(l–r) Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Dean of MSU's School of Engineering, with Welliver Fellows Dr. S. Keith Hargrove and Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias
M O R G A N S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y “I’m very excited to be here,” said Dr. Ladeji-Osias, on the phone at Boeing’s Commercial Airlines Division in Seattle, Wash., during the first week of the fellowship. “I’m getting to see so much about Boeing and the way they do business. And I’m getting to meet many managers and engineers…. I’ll be learning about Boeing’s expectations of recent college grads, and I’ll be able to take real-world examples back to the classroom, including realistic projects for my students. “I expect to make some contacts during the program so Morgan graduate students can get internships and the University will have research and funding opportunities in the future,” she continued. “I’ve been assigned a project to work on that will allow me to interact with the nine other faculty members in the program.” Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias “I think (the Welliver program) is excellent,” said Dr. Hargrove. “It is probably one of, if not the only program that has a structured format that allows faculty to get industry experience but also learn about business and engineering practices. I’m just elated that a program like this exists.
“This is an excellent initiative that Morgan is doing to promote professional development for its faculty,” he added, “and it should encourage other faculty to do the same to enhance classroom learning and their research.”
MSU's S. Keith Hargrove, Ph.D. and Jumoke LadejiOsias, Ph.D., with other Welliver Fellows at Boeing’s Commercial Airlines Division in Seattle, Wash. Above: (left, standing) Boeing program manager Trina Medley, Dr. Howard G. Pearlman of Drexel University; (back row, left to right) Dr. S. Keith Hargrove of Morgan State University, Dr. Raúl Ordóñez of the University of Dayton, Dr. Ruth C. King of the University of North Carolina–Greensboro, Boeing mentor Bill Black; (second row, left to right) Dr. Cheryl L. Allen of Morehouse College, Masoud Rais-Rohani of Mississippi State University, Dr. IkWhan G. Kwon of St. Louis University; (seated, left to right) Dr. Jumoke “Kemi” Ladeji-Osias of Morgan State University, Prem Kumar Kalra of the Indian Institute of Technology and Dr. Sherali Zeadally of the University of the District of Columbia
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