Week

Date

Description

 

1

R 1/17

Welcome back. Sign up for student conferences.

 

2

R 1/24

Student conferences 4:00–8:30 p.m. in Walker 142.

 

3

R 1/31

Julie's presentation. Discuss communication and proposals. Discuss the following proposals:

  1. Engineers Without Borders ($320)
  2. Rock the Vote ($5,000)
    (Budget for Rock the Vote Request)
 

4

R 2/7

No class—Winter Carnival.

 

5

R 2/14

Workshop day. Form working groups and brainstorm project ideas. (Notes here.)

 

6

T 2/19

Email us by this afternoon with a list of your team's members and a short description of your project.

 

R 2/21

Discuss rhetorical strategies for project management.

F 2/22

Email us by 5:00 p.m. with your revised project descriptions.

 

7

R 2/28

Cohort meeting, M & M room 610. Pizza and pop will be served. Come prepared in your groups to deliver a 5-minute presentation on your project.

 

8

R 3/6

Introduction to professional development and portfolios.

 

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Sa 3/8–

Su 3/16

No class—spring break.

 

9

R 3/20

Come to class prepared to give a 5–10 minute progress report presentation on your project.

 

10

T 3/25

Dinner event with Kanwal Rekhi at 6 p.m. in the MUB Ballroom . A few groups will be responsible for presenting about their projects.

 

R 3/27

Reflect on presentation, and discuss portfolio project and project report.

11

M 3/31

Lecture by Mark Seddon at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center.

 

 
R 4/3

Class canceled.

12

R 4/10

Post-presentation reflection. Discuss project development and final reports.

 

13

M 4/14

Dinner event with Helen Taylor at 6 p.m. in Ballroom A.

 
R 4/17

Class postponed. Portfolio projects are due to us by email, by 8 p.m. (jdnugent@mtu.edu and ljose@mtu.edu).

 

14

R 4/24

Final presentations. Project reports due.