College of Engineering Graduation
It has recently come to my attention that the College of Engineering is not going to have a separate graduation. Instead we will get to have a party in the Engineering breeze way. Can I say yippee!! No recognition by the College of Engineering for our accomplishment. We will not be able to celebrate our accomplishment instead we get to hang out in the breeze way that will be packed if any one decides to even go. The highlight of graduation ceremonies for each student is to walk across the stage and have their name read while shaking hand with your department head and Dean of your college while professor and loved one share in your achievement. For some of use this has been part of our motivation to achieve the things we have. This feeling of completion is being robed from the graduating engineering class. Why would we want to support a College and give back to as an alumnus when it is not willing to show support to those of us that are graduating. This gives us no motivation to even enjoy the commencement exercises. Are only option is to go and sit through the commencement ceremony, the College of Engineering will not have a college gradation to honor its student it has reared for four years or more. If this is a representation of what future education in the College of Engineering is going to be maybe we would have been better to go somewhere else. Granted not everyone attends graduation, but maybe we should be given that option instead of it being taken from us. Lizzette Oman