I believe engineers over the
years have been divorced from guiding the community in the
directions in which we should go. In other words, they have
been good servants of their employers, of their societies
in which they worked, but they have not acted as leaders.
My experience at Cal State Fullerton has demonstrated that
there has been a profound change in the mentality of the engineers.
Our original students were engineering students, but were
not involved in the community outside of engineering.
As time went on, our students became more practiced, more
involved and demonstrated leadership. With the more political
activities, came more resources. Engineers realized that by
being more involved, they could get more support for their
activities. I think we are moving in the right direction.
It is my hope that before long, we will see an engineering
student as president of Associated Students. Across the nation,
more and more engineers are getting involved in public life.
We are yet to match the legal profession, but I think we are
moving in the right direction. |