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| Abstract Title: | The Access Assembly: Learning together, building friendships, and strengthening our leadership capacities |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | The Access Network brings together nine student-centered, university-based programs that pursue systemic change towards a vision of a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM community. Leaders at the Network-level and program-level are either current students or young faculty and professional scientists, many of whom started out as student leaders in Access programs. Over the last 9 years, Access has brought people together for an annual event called the "Assembly." Student leaders who attend the Assembly appreciate community-building and networking opportunities that help them build capacity for leading local site programming. In this paper, we share stories from past Assembly events to give you a feel for how this space operates differently. We also report on the results of a post-Assembly evaluation survey which illustrate that participants tend to feel included, make new friends, feel valued, and build confidence as leaders. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session C |
| Poster Number: | C-47 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Chandra Turpen University of Maryland, College Park University Park, MD 20782 Phone: 3038170250 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Brianne Gutmann (she/they), San Jose State University Robert P. Dalka (he/him), University of Detroit Mercy Gina M. Quan (she/her), San Jose State University Mackenzie Carlson (she/her), John Hopkins University Joel C. Corbo (he/him), University of Colorado Boulder Gabrielle Jones-Hall, The Access Network Megan Marshall Smith (she/her), Hamilton College Devyn E. Shafer (she/her), Columbus City Schools |
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