Exceptional student engineers

The Rhodes Trust has announced the 2014 class of American Rhodes Scholars. This year, thirty-two American men and women were chosen as Rhodes Scholars from a pool of 208 finalists. Two of this year’s Rhodes Scholars are Tau Beta Pi members. Read the press release and profiles on all of the American Rhodes Scholars-elect for 2014.

1. Melissa L. McCoy (GA Alpha 2012) – graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in chemical engineering and intends to
do the M.Sc. by research in environmental chemical engineering at Oxford.
2. Drew A. Birrenkott (WI Alpha 2013) – a senior majoring in biomedical engineering, biochemistry, and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with plans to do the M.Phil. in development studies at Oxford.

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Several Tau Beta Pi chapters are holding their fall initiations from November through January. We enjoy sharing pictures of our newest members. Below you will see an image from the New York Tau Chapter at Binghamton University. Their initiation was held November 19 and they initiated 43 junior and senior engineering students. Welcome!

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On the official student blog for civil and environmental engineering at Lehigh University, Kathryn N. Hooven, PA A 2016, wrote an entry about her recent initiation into the Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. Hooven is a senior double majoring in civil engineering and architecture, she is a commuter student, played club rugby, and is vice president of the school’s steel bridge team.

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