准备好领导的工程师
准备好领导的工程师
Gifts from Rich ’73 and Sharon ’73 Allen bring professional development and mentorship into the classroom
Engineers help contribute to the betterment of nearly every aspect of our lives, 通过人工智能的技术进步, 网络安全, 虚拟现实和更多.
“Engineers need to be able to work across a variety of disciplines, and the need to match their ability to design and create solutions for today’s consumer has never been higher,73年的里奇·艾伦说. “Their need for leadership will come early and often when working with a broader group. 道德应该是与成本相等的过程中有意识的一部分, 安全, 功能和总体目标.”
“I think the world will always need good critical thinking leadership regardless of your profession. The more those graduating from the University of Idaho have a well-rounded education, the more desirable they will be to the work force and the reputation of U of I will be enhanced. 每个人都赢了.” 里奇·艾伦，73年
在365滚球官网工程学院, longtime supporters and Vandal alumni Rich and Sharon Allen ’73 are pioneering the Engineering Initiative to Develop 学生 into Engineering Professionals.
该倡议, 在250美元的支撑下,艾伦家送的1000英镑的礼物, will encourage the development of a variety of curricular and co-curricular improvements to develop engineers who are not only technically capable, but ready for the issues they will encounter in the workforce related to professional culture.
2021年的计划包括推出一个学生导师网络, 扩大招聘, integrating professional skills training into courses and improving student leadership experiences.
Through more opportunities and hands-on learning experiences – internships, 合作教育, undergraduate research and competition teams – the initiative purposefully integrates professional skills into the curriculum for all students, so they develop professionally during all four years of their college careers.
“Both Rich and Sharon have been closely tied to our university and our students’ development for years,拉里·斯托弗说, 工程学院院长. “Their industry knowledge is key to the development of the programs we are building in the classroom and out that will help our engineering students succeed.”
里奇和莎伦都是1973年从365滚球官网毕业的, Sharon with her bachelor’s in accounting from the College of Business and Economics and Rich with a degree in agricultural engineering. Sharon was awarded her honorary doctorate in Administrative Science from U of I in 2004.
Rich is a retired president of engineering firm, the Gellert Company. 莎伦的整个职业生涯都在德勤度过, one of the world’s most influential accounting and consulting companies. 她是第一位领导一家全国性会计师事务所的女性, 她是该公司第一位女性董事会主席, 2003年获委任. 她于2011年退休.
Rich从事灌溉输送工作长达13年, 项目管理, 河道治理和防洪, 大坝安全检查, 调度, report writing and coordinating with other agencies and personnel.
“My leadership skills were very important in evaluating requirements, understanding the customer and my ability to convince them to spend their money to satisfy my recommendations,他说, “这始于我的产品知识, my ability to offer reasonable solutions and gain their trust in my recommendations.”
In 1986, Rich bought his own business, the Gellert Company, and remained involved through 1997. The business designed and manufactured equipment focused on both raw product storage as well as an industrial division. The industrial division provided HVAC equipment and industrial burners primarily to the food processing industry. The raw product storage business specialized in potatoes and onions with dealership distribution and support across the northern part of the US as well as Canada.
“It was during this time I encountered my first real test of an ethical dilemma,里奇说。, “I view 道德 much the same way I viewed 安全 as a business owner. 它们都与态度和你如何完成任务有关. 很明显, 你需要知识来开始, but leadership and 道德 will guide your knowledge forward to the intended right result.”
The 工程学院 is currently beta testing professional skills instruction and curriculum. 主题包括职业发展, 多样性和包容性, 道德, 许可, 通信, 和职业精神.
“I think the world will always need good critical thinking leadership regardless of your profession,里奇说。, “The more those graduating from the University of Idaho have a well-rounded education, the more desirable they will be to the work force and the reputation of U of I will be enhanced. 每个人都赢了.”
The Allens have led a similar initiative in the U of I College of Business and Economics. 演讲者围绕道德和领导力与学生一起工作, 并开展社区外展活动，吸引在职专业人士.
商学院与克里斯·库克合作, 就业服务主任, is currently recruiting staff to deliver a no credit Applied Ethics & 专业领导证书.
关于艾伦夫妇
莎伦曾在伊利诺伊大学校长遴选委员会任职, 应斯科特·格林总统的要求, as an advisor on the university’s Sustainable Financial Model for U of I. 沙龙在2010年获得了UI领导遗产奖
Rich has served as president of the U of I Vandal Scholarship Fund National Board, on the U of I Foundation Board of Directors and two years as chair of the U of I Foundation. 他还担任过兄弟会的主席, 是, 同时就读于犹他大学, 并于2016年入选伊利诺伊大学工程师学院.
The Allens served as two of the co-chairs in the $260 million-dollar U of I Inspiring Futures Campaign that concluded in 2014. They were awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for all of their combined efforts in 2016.
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