Fellows come from all over the university, bringing their particular passions and living out the public purpose of their discipline through teaching and researching in, with and for community.
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Fellows come from all over the university, bringing their particular passions and living out the public purpose of their discipline through teaching and researching in, with and for community.
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The Cornell Engineering Student Project Teams (SPT) program is a nationally distinctive model that embodies the college’s historic foundations in public engagement and aligns with current strategic priorities focused on building an inclusive, collaborative community that leverages education and innovation to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Uniquely integrated into the academic curriculum, the SPT program combines hands-on project work with critical reflection and course credit through a structured academic framework. The framework, launched in phases beginning in spring 2022, includes three courses across progressive levels of study, enabling integrated content delivery, developmentally appropriate skill-building and data collection on student experiences. Serving over 1,800 undergraduate students annually, from all engineering majors and across nine undergraduate colleges, SPTs foster interdisciplinary collaboration, leadership development and inclusive team dynamics. This innovative approachnot only enhances student learning but also strengthens university-community partnerships, positioning Cornell Engineering as a leader in experiential, team-based engineering education.
Publishing this framework will advance scholarship at the intersection of engineering education, experiential learning and community engagement. It offers a replicable model for integrating academic curricula with large-scale, interdisciplinary project work, and provides practical insights into assessment, leadership development and inclusive team dynamics. Disseminating this work will contribute to national conversations on structuring and scaling experiential learning, while elevating the visibility of Cornell’s commitment to empowering students as agents of meaningful change. Through scholarly publication, this initiative will supporteducators, administrators and community partners seeking to build collaborative, student- driven learning environments with real-world impact.