Many of the gifts and grants to SEAS have originated with these loyal men and women, who maintain ties with faculty and students and are alert to new opportunities. Some of our students serve as VEF volunteers even before they graduate. George and three others among the Class of '97, Kimberly Fields Jessica Farris and Jennifer Young, have agreed to continue serving as trustees of the foundation after they leave the University. Our fall edition of this newsletter highlighted another group of alumni from across the nation who help our students with their professional careers, by volunteering to be listed on the Alumnet database. They help students who contact them to find good job opportunities.
Some excellent volunteers come from among our faculty, of course.
Kathryn Thornton is a relatively new but absolutely unique resource, willing to share her enthusiasm and experiences as an Astronaut in presentations to alumni, students, corporate visitors and occasionally to a broader audience such as the millions of viewers who watched CNN's recent coverage of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission where she provided live commentaries. Other faculty such as Don Kirwan, Yacov Haimes, Tom Hutchinson, Barry Johnson and Bill Roberts have prepared and delivered talks that added interest to alumni events and public open houses. It would be difficult if not impossible to list all of the contributions made by volunteers and their total effect on the engineering school, but it's safe to say this would be a very different and poorer institution without them. We're all deeply in their debt. Back to top Page Created by James Babski and Bill Bennett .