IDEA will increase engagement with a focus on alumni connecting with current students. Dual degree engineering has produced over 4,000 alumni in the over 75 years of its existence. The initiative used to facilitate alumni engagement with current students is an initiative called, “Engineering is ME.”

Engineering is ME (Mentoring and Engagement) is a student outreach initiative facilitated through the campus experience management platform AUCConnect.

Students, alumni, and practicing engineers will be able to post a profile using the AUCConnect “connections tool” that lists availability and interests as a precursor for a connection. Students will be able to schedule mentoring and coaching focused video calls based on this with industry professionals and near career alumni. After cultivating relationships through video call, groups of students and alumni will schedule community service opportunities together so they can engage the local community. Through mentorship and engagement, students, alumni, and industry professionals are expected to build the relationships that are central to engineering identity development and success in the engineering profession.