ENDOWED STUDENT SUPPORT
Computing Technology
Teaching Fund: $1 million
Computer technology changes quickly and keeping abreast requires frequent
updating of equipment and software. Lab fees keep student equipment current,
but staying on top requires upgrading when the need arises, not waiting
for funds to become available. An endowed Computing Technology Teaching
Fund would help us maintain our technological edge despite downturns and
annual budget fluctuations.
Engineering Learning
Center Coaches Fund: $500,000
In the ME-EM Department’s Engineering Learning Center, students
can get help with fundamental courses, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, Thermodynamics
and Mechanics of Materials. Student coaches focus on helping students
help themselves and give another valuable perspective to classroom work,
a win-win situation for everyone. We need reliable endowed funds to sustain
our support for student-coach training and salaries.
Senior Recognition
Banquet Fund (Order of the Engineer Ceremony): $300,000
Twice a year, the ME-EM Department sponsors the Senior Recognition Banquet
for all graduating Mechanical Engineers. It is their night. Graduates
are inducted into the Order of the Engineer. The ceremony, which has become
a hallowed tradition in the ME-EM Department, marks the students entry
into the professional world. Sustaining this tradition requires a reliable
source of funding.
Graduate and Undergraduate
Recognition Awards: $200,000
Student accomplishments do not always fall into neat academic categories
of excellence in scholarship or leadership. The department strives to
recognize excellence both in and out of the classroom, in a professional
society or in service to the community.