Watson College of Engineering and Applied Sciences receives Bronze-level award for diversity
Watson College recognized for ongoing efforts to promote diversity, inclusivity in their program
March 11, 2021
The Watson College of Engineering and Applied Sciences has received the Bronze-level award for diversity, equity and inclusion from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
The Bronze level, the highest level that was awarded by the ASEE this year, recognizes a university’s excellence in inclusiveness among engineering programs. Elizabeth Kradjian, assistant dean for strategy and external affairs in Watson College, said the college being recognized with the award has been an honor given the initiatives they have taken.
Sean Osborne
Association of Black Citizens of Lexington
To celebrate National Engineers Week and Women’s History Month, Sean Osborne, President of the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington, interviewed Victoria Suber, LHS Class of 2013. Ms. Suber received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Temple University in 2017. She has passed the Fundamentals in Engineering Exam, the first of two examinations that engineers must pass in order to be licensed as a Professional Engineer in the United States. PE licensure is the engineering profession s highest standard of competence, a symbol of achievement and assurance of quality.
Less than 2 percent of Black freshmen in the United States enter college engineering programs. According to the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), 3,500 African-Americans earned engineering bachelor’s degrees in 2014.
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University of Tennessee students held peaceful rally after an instructor was told to evaluate her teaching methods after writing a racist acronym during class. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 4:34 PM CST March 5, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Students gathered with signs and chants in the lobby of Andy Holt Tower on Friday after a University of Tennessee lecturer wrote a racist acronym during class in February and was told to evaluate her teaching methods.
Some students and student groups have continued to demand that Melissa Hargrove, a veteran instructor on race and anthropology, be fired after students reported she used an acronym coined by late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur that is also a racial slur.
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