Your philanthropy will
enhance our long-term commitment to outstanding talent already here and
help us attract a diverse student body.
ENDOWED STUDENT SUPPORT: $20 MILLION
Support for high-achieving students is essential to endowing excellence at a national department of choice. Students often base their decisions on the financial aid available, especially at the graduate level. All quality graduate engineering students receive full financial support for their degree completion. These financial awards authoritatively make Michigan Tech an academic destination of choice.
Graduate Fellowships:
$500,000 each
Graduate students form the nucleus of the next generation of faculty at
colleges and universities, but many talented people accept positions in
industry instead of pursuing graduate degrees. If this trend continues,
we may face a shortage of engineers who are qualified to teach their successors
and staff the nation s research laboratories. Competition is fierce for
the best and brightest graduate students who are sought around the country
and the world. To remain competitive, our department must offer support
money that is not only used for research and teaching fellowships but
also for personal and professional development. Fellowship availability
and value is often the deciding factor in selecting a university for graduate
school.
Women/Minority Scholarships
& Fellowships: $500,000 each
An outstanding mechanical engineering department strives to mirror the
working environment. The competition for members of under-represented
groups with a high potential for success is keen. These funds attract
women and outstanding members of minority groups to Michigan Tech to earn
their ME degrees.
Student Vehicle Competition
Fund: $4 million
Our extremely successful student vehicle competitions provide many students
with leadership and hands-on, real-world experiences. To compete globally,
participants need all-around support beyond the corporate sponsorships
for the vehicles.
Senior Design Fund:
$2 million
With sponsored projects that go from concept to customer, the inspired
ME-EM curriculum provides a premier senior design experience. Students
travel to competitions to present posters and work with their clients.
On Senior Design Day, they present the results of their year-long projects
to faculty and industry sponsors and compete for recognition and awards.
Endowed funding will insure the viability of this critical program.