Private Support
The UW Foundation engineering development team (from left): Ann Leahy, Eric Yin, Deb Holt and Kelly De Haven. (large image) |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
1848 University Avenue
P. O. Box 8860
Madison, WI 53708
Managing Senior Director
of Development
Deb Holt
608/263-0779
Deb.Holt@uwfoundation.wisc.edu
Directors
of Development
Kelly De Haven
608/265-9562
Kelly.DeHaven@uwfoundation.wisc.edu
Ann Leahy
608/265-6114
Ann.Leahy@uwfoundation.wisc.edu
Eric Yin
608/265-5913
Eric.Yin@uwfoundation.wisc.edu
As you probably know from your own experiences, engineering is not a solitary profession. Rather, engineers practice in a global marketplace. They interact with colleagues, collaborators, clients and suppliers who live and work around the world. Together—though often miles apart—those groups develop solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our time.
The engineers who will populate the workforce in the coming years must be problem-solvers. They must have solid, current, discipline-specific knowledge—yet their education should include depth and breadth that enables them to tackle global challenges in multicultural, multidisciplinary teams.
In the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, we aim to prepare our students to be the leaders of the future. Increasing globalization and the rapid pace of technological change are challenges in engineering education, but we view them as opportunities.
Via its COE 2010 initiative, the College of Engineering is in the midst of a curricular transformation that will ensure our graduates are prepared immediately to contribute to, and to excel in, the future of engineering.
Among recent developments, the college has funded proposals that enable faculty and staff to:
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Develop certificate programs in such areas as energy sustainability and reliability, risk and uncertainty.
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Institute an eight-credit, eight-week summer study-abroad program at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Create cross-college courses in such areas as energy sustainability and integrating biology and engineering.
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Teach 98 freshmen in five sections of the new course, Introduction to Society’s Engineering Grand Challenges, designed to inspire students to become engineers for the benefit of society.
Not only do we aim to deliver an educational experience that enables our graduates to be the best engineers in the world—we hope to give them the skills and tools to be the best engineers for the world.
We hope you will consider becoming a partner in our commitment to a new future for engineering education in the UW-Madison College of Engineering. Your support will help us develop the people, programs and facilities key to accomplishing our goals. Together, we can create a world of opportunity—for everyone.
