OSU has launched a new mentoring program to strengthen faculty and students relationships, with the goal of improving student retention and graduation rates.
Math, physics and nuclear engineering senior Jesse Rodriguez isn’t your average student by most measures. A transfer student, Rodriguez enjoyed an incredible and wide-ranging learning experience where his classes in the different subjects led him to many wonderful insights about the deeper connections among his majors, and ultimately to a more solid understanding of science itself. He was one of just 26 students in 2018 to earn a prestigious Department of Energy fellowship that will pay for his Ph.D. at Stanford University to study plasma physics.
Walsh is breaking the mold of conventional classroom dynamics by using online resources paired with data-driven research to increase student success in introductory physics.
