Cockrell School Cares 2022 will be from April 4th-15th! The most current event time and location information can be found on this page.
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Extra Credit
Every year, professors partner with CSC to offer their students extra credit in their engineering courses for engaging with our Spring Campaign. All professors who’ve confirmed participation in our extra credit program for 2022 are listed below – check back later for more to be added!
CSC tracks attendance at all of our workshops and sends professors a list of students who’ve attendended our events for extra credit in their course at the conclusion of our campaign. This year, we’re using our CSC Canvas page to track attendance through Sign in and Sign out quizzes. Join our Canvas page ahead of time to make sure that you don’t have any problems signing in while attending our events! All events except our yoga class and therapy dogs visit are eligible for extra credit.
*Note: Some professors are additionally requiring event reflections for students to recieve their extra credit. Unless your professor has otherwise noted that they would like for you to submit your reflection directly to them in a specific format, you can fill out the reflection quiz that we’ve created for each event on our Canvas page and we’ll pass along your reflection to your professor. All sign in and reflection quizzes can be found on the Modules tab.
| Professor | Class | Extra Credit Description |
|---|---|---|
| (Samantha) Santacruz | BME 335 | 5 pts extra credit for event attendance |
| Juenger | CE 351 | Event attendance counts as an extra homework grade of 100% to average with the others |
| Telang | EE 306 | 5 pts on final exam grade for attending one event and writing a 1 page reflection to be submitted by the final week of the semester |
| Hutter | ME 334 | 2 pts on final grade for workshop attendance and completing a written reflection – Each student can claim credit for only one workshop. |
| (Pedro) Santacruz | EE313 EE 360C | Event attendance and response to the following prompt will replace lowest HW grade with full credit. Prompt: Please submit a reflection of your attendance to the event. Please do not simply provide of summary of what was discussed, instead give me the main thing you learned or took away from your attendance to the event. How is it going to change (or not) the way in which you do things moving forwards? |
| Kuntz | ARE 465 | Pts adding to class participation grade. Email Prof. Kuntz to confirm that you attended an event. |
| Rodriguez | ME 318M | +5% to lab assignment average for attending 1 event with written reflection, or +10% to lab assignment average for attending 2+ events with written reflection. |
| Kockelman | CE 367G | Up to +20 pts total of extra credit on homeworks. 5 pts per event attendance. |
| Tehrani | ME 397 | 5-10 points on Exam 2 grade for attending 1 workshop and completing a half-page reflection, or attending 2 workshops and completing a full-page reflection. |
| Barber | EE379K EE382C | Extra credit on Exam 3 for attending a workshop and submitting a written reflection. |
| Fagelson | EE 333T | Students can incorporate their experience attending the events into their Learning Record. |
| Seepersad | ME 397 ME 368C | 5 pts extra credit on an assignment for event attendance and written reflection summarizing the event and describing how it impacted you personally. |
| Ferron | CE 324P | 4 pts on exam grade for each workshop attendance and written reflection completion, for up to 3 workshops. Each reflection must be at least half a page and must contain the following at a minimum: Name of workshop, Date of workshop, Photo of you at the workshop to prove attendance (in addition to signing in and out through CSC’s forms), Explanation of why you selected the workshop, What you liked about the workshop, What you learned from the workshop (how it is relevant to your life), What (if anything) you disagreed with or had a different perspective on with respect to something raised at the workshop, One suggestion for how the workshop could have been improved and why, How you will incorporate the workshop into your life, and How you felt after leaving the workshop. |
| Zhou | ME 340 | 1% participation bounus for event attendance and written reflection. |
| Castellanos | ARE 346N | 1 pt added to the final grade for 1 workshop attendance and reflection or 2 pts added to the final grade for 3 workshop attendances and reflections. In your reflection, write more than half a page reflecting on your main learnings and how the content of the workshop impacted you and could be used in your development. Submit your reflection through CSC’s Canvas quizzes. |
2022 Workshops:
Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect to see in our campaign this year!
Curious about how researchers at UT are using AI for good? Welcome Dr. Ken Fleischmann of UT’s Good Systems Grand Challenge as he presents his team’s developments into smart tools which empower workers, improve their safety and quality of life, and contribute to a more inclusive workplace!
4/4 • 11:30-12:30pm • Zoom: 955 4917 3678
Current undergraduate students will bring their diverse perspectives to this conversation on mental health and how to manage it at Cockrell and beyond.
4/4 • 6-7pm • CPE 2.206
Come get to know the Cockrell School’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dr. Christine Julien in an informal, relaxed environment! We’ll be talking about her background, her path to her current role, and some of the projects, challenges, and successes that she’s encountered in her work.
4/5 • 3-4pm • EER 3.646
Take a break from your work and join us for a free yoga class to destress!
Note: Mats won’t be provided, so bring your own mat or towel if you can, or just join us on the grass!
4/6 • 5-6pm • EER Back Lawn
Dr. Craig Watkins of UT’s Good Systems Grand Challenge shares how he and his team are revolutionizing AI’s relationship with systemic inequality, going beyond eliminating algorithm bias to developing tools and platforms that address inequality head-on.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. If you’re still interested in learning more about Dr. Watkins’ work, follow his project’s page here to find other opportunities to hear him speak!
Come participate in a discussion led by Dr. Jennifer Maynard on the challenges that women face in engineering and what it means to advance gender equity in STEM.
4/8 • 2:30-3:30pm • ECJ 1.202
We’re extremely pleased to be hosting Preston L. James, II, the Founder and CEO of DivInc as our 2022 Keynote Speaker! Preston has had a long and successful career championing diversity in tech and created DivInc with the mission of generating social and economic equity through entrepreneurship. Join us for an address on how Preston has used his engineering degree (Howard University ’87) to strive for a better world and build more inclusive spaces in the tech industry. RSVP Here
4/8 • 3:30-4:30pm* • Mulva Auditorium
Join us for a screening of select excerpts from the 2019 documentary film The Story of Plastic that explores the environmental justice impacts of the plastics industry. The screening will be followed by a discussion about the relationship between environmental justice and the field of engineering as well as how we as future engineers can support EJ in our careers.
4/11 • 5-6:30pm • CPE 2.206
In celebration of this year being CSC’s 5th campaign, join us for a conversation with the founders of Cockrell School Cares Aashima Garg and Prasanna Tamminayana on how and why they created CSC as well as their advice for other student leaders working to create positive change on campus!
4/13 • 11-12pm • Zoom: 4956 7636 8494
We know how hard it can be to manage your time with the busy schedule of a STEM major. That makes it hard to pursue your other interests outside of STEM, but there’s no need to choose between your passions! Join us for a panel to hear from Dr. Shelly Rodriguez, a STEM education expert, and several graduate STEM students to hear some tips and tricks on maintaining a balance in your life and pursuing careers outside of STEM as a STEM major.
4/14 • 4:30-5:30pm • Zoom: 959 8416 2074
We all know that it’s important to support our friends in times of need, but sometimes it’s hard to know exactly how to help. Join UT’s Interpersonal Communication Theory (CMS 315M) lead TA Audrey Shaffer for a presentation on social support and recommendations for how to give and receive the type of support you need, as well as how to navigate the disruptions that the pandemic has made in our social networks. Audrey received her Master’s from the University of Miami and taught communications studies as an adjunct professor at both her alma mater and Florida International University for 5 years, and is currently at UT pursuing a PhD in Interpersonal Communication.
4/15 • 2-3pm • ECJ 1.204
*subject to change
