2008 Woodie Awards
Candidate rejects medical school idea
Next two forums will take place Monday, Wednesday
By: Mike Wayland
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
"(Shen is) a civil engineer, he's a transportation engineer, and he has much experience and has made many contributions and has many achievements and so forth as a professor, as a researcher, a consultant and as an academic administrator," said Thomas Moore, library dean and head of the selection committee.
Shen is a former associate dean of engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing at FIU.
During the forum, he spoke about his accomplishments there, and how he contributed to the growth of the university and would like to do the same for CMU.
He said CMU has all the ingredients to be more successful and grow with its dynamic and dedicated faculty, great undergraduate program and students.
However, he believes research is critical for the survival of a university.
"The most important reason we do research is the difference between university and community college - we are not only in the transportation of knowledge business, we are also in the creation of knowledge business," Shen said.
Eric Linton, assistant biology professor, said he thinks the forum with Shen went well.
"(Shen) gave a lot of his own personal voice," Linton said. "I thought he presented himself very well and gave some great ideas."
There are two forums remaining. Ian Davison, an independent researcher and an adjunct curator for the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, will speak Monday. William J. Brittain, vice president of polymer and surface sciences at Bausch and Lomb, will visit Wednesday. Both forums are scheduled to take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Brooks 201.
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Shen is a former associate dean of engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing at FIU.
During the forum, he spoke about his accomplishments there, and how he contributed to the growth of the university and would like to do the same for CMU.
He said CMU has all the ingredients to be more successful and grow with its dynamic and dedicated faculty, great undergraduate program and students.
However, he believes research is critical for the survival of a university.
"The most important reason we do research is the difference between university and community college - we are not only in the transportation of knowledge business, we are also in the creation of knowledge business," Shen said.
Eric Linton, assistant biology professor, said he thinks the forum with Shen went well.
"(Shen) gave a lot of his own personal voice," Linton said. "I thought he presented himself very well and gave some great ideas."
There are two forums remaining. Ian Davison, an independent researcher and an adjunct curator for the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, will speak Monday. William J. Brittain, vice president of polymer and surface sciences at Bausch and Lomb, will visit Wednesday. Both forums are scheduled to take place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Brooks 201.
news@cm-life.com
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