Hoover Mentoring Workshop
Friday, November 10, 2006
Scheman Continuing Education Center
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical Engineering honors the memory of a long-time civil engineering faculty member at Iowa State University. Hoover mentored his students to help them realize their full potential. He had a profound influence on many people. The Hoover Mentoring Workshop was
established to
- Provide a forum for engineering students, faculty, and
practitioners to learn about mentoring
- Motivate and inspire undergraduate and graduate students to
realize their full potential
- Encourage students to seek out a mentor
- Invite practicing engineers to be mentors
- Foster interaction between students, faculty, and practicing
engineers
- Provide resources to assist individuals in being good mentors
and mentees
- Host the James M. Hoover Lecture, an annual lecture by an eminent engineer
Keynote Speaker
James K. Mitchell, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech
“LESSONS FROM LEGENDS: Some Technical, Professional, and Life Teachings from Shapers of Geotechnical Engineering”
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For more information please, contact Vern Schaefer at
515 294-9540, vern@iastate.edu
