Electrical Engineering Major -
Meet Beatriz
I am grateful to have the opportunity to interact with the encouraging UTA faculty and staff who have opened a new world for me.
Read Beatriz's StoryBroadening Participation in Engineering
The College of Engineering is committed to broadening participation in engineering as part of a campus-level strategic plan. Engineering is important to the health, safety, and welfare of the public and the field is growing faster than other areas of employment. Bringing more students into engineering degrees increases the benefits that engineers can bring to society and provides these students with well-paying careers. By encouraging students from all walks of life to pursue engineering, the UTA College of Engineering helps broaden the impact that our graduates can have in solving technological, individual, and societal problems through engineering.
Dean's Statement on Broadening Participation in Engineering
We are proud of the fact that our College provides access and opportunities for first-generation students, low-income students and veterans. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity for greater dialogue, understanding, and meaningful action to ensure that our classrooms, laboratories, learning spaces, and living spaces on and off campus are available to any qualified student who wishes to pursue an engineering education here.
More than half of all engineering students are the first in their family to attend college, and UTA is ranked #1 in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for social mobility by U.S. News and World Report. Military Times ranked UTA the #1 public university in Texas for veterans. The College of Engineering awards nearly $10 million in scholarships annually to help ease the burden of paying for college for low-income students.
I am committed to ensuring that the College of Engineering continues to provide access to a top-quality experience in our classrooms and labs. I challenge each one of you to identify and recommend additional constructive and practical ways to help me and our College better serve the unique needs of our first-generation, low-income and veteran students, as well as our student body as a whole.
Thank you.
Peter Crouch, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Engineering
Feel free to share your ideas, thoughts and suggestions with the chair of the College Committee on Broadening Participation in Engineering, Dr. Carter Tiernan.
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