Chancellor cites College of Engineering in State of University address

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In his 16th and final State of the University address on Wednesday, Chancellor Harvey Perlman said a "collective internal commitment to drive this university forward" must continue at UNL.

Perlman pointed to the College of Engineering as one of the areas with plans already in motion that are imperative to the university's long-term success.

The chancellor noted the college’s steady progress in the last three years under the guidance of Dean Tim Wei. He noted that the college is positioned to contribute even more to UNL’s enrollment growth and research momentum. The engineering college also is critical to the state’s economic advancement and its competition with other states for the brightest minds, he said.

"For Nebraska, the production of more engineering graduates is critical for its economic advancement and here we are in competition with every other state — all of whom face a critical shortage of STEM graduates," Perlman said.

Computer science, particularly in software applications, is another field where demand for graduates exceeds supply, and where UNL is in a unique position to keep Nebraska competitive. He noted that UNL's computer science and engineering department is developing a new software engineering program to respond to industry demand, and it attracted Steve Cooper from Stanford to build on the extraordinary success of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering.



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