One of the great resources available to BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering students is a wide network of alumni who are willing to help them with their academic and professional careers. In part, this network is due to the connections made by dedicated professors to former ECE students.
In order to strengthen the relationships between alumni, faculty, and current students, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering sponsors gatherings in areas with large concentrations of department alumni.
On October 24-25, 2019, Professors Aaron Hawkins and Michael Rice visited Colorado to make some of those connections. Specifically, they organized dinners in the Longmont/Ft. Collins and Lone Tree areas. Around 70 alumni attended.
Dr. Hawkins, the chair of the department, said of the experience, “Meeting with our Colorado alumni was fantastic. They were eager to hear about what was happening in the department and how they can engage with current students and recent graduates.”