Brent Wiedenfeld receives MSOE Alumni Association Award
| Published: 02/27/2012 |
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Brent Wiedenfeld, of Franklin, Wis., graduated with honors from Milwaukee School of Engineering on Feb. 25, 2012. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and a minor in operations management. Students who graduate with honors have achieved a cumulative grade point average between 3.20 and 3.69.
Wiedenfeld received the MSOE Alumni Association Award for Student Achievement. The award is given to a student who has made time in his or her hectic schedule to serve as a leader in university and community activities in addition to achieving academic excellence. Recipients are first nominated by faculty members in their respective academic departments and then the entire graduating class selects from among its peers the student who is most deserving of this prestigious award.
Wiedenfeld’s internship experience includes working at Country Thunder USA where he managed pre-planning and logistics to ensure the execution of great customer experiences during this music festival where the average attendance was 30,000 per day. He represented Country Thunder in negotiations with the Twin Lakes, Wis., city council where he was able to obtain event permits within the budget given him.
Prior to that experience, Wiedenfeld was a dining room supervisor and host at Tudor Oaks Retirement Community in Muskego, Wis. It was his responsibility to ensure good customer experiences, provide solutions for customer problems, and keep schedules on track.
In addition, as a volunteer, Wiedenfeld helped raise over $13,000 for Kapco Charitable Challenge. With this solid background, Wiedenfeld’s post-MSOE plans are to use his business degree to land a professional career in event planning.
MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor’s degrees and nine master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; extremely high placement rates; and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.