MSE Department Activity on Fostering Community and Culture
The Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Department at Lehigh University is committed to a positive educational culture in our department, college, university, and beyond. We take pride in our students and strive to support all members of our Lehigh community. To cultivate an engaged and resilient department, we focus on the following actions:
- We, the faculty, staff, and students in the MSE department, meet regularly as a committee to discuss topics affecting to our community and promote culture.
- We are devoting at least the first five minutes of every departmental faculty and staff meeting to discuss C&C topics. These discussion topics may include vignettes specific to Lehigh, reviews or discussions of related publications, and examples of best practices.
- We will communicate a summary of ongoing C&C activities in the department, college, and university to our student body each semester.
- We will share mechanisms to report feedback and incidents within the department and beyond.
- Every semester, the MSE C&C committee will reevaluate departmental practices related to C&C and provide recommendations to the department to reinforce our ongoing commitment to our goals.
- Our departmental C&C committee will also coordinate with other C&C and C&C-related action at the college and university level each semester to maximize impact across campus and beyond.
MSE C&C Committee:
- Gaby Ramirez (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Jennifer Schuler (Faculty), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Joel Garcia Jr. (Graduate Student), pronouns: he, him, his
- Lesley Chow (Faculty), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Nicholas Strandwitz (Faculty), pronouns: he, him, his
- Rhianna Kneebone (Staff), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Ruby Torres (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Siddha Pimputkar (Faculty), pronouns: he, him, his
- Tenzin Sherpa (Graduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
Former C&C Committee Members:
- Casey Dolan (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Diana Hammerstone (Graduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Eli Resnick (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: he, him, his
- Em Soule (Graduate Student), pronouns: they, them, she, her
- Itzel Esparza (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Joshua Agar (Faculty), pronouns: he, him, his
- John Tolbert (Graduate Student), pronouns: he, him, his
- Jonny Valenzuela (Graduate Student), pronouns: he, him, his
- Laura Moyer (Staff), pronouns: she, her, hers
- Savannah Buzzeo (Undergraduate Student), pronouns: she, her, hers