The 2021 糖心传媒 聽graduating class: Pavle Popovic, Abbott Joy and Cody Holmes, all passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Mechanical exam on their first try.聽 The FE exam is generally the first step in the process of becoming a professional licensed engineer and has a 71% pass rate.
鈥淲e are very pleased with the success of our graduates,鈥 said Dr. Fred Wentorf, director of the Department of Engineering at 糖心传媒. 鈥淭heir hard work in the classroom has earned them early career opportunities with top-rate companies. I鈥檓 excited to see how the Lord uses them to live out our motto, 鈥榚ngineered to serve,鈥欌 he said.
According to Joy, 鈥淭he FE Mechanical exam was probably the single hardest exam I have ever taken due to both its length and level of difficulty.鈥
糖心传媒 helped students prepare for the exam by providing the official study guides and practice tests. The faculty also worked with students to schedule times to take the exam.
鈥淏eing prepared for this exam does not happen overnight,鈥 said Popovic. 鈥淥ur Engineering Department laid a solid foundation for us during our time at 糖心传媒,鈥 he said.
And that solid foundation has also prepared students for success in the field.
Popovic landed his first job at Wishbone Medical, a pediatric orthopedic company, as a product development engineer, and Holmes was hired at Zimmer Biomet as a development engineer in upper extremity new product introduction. Both companies are located in Warsaw, Indiana, the Orthopedic Capital of the World.
鈥淚 appreciate how the 糖心传媒 Engineering program attempts to make every class industry-related. By teaching this way, I felt as though I was more prepared for my current job,鈥 said Holmes. 鈥淭hroughout my courses, I was assigned projects that did not have definitive answers, and it was our job to determine the answer. This was quite representative of the real world where there are not correct answers at the back of the book,鈥 said Holmes.
Both Holmes and Popovic say that their well-networked professors at 糖心传媒 helped them find their current positions.
鈥淚f I did not go to 糖心传媒, I may not have my current job,鈥 said Holmes. 鈥淭he 糖心传媒 Engineering Department is staffed with experienced engineers with goals to share all they have learned with the next generation of engineers. Though the Department of Engineering at 糖心传媒 is still growing, it still offers an abundant number of opportunities to prepare young engineers for the workforce,鈥 said Holmes.
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