The Character Forward Initiative
Great Engineers, Good People
Every university shapes the character of its students. Often, this happens implicitly and unintentionally. We want to make this explicit. We want to bring Character Forward.
We aim to intentionally cultivate positive character traits through our curricular and co-curricular activities. The goal is that our graduates receive a rigorous engineering education while also becoming better people.
Character Forward Workshop: Oct. 15
8:30 am-2:30 pm • Blue Devil Tower • Meals provided
For staff and faculty. We’ll introduce character education, reflect on the history of engineering ethics education and identify the character traits we want to cultivate. Plus, we’ll learn about co-curricular opportunities that put character into practice.
Leadership Team
Rich Eva, Director
Rich earned a PhD in philosophy from Baylor University and a BA from Princeton. He specializes in ethics, pedagogy and political philosophy. His experience as a D1 athlete at Princeton sparked his interest in leadership and character development. After Princeton, he worked in New York as an assistant vice president at Barclays Bank helping organize pro bono service initiatives. Rich returned to academia to investigate questions in applied ethics.
Christian Ferney
Associate Director for Education, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Lisa Gresham Huettel
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor of the Practice of ECE
Cameron M Kim
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Ann Saterbak
Director, First-Year Design Program, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Stacy L. Tantum
Bell-Rhodes Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George A. Truskey
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering