New leadership minor modeled on SSME program guide

Mount Marty College has launched a new leadership minor for undergraduates that truly follows the spirit of the interdisciplinary program guide.  Bonita Gacnik, O.S.B., Ph.D contacted me about a year ago to understand the guide and ideas about service science.  Then she and her team made it their own, to fit local needs and Mt Marty’s strengths.  Others could look at this program and gather ideas for creating new programs.

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Interdisciplinary teamwork is increasingly important

From the April edition of the Journal Of Engineering Education

http://www.jee.org/2011/April/10

An interesting study: “Student and Faculty Interdisciplinary Identities in Self Managed Teams”

How can self-managed work teams can be used as a pedagogical strategy for promoting interdisciplinarity?

LISA D. MCNAIR
Virginia Tech

CHAD NEWSWANDER
University of South Dakota

DANIEL BODEN
Virginia Tech

MAURA BORREGO
Virginia Tech