102817 Communicating STEM workshop
Island University Mechanical Engineering Students Use Improv to Enhance Communication Skills
In today’s job market, workforce experts not only expect engineers to have rich technical knowledge but to also be effective communicators with a variety of audiences. Through the Minority Serving Institution Measuring College Value project, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is working to enhance oral and written communication skills for Island University science and engineering majors.
In 2016, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was awarded a $325,000 grant from the Strada Education Network to get the project off the ground and through the collaboration of an “Innovation Team,” which is composed of individuals from various departments across campus, it was discovered that theatre techniques could be used to help engineering students with communicating science.
Read MoreIn today’s job market, workforce experts not only expect engineers to have rich technical knowledge but to also be effective communicators with a variety of audiences. Through the Minority Serving Institution Measuring College Value project, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is working to enhance oral and written communication skills for Island University science and engineering majors.
In 2016, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was awarded a $325,000 grant from the Strada Education Network to get the project off the ground and through the collaboration of an “Innovation Team,” which is composed of individuals from various departments across campus, it was discovered that theatre techniques could be used to help engineering students with communicating science.
