I listened to the latest episode of Kristen Stephen-Martinez's CS Ed Podcast. The episode focused on Professor Emeritus, William G. Griswold, of UCSD's practice of requiring students meet with him outside of class early during the semester. These meetings weren't about class material but rather to foster a better connection and to increase student engagement. Good episode. Take a listen. The class in question was an upper division software engineering class - mostly majors but a significant percent of non-majors.