WSU's Michigan Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi receives the Chapter Project Award for the 16th consecutive year
Wayne State University's Michigan Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi (TBP), a national honor society for engineers, was recently awarded a Chapter Project Award. This award is presented to outstanding chapters with extensive project activity in each of the five diverse areas: Chapter/Social, Assisting the College, Promoting Engineering, Liberal Culture and Professional Development.
To the right: Maryssa Mercer, Michigan Epsilon president and WSU student, accepts the award certificate from Larry A. Simonson, president of Tau Beta Pi Executive Council.
The Chapter Project Award is awarded by the Tau Beta Pi Association Inc. during its annual national convention. Maryssa Mercer, Michigan Epsilon president and WSU biomedical engineering student, highlighted some of the chapter's efforts over the course of the past year that earned this recognition. Mercer reports, "The chapter volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, hosted a weekly MindSET session at Emerson Elementary/Middle School, participated in Engineering Futures sessions to help develop interpersonal skills and maintained our ongoing initiative to provide free tutoring to students in the College of Engineering."
In addition, WSU's chapter brought back a TBP $500 Chapter Project Award Scholarship, given to chapters who receive a Chapter Project Award three years in a row. The chapter was one of only 15 to receive this award out of 242 active collegiate chapters. In the past 16 years of being presented with a chapter award, WSU's chapter has brought in five student scholarships from its success.
"Being a member of Tau Beta Pi has allowed me to surround myself with engineering students, faculty and professionals that I greatly admire," Mercer says. "It is an empowering national community of people who embody the integrity and dedication characteristic of the best professional engineers. As Tau Bates, we challenge each other to strive for excellence in the classroom and make it a priority to give back to the college and community."
To be eligible for the Tau Beta Pi Scholarship for Michigan Epsilon, applicants must have freshman or sophomore standing within the College of Engineering. Further information on scholarship eligibility will be posted to the Tau Beta Pi website by February 2015. The deadline for this scholarship is in April 2015.
Tau Beta Pi is a national engineering honor society, founded in 1885 by Edward H. Williams, Jr. while a professor at Lehigh University. Its purpose is to recognize engineering students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges. The Michigan Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Pi was chartered at Wayne State University on March 10, 1951. More than 90 percent of the chapter's members are involved in activities ranging from service to social to professional and community service.
For more information on Tau Beta Pi visit the following site http://engineering.wayne.edu/org/tbp/