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A Study On The Industrial Design / Engineering Program Essay

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Gloria, Kenya, Wendee, and I had a chance to interview a full-time faculty, Shelley Takahashi, at Mount San Antonio Community College. She has been working at this community college for almost two full years teaching Industrial Design/Engineering. She shared that she is motivated to be on a college campus everyday as she interacts with students and see them grow in the field of industrial design. One interesting thing about her industrial design/engineering program is that it is a cohort model where students take the same classes throughout their time at the community college. She mentioned how rewarding it is to see students grow and mature together in the span of two years and see them get full-time positions or transfer to four year universities after they finish the program. She stated that her major roles and responsibilities as a faculty member is to teach classes, participate in the Advisory Committee meetings to assess ways to improve the program, reach out to local high schools to recruit students, and connect with different universities for articulation. She also shared some of the workshops that she put together for students as she invited counselors from her department to come to class to help students to write their resumes, practice interview skills, and share internship opportunities in the field of industrial design. What shocked me during the interview was when she told us that she was not too familiar with the roles of the student affairs; she

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