Second century of success under way
| Published: 02/25/2013 |
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The old adage, “Time flies when you’re having fun,” certainly applies at MSOE. It seems like just yesterday that the university was celebrating its centennial year, and in 2013, MSOE is celebrating its 110th anniversary.
The past decade was marked with many achievements. The physical footprint of the campus grew with the addition of the Kern Center and Grohmann Museum, as did the breadth of activities for students. In 2013 another new facility, the athletic field and parking complex, will open, bringing the MSOE campus to 20 acres. In addition, the university will open a new suite of nursing laboratories and classrooms.
During the past decade MSOE was the first in the nation and/or Wisconsin to establish an endowed chair of servant-leadership; take first place in both the Design-Build and Commercial Construction competitions; gain the first ever, back-to-back national honor of having Academic All-Americans in the same sport; offer a B.S. in biomolecular engineering, with a suite of labs to accompany; and offer a five-year, freshman-to-master’s degree in civil engineering.
On the technology front, MSOE launched a virtual visit, mobile website and mobile app. The university also revamped the college admission process by creating “Bridge,” a dynamic, online social community for prospective students that now has more than 6,000 members.
Since 2004, MSOE has served as the National Affiliate University for Project Lead The Way’s Pathways to Engineering program in Wisconsin, and was selected as the Midwest affiliate for the PLTW Biomedical Sciences program in 2011.
Please visit our Facebook Timeline which highlights some of MSOE’s major accomplishments from the past 110 years.
The future is bright for MSOE, as it is for our students. Graduates enjoy an extremely high placement rate of 94 percent; and the highest average starting and mid-career salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc.