Youngstown State University (YSU) recently profiled the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi. Known as the OH Lambda Chapter, they held their fall initiation on November 9. A total of 21 new members were initiated and became lifetime Tau Bates. Read the article for highlights of chapter activities and benefits of membership. Chapter president Libby... Continue Reading →
Academic All-Americans, Rhodes Scholars, & VCU Initiation (Nov. 2016)
Three Tau Bates were recently selected for the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division III Men's Soccer teams. Click here for the All-America Division III Men's Soccer first, second, and third teams. Steven E. Collins – NY G 2016, is a chemical engineering major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and first team All-American. He is an attacker... Continue Reading →
Cornell President, OH Iota Initiation, & Purdue Gift (Nov. 2016)
Martha E. Pollack, Ph.D. (MI G '79), has been elected as the 14th president of Cornell University (NY). She will assume the presidency beginning April 17, 2017. Currently, Dr. Pollack is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Pollack became a Tau Bate earlier this year as... Continue Reading →
Women in Energy Leadership, Top ROTC Cadet, & Golden Steering Wheel
The Houston Business Journal recently announced its 2016 Women in Energy Leadership: Women of Influence list. Two of this year's honorees are Tau Bates. They are Janine J. McArdle, NE A '83, CEO of Apex Strategies LLC; and Sara N. Ortwein, TX A '80, former president of ExxonMobile Upstream Research Co., and current president of... Continue Reading →
Student Profile, Civil Engineering Faculty Positions, & Haiti Awareness
Pearson Education recently profiled mechanical engineering student Amanda C. Haynes, TX Q 2018, and her aspirations to become a Disney Imagineer. Haynes is a junior at the University of Texas at El Paso where she uses "her passion for engineering and love of learning (to) help keep her motivated." In the article, she talks about... Continue Reading →
Presidential Rank Award, Remembering Dr. Golding, & ARTBA Division President
Jeff G. Arnold, Ph.D. (IL A '81), was recently named a recipient of a Presidential Rank Award. According to the article, the awards are given to members of the government's administrative classification known as the senior executive service. He will receive a framed certificate signed by the President of the United States of America. Dr.... Continue Reading →
Lab Dedication, Fall Initiation, & New Radiation Chair (Nov. 2016)
Gary B. Veurink, SD A '72, and his wife Ruth, were recognized this month at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for establishing "an endowment to help prepare chemical engineering students for their careers." In their honor, the industrial-scale chemical engineering teaching laboratory has been named the Veurink Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory.... Continue Reading →
Football & Volleyball Academic All-District & Tau Bate Startup (Nov. 2016)
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2016 Academic All-District Football teams, including Division I, II, III, and college (division). All First Team Academic All-District selections advance to the national Capital One Academic All-American ballot. There are six Tau Beta Pi members that have been named to the 2016 Capital One... Continue Reading →
GIS Hall of Fame, NASA Habitat Challenge, & UCF STEM Day
Mark Monmonier, Ph.D. (MD A '64), has been inducted into the GIS Hall of Fame at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Monmonier is a distinguished professor of Geography at Syracuse University. According to his URISA GIS Hall of Fame bio page, he is one of the... Continue Reading →
2016 Convention Press Release, Bent Monument, & New President (Nov. 2016)
The press release for Tau Beta Pi's 2016 Convention has been published. Click here to read it. The minutes and ratification ballot from Convention should be posted in early November. You will be able to view most of the Convention images online. More will be added daily. You may request large resolution images, if needed.... Continue Reading →
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