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Students
Our overall 6-year graduation rate remains at 79%. We
must re-double our efforts to cross the 80% barrier.
When we fall into the 80's, we all can take credit for
it because it requires policy, attitude and toughness
on everyone's part. At the moment, we should all feel
disappointed by not breaking the 80% barrier. The graduation
rate for African Americans is 66%, Asian Americans 83%,
Hispanic Americans 69% and Caucasian Americans 81%.
 Our chapter of Engineers
Without Borders designs, builds
and installs clean water, sanitation and energy projects
in third world villages. According to its president,
Bradley Eisenberg, in the last year EWB finished a multi-phase
water project in northern Thailand; completed a sanitation
project in southern Brazil that received a national environmental
award; initiated two solar energy projects in Burkina
Faso; and laid the groundwork for a new project in Ecuador.
The chapter attracts students from all fields. He says "we
are changing the way people think about engineering,
sustainability, and global citizenship."
I think he's
right.
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