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Oregon State University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Experience StoryCorps Collection, 2023

The Oregon State University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Student Experience StoryCorps Collection is comprised of video recorded testimonies provided by EECS students from non-traditional or historically underserved backgrounds. The stories shared by these students are meant to document their experiences while also providing insight to university and industry leaders on approaches to improve support for Engineering students from underserved communities. The collection is entirely born digital and the raw video of each interview is available online.
ID: OH 053
Extent: 1.52 gigabytes
Scope and Content Notes
Biographical / Historical Notes
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Oregon State University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Experience StoryCorps Collection (OH 053), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: Collection materials were donated to SCARC by Rachael Cate in July 2023.
Acquired: 2023.
Languages of Materials
Other

Container List

Series 1: Interviews, 2023 Add to Shelf
All interviews were conducted over Zoom, as lead by Rachael Cate. Links to the raw video for each interview are available in the item listings below. The full collection of videos is also available online.
Extent: 9 video files
Digital Folder 1: Garrett Berliner, April 4, 2023 Add to Shelf
Garrett Berliner is an undergraduate in Computer Science and an officer in OSU's oSTEM club, a club for LBGTQIA+ individuals within STEM.
Extent: 0:21:59
Digital Folder 2: Bryan Alvarez, April 6, 2023 Add to Shelf
Bryan Alvarez is an undergraduate in Computer Science who is originally from Celaya, Guanajuato Mexico.
Extent: 0:18:46
Digital Folder 3: Mae Graham, April 20, 2023 Add to Shelf
Mae Graham is a non-binary transfer student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the first in their immediate family to obtain an undergraduate degree. For the duration of their junior and senior years, they interned with Intel as a software engineer specializing in content management.
Extent: 0:29:19
Digital Folder 4: Daniel Yirenya-Tawiah, May 23, 2023 Add to Shelf
Daniel Yirenya-Tawiah is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering who is originally from Accra, Ghana.
Extent: 0:16:07
Digital Folder 5: Bolivar Beleno, May 24, 2023 Add to Shelf
Bolivar Beleno is an undergraduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering who is originally from Panama City, Panama.
Extent: 0:19:35
Digital Folder 6: Javier Corona, June 1, 2023 Add to Shelf
Javier Corona is a Chicano PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Extent: 0:23:39
Digital Folder 7: Jazmin Cartagena, June 5, 2023 Add to Shelf
Jazmin Cartagena, an undergraduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is also a military veteran and mother of two.
Extent: 0:29:04
Digital Folder 8: Fernando Rodriguez-Estrada, June 22, 2023 Add to Shelf
Fernando Rodriguez-Estrada is a first-generation college student majoring in Computer Science, whose parents immigrated from Mexico.
Extent: 0:35:42
Digital Folder 9: Sanjida Yeasman, July 6, 2023 Add to Shelf
Sanjida Yeasmin is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science who was born and raised in Bangladesh.
Extent: 0:17:21