Louisiana 

(just before the ASEE Conference in New Orleans)

 

Participants will join the LSU Community Playground Build on Saturday, June 25 

 

Presenters:  

Marybeth Lima, Director of Community Engagement, Professor Biological and Agricultural Engineering, LSU

William C. Oakes, PE  Director of EPICS, Purdue 

Carla B. Zoltowski, PhD Co-Director of EPICS, Purdue

Maeve Drummond, EPICS University Coordinator, Purdue 

Who should attend?   Current and future faculty and instructors and partners interested in:

•      Human-Centered Design and Design Learning
•      Service-Learning and Community Engagement (local, national or global)
•      Assessing Multidisciplinary Design Teams
•      Development of Professional Skills
•      Diversity, Student Engagement and Retention
•      Sustaining Design Projects Across Multiple Semesters or Years
•      Initiating and Sustaining Curricular Change

How much will it cost? $200, which includes:

•      Bus from the New Orleans airport (departing 4:00 pm June 22) and back to ASEE hotels on Sat., June 25
•      Reception, Wed evening
•      All meals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
•      Complimentary copies of Service-Learning: Engineering in Your Community by Marybeth Lima and William C. Oakes and Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities by Marybeth Lima

Accommodations at LSU:

     On-campus apartments, $61.50 per night

Registration