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Many 窪蹋勛圖厙 students will greet spring break next week from a warm sandy beach, but 69 of them will instead spend their week off helping young students in rural communities learn about art, literacy and the environment. In turn, these 窪蹋勛圖厙 students will learn about life, culture and education in rural Washington.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙’s Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching has received a $4.4 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop and promote teaching practices that help undergraduate engineering students reflect on their experiences. The award establishes the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education that focuses on first- and second-year undergraduates who want to be engineers, especially those from underrepresented populations

Bobak Ferdowsi, a NASA flight engineer who became known as “Mohawk Guy” after sporting a mohawk hairstyle during the 2012 rover Curiosity’s landing on Mars, spoke to a class of 窪蹋勛圖厙 aeronautics and astronautics engineering students on Feb. 19. Ferdowsi was a student in the department and graduated from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in 2001.