Developing Yourself Personally

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Developing Yourself Personally

• Cheshier, Chapter 6

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Personal Development -- Receptiveness to Change

• "Personal" Total Quality Management Philosophy
• Student Development Positive actions thoughts
  feelings
• Behavior Modification as a Process for Change
  Avoid Negative, encourage positive
• Student Success Model Link
• Therapy or Counseling as a Process for Change

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Barriers to Change

• Knowledge "You Know What to Do"
• Commitment "You Want to Do It"
• Implementation "You Do It"
• Why Don't You Change? link

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Understanding Yourself

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• Satisfying Your Need for Self-Esteem
• Personality Types and Thinking Preferences
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MDTI)
• Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI)
• Engineering Technology Profession Needs All Types
  
• You Create Your Learning Experience

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Understanding Others/ Respecting Differences

• Differences in Personality Styles/Thinking
  Preferences
• Ethnic and Gender Differences
• Stereotyping is Unnecessary and Unfair
• Your Effectiveness in Cross-Cultural
  Communication

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Diversity

• GE Fund Study
• Demographics and Diversity in Engineering by the
  National Academy of Engineering
• Purdue initiatives

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The Diversity Imperative

• Demographic Shifts Not Reflected in Engineering
• Serious Industry, Society, and National
  Ramifications

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The Diversity Imperative

• Homeland Security Domestic Labor Force,
  Competitiveness
• Industry Demand for Diverse Talent, Critical for
  Business Success (customer needs), Globalization
• Public Awareness Broad Deep Public
  Government Understanding Support

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The Diversity Imperative

• Moral Imperative Access to Educational
  Economic Opportunity, Demographics
• Technical Societies Interest Membership,
  Resources (See ASME PPC on Work Place Diversity),
  Influence (See ASME Board on Diversity and
  Outreach)

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GE Fund Study

• Undergrad Level Impacts Leveling Off Minority
  Engineering Programs Established in 1970s,
  impact tapered off after first 10-15 yrs.
• Scores of Discrete Programs largely target
  small groups of students, remain outside academic
  system, dependent on , no linkages
• Math Skills Poor math preparation biggest
  barrier for under-represented minority students

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GE Fund Study

• Interest/Exposure/Relevance Female students
  have skills, but not interest
• Algebra by Eighth Grade Major overall impact on
  college-going and success

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Urgent Need to

• Start Earlier, Build a Continuum of Support
  Academics
• Increase Rigor of Math Preparation
• Increase Exposure to/ Interest in Quantitative
  Careers
• Build into Schools, Universities (vs. Add-Ons)

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National Academy of Engineering
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Purdue Diversity Mission

• Diversity Resource Office Broshure
• The Affirmative Action Office (AAO)
  supports Purdue University's mission to promote
  human and intellectual diversity by providing
  equal access and opportunity through fostering an
  inclusive environment for all members of the
  University community. The office develops and
  directs the affirmative action program for the
  West Lafayette campus and serves as a resource
  and coordinator of Purdue University's
  system-wide affirmative action activities,
  including the Calumet, Fort Wayne, and North
  Central campuses. The Affirmative Action Office
  works with the Purdue University community in
  implementing and upholding policies and practices
  that are consistent with federal and state
  mandates as well as existing University policies
  regarding equal access, equal employment and
  educational opportunity for all persons, without
  regard to race, religion, color, sex, age,
  national origin or ancestry, marital status,
  parental status, sexual orientation, disability,
  or veteran status.

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Purdue Diversity Goals

• Provide educational opportunities and incentives
  for engaging in diversity programs and
  initiatives for all Purdue employees
• Evaluate and assess diversity programs and
  activities for their impact on the campus
  climate
• Review, purchase, and disseminate literature,
  magazines, videos, and reports about diversity to
  the University community
• Build relationships with programs, departments,
  and units within the University and to facilitate
  achieving their diversity goals
• Maintain expertise in the diversity and social
  science literature and
• Support offices involved in the recruitment and
  retention of minority students.

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Some Purdue Initiatives

• Black Cultural Center
• Black Faculty and Staff Caucas
• International Center
• Latino Cultural Center
• International Programs/Study Abroad
• Jewish Studies Program
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Student Support Services
• Foreign Languages Culture

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Ten Ways to Support Diversity

• Celebrate people!
• Allow yourself to experience diversity.
• Admit your own biases to yourself.
• Be truthful with others if you expect them to be
  truthful with you.
• FORGIVE!
• To experience diversity is unique, but to
  understand diversity is profound.
• Teach children to appreciate other cultures and
  expose them to other cultures.
• Talk less...listen more.
• Be able to laugh at yourself.
• Be more appreciative, understanding, and
  emphathetic.

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Engineering Technology Organizations

• Three Categories
• Student chapters of engineering societies
• Tau Alpha Pi, the engineering technology honor
  society
• Ethnic gender-based engineering technology
  student organizations

SHPE
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Assessment of Your Strengths and Weaknesses

• Assessment Based on Attributes Model
• Assessment Based on Student Involvement Model
• Personal Development Plan

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Developing your Communication Skills

• The Importance of Communication Skills
• Written Communications
• Oral Communications
• Developing Your Listening Skills Learning to Be
  Assertive

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Mental and Physical Wellness

• Keys to Good Health
• Balancing Work and Play
• Managing Stress

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Motivating Yourself

• "No Deposit, No Return"
• Jesse Jackson "Excel" Message
• Power of Positive Thinking
• Locus of Control

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