NEWS Summer 2017
Volume 11, Issue 3
A publication of the Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University.
In This Issue: Department Hosts Women In Construction Institute..................... 1 Ozbek Appointed Examiner.............2 PADB Spotlight: US Engineering.......3 Senior Publishes Textbook............. 4 Guggenheim Upgrades................... 4 PADB Spotlight: Hensel Phelps........5 The Punch List................................6 Upcoming Events............................6
Department Hosts Inaugural Women in Construction Management Summer Institute
Participants pose with Milwaukee gift bags in the Soils Lab
Advancing the knowledge and practice of construction management for the betterment of society through teaching, applied research, and service to local, national, and global communities.
The inaugural Women in Construction Management Summer Institute, held June 7-10, gave several successful alumnae of CSU’s construction management department a chance to tell high school students how they established successful careers in a maledominated field. Participants in the institute included seven students from CSU’s Alliance Partnership high schools, seven from a geometry/construction program at Loveland High School, one from Colorado Springs and one from Denver Public Schools. They learned that stereotypes about the construction industry aren’t always accurate. “Construction is not just swinging a hammer or holding a sign by
the side of the highway,” explains Kayla Boos, the department’s student recruitment coordinator and academic adviser. “It’s organization, it’s leadership, and it’s people skills, too. You have to be smart to be in this field, and you have to work hard.” The feedback from the attendees was extremely positive and validated the departments goals set for the Institute. “This has opened my eyes...to this field,” said one young woman. Another, when asked if she would recommend the program to others responded with an enthusiastic, “Heck yes! I would love to be a part of the program in any way next year. I loved everything about it.”