>> Any engineering degree can get you to where I'm sitting.
I think what you do outside of that degree is what's going
to build your project management skills.
So the engineering degree will get you that technical mindset,
will get you that technical background however to be a strong project manager you've got
to have a really good time management skillsets, which means that when you're in college you got
to get your hands in a couple of other things.
Get your hands in some outside organizations, volunteer for any sort of community events,
ensure that you're well-rounded as you go through your education.
Students should be doing what matters to them so if leadership is a goal for them
or if leadership is just something that they want to build some skills, I know the college
of engineering offers the Leadership Academy
which I can attest is an incredible, incredible program.
Along the sidelines, just seeing that they've done some other things with their time
in college, seeing that they've stretched themselves, seeing that they can step --
if there's something that sticks out that shows that they've stepped outside
of their comfort zone a bit during their college career.
Not just taking the same pathway you go through your freshman, sophomore, junior,
senior level classes and graduate.
Showing that they've done some things to really grow outside of those classes.