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Great Ideas for Teaching (and Advising) Students (GIFTS) are short papers focused on sharing great new ideas. Expect a discussion-focused session with a chance to speak with the authors about their GIFTS. Topics range widely across first-year adjacent subjects.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Kimberlyn Gray

Papers Presented

1. GIFTS: Framing Understanding Implicit Bias as a Professional Skill to First-Year Students [view paper]
   Dr. Jeffrey W. Fergus P.E. (Auburn University) and Jessica Bowers (Auburn University - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering)


2. GIFTS: Building a sense of connection to campus and engineering identity through information literacy [view paper]
   Dr. Jessica Ohanian Perez (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) and Mr. Paul Hottinger (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)


3. GIFTS: Initiative to Meet Students through Informal Walks around Campus [view paper]
   Dr. Andrew Charles Bartolini (University of Notre Dame)


4. GIFTS: Exploration Activities for Just-in-Time Learning in a First-Year Engineering Robotics Design-Build Project [view paper]
   Aditya T. Vadlamani (The Ohio State University), Laine Rumreich (The Ohio State University), and Andrew H. Phillips (The Ohio State University)


5. GIFTS: Introducing Agile Process and Product Development in an FYE Course [view paper]
   Dr. Karen C. Davis (Miami University)


6. GIFTS: Making Research Experiences Meaningful through Critical Self-Reflection [view paper]
   Peter DeCrescenzo (University of Maryland Baltimore County) and Sundiata Jangha (University of Maryland Baltimore County)


7. GIFTS: Learning Theory Workshop Led to First-Year Classroom Innovations [view paper]
   Dr. Krista M. Kecskemety (The Ohio State University), Ben J Grier (Colorado State University), Ms. Brooke Morin (The Ohio State University), and Amy Kramer P.E. (The Ohio State University)


8. GIFTS: Undergraduate Student Professional Development [view paper]
   Miss Niamh Williams (The Engineering Lab), Dr. Leah Bug (North Carolina State University at Raleigh), Arin Morgan Crow (North Carolina State University at Raleigh), and Erica Mahoney (North Carolina State University at Raleigh)