Confronting Global Challenges—Engineering Honors Endowed by Cook Family
Students in UT’s Tickle College of Engineering will soon benefit from someone who has always carried a torch for his alma mater.
Joe Cook, who graduated as an industrial engineering major and a Torchbearer in 1965, and his wife, Judy, have made a significant commitment to the honors program in the college. The UT Board of Trustees approved the naming of the honors program Joseph C. and Judith E. Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program at its meeting in Chattanooga today.
“By refining our honors program in such a way to deal with issues that impact lives on a global basis, students will get to participate in and observe the effects of their research and studies on the real world,” said Cook, of Nashville.
“By instilling practical engineering in our students, we hope to give them a portion of the means and the drive to match their dreams,” he continued. “Our students really will change the world.”