College of Engineering hosts EngineerFEST

As West Virginia University freshmen embark on their college journeys, the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is working to ensure they find a home within the large University.

The college hosted EngineerFEST Wednesday as an opportunity to show freshmen engineering students the various majors, clubs and organizations within the school.

The event featured multiple University leaders and organizations within the school.

Matthew Buchanan, a senior mechanical engineering student and Vice President for the American Society of Engineers, said he was excited for the chance to welcome freshmen into ASE.

"My goal for this event is to recruit enough freshmen, in the grand scheme of things, so that at the end of the year we don?t end up with too few people, and so we have enough people to donate their time to the community and help Monongalia County," he said.

Allison Arnold, a junior civil engineering student and secretary of the Engineers Without Borders program, said she was excited to introduce freshmen to her unique organization.

"We are trying to get more interest in the group. We are a more community service-oriented group," Arnold said. "We try to help out third-world countries and do international and local projects.

"So we are trying to generate some interest and show people that we are out here to do good and use engineering in ways that haven?t been used before ? just get the word out there and generate support."

Arnold said she believes EngineerFEST was the
perfect opportunity to help new students find their niche within the school.

"Think about when you?re coming in to a new place, and you have no idea what it is," she said. "It kind of gives the opportunity to say ?hey, I (am) actually really interested in that, and I want to do it?

"I know I wouldn?t have gotten into half the stuff I got into if I didn?t have this."

Mechanical and aerospace engineering freshman Andrew Hendricks said he was excited to see the numerous opportunities that lay before him as an engineering student.

"(I?m interested in) finding a diverse group of people ? all different types of engineers ? all having different types of job fields ? that I could potentially go into," he said.

Source: http://www.thedaonline.com/news/college-of-engineering-hosts-engineerfest-1.2893446

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