If you are reading this, you may know the relevance of the strong ISE education you obtained at NC State. The program seeks to give students the vital skills to positively contribute to their place of work and society in general. Being more productive while reducing costs and waste has been the hallmarks of our discipline. Using the breadth of our skill set has enabled us to be flexible in meeting the changing challenges of our organizations, the markets and our planet.
An additional hallmark of NC State ISE graduates is the enthusiasm they bring to support the program. I am fortunate to serve on the advisory board with a group of truly amazing folks who spend their time helping the department in many ways. I encourage you to look at the bios of these board members to see the depth, breadth and diversity that this group brings to the department.
I would also like to call out the students in the ISE Ambassador Program. These students help recruit new students to the ISE Program and provide student-level feedback to the faculty and Dr. Swann. As the department seeks to increase awareness of the ISE program so that incoming students can meet our growth objectives, these ambassadors are a vital cog in making it happen. As an advisory board member, we thank them for their time and enthusiasm.
Also, we are blessed with ISE alums who volunteer to help the program. The types of volunteering vary from judging senior design projects to career mentoring, mock interviews, resume reviews, lecturing, research support, facilitating plant tours and providing internship opportunities. The students and faculty much appreciate the engagement of alums in these volunteering efforts. I encourage active engagement with the department and students to ensure NC State ISE remains one of the top ISE schools in the country.
I encourage all alums to send ideas to Dr. Swann on improving the program. She takes this feedback seriously! Finally, I welcome our new advisory board members and thank our departing members, Juli Trexler and Stuart Nisbet.
GO PACK!
Jeff Johnson, BSIE 1978