This workshop is from Essential Partners, an organization that works with communities to build trust and understanding across differences. In this workshop, you will learn a fun technique to share your own stories about the people, traditions, and objects that are meaningful to you, and you will have a chance to appreciate the stories of others. This technique can be used with student clubs, classes, and other group settings to establish connections and trust among participants. Please bring a pen and paper with you to this workshop.

Session A: Tesi Low

Location: Birch 1100 

Join us for an engaging panel discussion where MESA students share their personal journeys, highlighting the challenges they've faced and the strategies that have helped them succeed. Faculty will gain valuable insights into the specific practices that support or hinder student progress, as well as obstacles outside the classroom that students encounter along the way. This breakout session aims to foster a deeper understanding and collaboration between students and faculty in Pierce's STEM community.

Session B:  

Presenters:  Beth Cheung (MESA Director), Marcy Portillo (Mesa Counselor)

Location: Ginger 1614

Explore various strategies to improve effective communication with students. This breakout will be applicable to teaching in multiple modalities. We will look at rapport building techniques and ways to increase active listening in the classroom

Session B

Presenters: Michelle Brownlee 

Location: ELM 1718