It is important to acknowledge underrepresented groups and to try to foster and sense of belonging [2]. Doubts about belonging and ability can easily feed into each other to create a sense of helplessness [3]. This helplessness can then "dissuade students from taking any steps to change things," thus making it more difficult for them to improve and succeed [3]. Helping to foster a sense of belonging in the classroom may be that necessary first step to keeping our students engaged and motivated to learn.

72% of our students live off campus. Therefore, it is important to understand and do our best to accommodate challenges that may arise due to this. For example, heavy rain delays or snow may make it difficult, or even dangerous, for students to come to campus that day.

We also need to be understanding of students that have additional work outside of class. We should do our best to estimate how much time assigned work outside of class will take and to not overwhelm our students.

With our transfer students, along with the need for fostering belonging, we should also understand that some may be coming in with some existing background knowledge.

With almost 70% international students, we have a comparatively more diverse and multicultural classroom. Therefore, we should acknowledge such diversity as it is crucial for students' success.

In graduate courses, 34% are female. Once again, it is important to acknowledge our underrepresented groups to try to foster a sense of belonging.