Pamela Bogdan

Ocean County College Lecturer II, Program Chair for & NACCE/Michelson IP Educator in Residence. Pam received her BS. Electronics Engineering from Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo and her MS. Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech. After more than 30 years of working at Bell Labs, AT&T, Pam joined Ocean County college to help expand the Engineering & Industrial/Technical programs to encourage and enable the pursuit of careers in related fields to a wider breadth of students.

NACCE Fellows Project Overview

According to the Indeed article "5 Essential Soft Skills In the Workplace," communication is a crucial skill. To address this, Ocean County College's Engineering & Industrial/Technical Studies program offers the course ENGT 195 - Tools for Technical Communications, which is a key part of the Certificate of Completion for Technology Leadership (CC.TL).

Students pursuing one of engineering/technical pathways will be evaluated for any statistically significant academic gains by taking this course. The two degrees for the study would be AS.ENGR (Engineering) and AAS.TS.TECH (Industrial/Technical Option). Along with technical-speak literacy, this course is staffed with a bi-lingual instructor that is anticipated to improve the confidence of our Spanish speaking students to fully participate in this and other courses. This bi-lingual support will also be a component of the research.