Industrial
Partnership Program
What do Industrial Partnership
Members Do?
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rovide opportunities for student
engineering employment
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romote relationships between WKU
engineering and our industrial and
business community
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ecommend enhancements to the
WKU Engineering programs
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ssist in recruitment of additional
industry partners
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ffer advice and financial support
Membership Benefits
• Being part of an outstanding group of
industry and community leaders
• Becoming employers of choice for the best
and the brightest
• Direct access to engineering faculty and
students
• Offering support to students on their path
to becoming the engineering practitioners
of the future
• Receive priority assistance with your
industry sponsored project needs and
student engineering employment needs
• Participating as a VIP invitee with special
privileges in the Engineering department’s
events, colloquia, conferences, and other
programs
At WKU we prepare
students to be competent
engineering practitioners
by combining traditional
coursework with
extensive involvement
in meaningful projects
at every level of their
college career. Our
industrial partners are visionary companies who
facilitate this in many ways: with showcases of
their work, with student employment before
and after graduation, with faculty-led industrial
research, and with industrial problems for
courses and senior design projects. Industrial
partners also serve on our advisory boards. We
invite you to contact Debbie Berry, our Industrial
Partnership Coordinator, to discuss your needs
and interests. She is our industrial liaison—our
“watering can”—nurturing the people and
processes to bring industrial experiences and
WKU Engineering together to cultivate the
region’s engineering talent. Thanks to Logan
Aluminum for providing the initial funding for
our WKU Engineering Industrial Partnership. We
are excited about our current partners and the
future growth of our program.
I am the WKU Engineering
Industrial Partnership
Coordinator. I filled the
new position in July 2011
and have currently been
working with our local
and regional industries in
the areas of engineering
employment, projects,
and partnership growth. My background in
industrial engineering, operations management,
sales and marketing has afforded me a strong
skill set to use in connecting our academic world
here in WKU engineering with our industrial
partners in the world of practicing engineers. I
look forward to the opportunity of assisting our
students, faculty, and industrial partners to make
connections together as we foster the continued
growth of our partnership and experience
exciting opportunities in engineering.
Sincerely,
Debbie Berry
Industrial Partnership Coordinator
WKU Engineering
Sincerely,
Dr. Julie Ellis
Department Head
WKU Engineering
Department of
Engineering
For more information, contact:
Debbie Berry
Industrial Partnership Coordinator
1906 College Heights Blvd.
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1082
(270) 745-2574
debra.berry@wku.edu
web: www.wku.edu/engineering
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Department of
Engineering
Industrial
Partnership
Program
Department of
Engineering
Industrial Partnership
MEMBERS
Department of
Engineering
What is the WKU Engineering
Industrial Partnership?
• A formal, institutionalized way to get WKU
Engineering students and faculty working
on meaningful industry projects and
offer students and alumni employment
opportunities with industrial partners.
• Visionary, advanced technology companies
committed to the growth of the region’s
engineering talent.
• It began as the Logan Aluminum Industrial
Partnership Program. An endowment to
fund engineering student fellowships was
created with a gift of $300,000 from Logan
Aluminum in February 2011.
• Membership fees for new members
are $5,000 annually for a three year
commitment. Fees will be used to support
the partnership program, students, and
faculty.
Industrial
Partnership Program
Special Recognition for Members
• Plaque of recognition will be displayed
on the Engineering Wall of Honor.
• Partners will be listed on the WKU
Engineering website and their logos
will be linked to their business
websites.
• Sponsoring Industrial Partnership
Engineering Scholarships will allow
for publicity on applications and
information forms that go out to
scholarship applicants.
• Members will receive special
recognition at the Engineering and
Science Career Fair.
• Members will have the opportunity
to be spotlighted in articles which
may include an article for the WKU
Engineering website or for the
Engineering Newsletter Publication.
Special Events for Members
• I ndustry Showcases, informal
get-to-know-you opportunities with
engineering students
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nnual Engineering & Science
Career Fair
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pportunity to speak to Engineering
classes or at Engineering Student
Organization meetings
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i-annual industry partnership meetings
with featured guest speakers
• I ndustry partnership meetings and
special recognition dinner event(s) which
may include a featured guest speaker
and/or an opportunity to network with
our engineering students and faculty
• I ndustry receptions such as Senior
Engineer/Industry Event or Tau Beta Pi
Event
A Message from Randy Schumaker,
President of Logan Aluminum, Inc.
Our vision in establishing the WKU Engineering
Industrial Partnership was to provide WKU’s
engineering students with greater access to
real-life problem solving opportunities in the
local manufacturing companies throughout
Bowling Green and the surrounding counties.
This Industrial Partnership will be one vehicle
to build and grow the necessary relationships
between WKU’s Engineering Department and
local manufacturers as we contribute to the
development of highly qualified engineers. As
industrial partners, we have the opportunity
to help the engineering program thrive and to
produce highly qualified graduates to fill our
employment needs. The opportunity to work
side by side with some of the most promising
engineering students in the region translates
into great value for our companies in improving
the quality of our workforce as well as
improving the retention of engineers as future
full time employees.
Trace
Die
Cast