On Wednesday, about 50
people gathered for the first in
a series of luncheons in honor
of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the
Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Building. The event was hosted
by the Center for Engineering
Diversity and Outreach and Tau
Beta Pi, an engineering honors
society.
The event began with a pre-
sentation by two executive
board members of WeListen,
a club that strives to bridge
the political divide through
respectful discussion of con-
troversial
issues.Engineering
junior Arushi Agarwal, the
campus outreach officer for
Tau Beta Pi and organizer of
the luncheon, introduced the
speakers with a brief explana-
tion of the purpose of the lun-
cheon.
“One of Tau Beta Pi’s mis-
sions is to expand the knowl-
edge and understanding of en-
gineers beyond technical fields,
so that is one of the missions of
this luncheon series,” Agrawal
said.
While presenting, WeListen
co-President Kate Westa ad-
dressed the hesitance engineer-
ing students might have about
a politically-focused club, and
ensured them all students are
encouraged to participate re-
gardless of prior knowledge.
“We bring students from all
across campus, all majors, all
backgrounds, any person who’s
interested,” Westa said.
Agrawal told The Daily after
the event that having WeLis-
ten representatives speak at
the luncheon served to help
broaden student involvement
outside of engineering.
“I think the goal (of the lun-
cheon series) is really to give
engineers exposure to some-
thing beyond just technical
fields,” Agrawal said. “Usually
it’s focused towards some-
thing that MLK exemplified
— diversity, inclusion, some-
thing like that.”
Following
the
WeListen
presentation, Fred L. Terry,
Jr., professor of electrical
engineering
and
computer
science, spoke about the im-
portance of diversity and in-
clusion in engineering.
Terry presented on his own
role in diversity and inclusion
at the University. Terry was
recently awarded the 2019
North Campus Deans’ MLK
Spirit Award at the Univer-
sity’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
symposium on January 21.
He is also a member of the
First Generation Engineering
Advisory Committee and the
Electrical and Computer En-
gineering Committee for an
Inclusive Department.
In his speech he explained
how his experiences in aca-
demia have shaped him into
someone who values diversity,
equity and inclusion.
“I want to emphasize the
importance of a growth mind-
set,” Terry said. “I think that’s
something really critical in gen-
eral, but certainly in the area
of diversity, equity, and inclu-
sion, and how we relate to each
other.”
Terry also praised the WeLis-
ten initiative to foster conversa-
tion between polarized groups.
“I really admire them be-
cause I think it’s really critical
that we actual talk to each other
in a civil and reasoned way and
get to know each other because
that’s really a big part of human
understanding,” Terry said.
Terry concluded his speech
with a focus on the importance
of growth, the impact of role
models and the difficulty of
change.
“Achieving true equity and
inclusion in our classrooms is
going to require a continuing
effort and education of us who
are running the classes,” Terry
said.
Bruna Menezes, a Rackham
student and member of Tau Beta
Pi, told The Daily she found out
about the event through the
honors society and wanted to
learn more about diversity, eq-
uity and inclusion events at the
University.
“I’m very passionate about
the subjects Tau Beta Pi has,
and I didn’t even know the
topics but I knew they always
brings something very interest-
ing,” Menezes said.
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