College
of Engineering
Outstanding
graduate - Heather skow
By
Gina Ponce
On-line Forty-Niner
Senior
Heather Skow, electrical engineering major,
did not originally plan to attend Cal State
Long Beach. That all changed when she came
to visit the campus and “got a good feel”
for it.
This President’s Scholar came to CSULB from
Sacramento. The summer before her senior
year of high school, Skow went to a camp
in New York that introduced students to
different types of engineering. After this
trip, she decided what her major would be
in college.
Skow spent her time at CSULB involved in
many extracurricular activities. She is
a member of Phi Kappa Phi national honor
society, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering
honor societies.
“I’ve somewhat envied students who don’t
seem to care and just have fun, to some
extent,” Skow said. “But, I’ve enjoyed being
challenged in my classes and, especially
making many good friends through the President’s
Scholar’s program.”
Skow has also been active with the Associated
Engineering Student Body as a representative
and is in her second term as president of
the CSULB Society of Women Engineers.
“I have volunteered at Women in Engineering
Day for several years and have been involved
with the Society of Women Engineers section,
helping at events like Girl Scout Badge
Day, helping groups of girls get their aerospace
badge,” Skow said.
Hassan Mohamed-Nour, electrical engineering
professor at CSULB, currently has Skow as
a student, and said she is organized, well-disciplined
and takes her work very seriously. He said
she also works very well with her colleagues.
“[Heather] is really an ideal student that
any professor would wish to have,” Mohamed-Nour
said.
Bringing a positive attitude to the classroom
and an appreciation for the work of others.
Mohamed-Nour said he thinks success means
a lot to her. Most students would not be
able to handle everything that Skow does,
Mohamed-Nour said. “She is unique in the
sense that she can combine everything, academic
and non-academic, together.”
Skow has accepted a position with the federal
government on the East Coast starting this
year in August. She wants to give herself
a little time off but said she may go to
graduate school in the future.
“I want to give myself a chance to work
a little and see what area I want to concentrate
in,” Skow said. “Engineering is so broad.
I would have to just pick something and
if I didn’t like it, it would be a waste
of time.”
“Heather deserves to be an outstanding grad,”
Mohamed-Nour said. “I see foresee a good,
successful future for her and a very leading
career.”
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