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The importance of thinking differently

When I was an electrical engineering student, most of my classmates looked like me and thought like me. Companies have learned in recent decades that having a workforce that consists mostly of white male engineers narrows their perspective and limits their capacity to innovate. We have learned that organizations are more likely to be successful over the long term if their members contribute racial, cultural, gender, geographic and disciplinary breadth. Similarly, top universities increasingly have students and faculty who bring a rich tapestry of knowledge and understanding due to their different races, religions and numerous other areas of experience and perspective.  


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Service as important as class

A part of my college education is missing. The classes I took were great (at least some of them), and I did well in my classes (at least some of them). But when I wasn’t in the library or lab trying to keep up with better-prepared students, I was working as a dishwasher in the cafeteria, earning money to pay for tuition.


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Palin, Measles and Fuchs in this weeks Darts & Laurels

Is it just us, or was this the longest week of all time? It seemed to creep along at a bafflingly slow pace. Maybe it’s because the mid-semester workload finally set in; maybe it’s because we’re going through a dire coffee shortage. Whatever the cause, it’s finally over. To make it official, here’s this week’s.. 



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