EAST LANSING ? Who says STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lack interest for today’s college students. Michigan State University Wednesday reported its College of Engineering entering class more than doubled from 2006.
Leo Kempel, acting dean of the MSU College of Engineering, greeted freshmen and transfer students during opening ceremonies of the 2013 Colloquium Tuesday in East Lansing. Official attendance numbers won?t be available until October.
Freshmen in the College of Engineering total around 1,300 students, including 225 women that represent an increase of 30 percent of incoming female students from last year. All 1,300 of the students will take Introduction to Engineering Design (EGR 100), where they will pursue hands-on design projects in teams of four. More than half of the incoming students will live in Wilson Hall as part of the residential component of CoRe, the first year living-learning program.
There will be more than 4,200 undergraduates in the college this year. The College of Engineering also welcomed 10 new faculty members as the new academic year began.
MSU enrolled 7,800 freshmen and expects about 48,000 students on the East Lansing campus this academic year.
