By: Former student of FEH

Former student of FEH
Thu, 16 May 2019 17:00:16 +0000

As an alumnus of FEH program who also happens to be from minority group, I am deeply concerned that office politics and diversity illusion has taken over Hitchcock Hall over the past few years. FEH, as well as FE, not only taught us about fundamentals of engineering but also prepared us for future challenges from major-specific classes and our eventual career. It also helps other engineering department by giving students a personal, early view of engineering discipline and let them make a second chance of choices about their career field, in case they find out engineering is not best match for their interest. I had classmates who switched majors after FE and eventually graduated from medical school. Therefore, it is critical that FEH and FE programs maintain their standard and focus on preparing students for entrance to their major, rather than conforming to the diversity illusion. Diversity is not FE's/FEH's strength; preparing qualified freshman students for entrance to engineering majors and eventual work field is the strength of OSU engineering education. Sadly, based on information from newsletter and fresh graduates, OSU COE is under constant corrosion by the diversity illusion, especially coming to selection of new faculty members. Faculty's racial or ethnic should never be a factor in determining their teaching skills and affirmative action hurts minority students in the long term. Therefore, I would urge my fellow alumni to carefully consider further donations to our alma mater before such issues are addressed. I am grateful for the training, guidance, and inspiration that I received from Professor Abrams, Professor Clingan, Professor Freuler, Professor Harper, Professor Schlosser, and many TAs who have since graduated. I sincerely hope we can keep the integrity of FE&FEH programs for future students.