[ENCI-l] Civil Engineering Department Head's September Message

[Students in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program]

Dear Civil Engineering Students, Faculty and Staff,

Happy September - Welcome back and/or welcome to our department!

To our new 2nd year undergraduate students, our new M.Eng. and thesis based M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, welcome to our Department.  Some of you will have travelled far to arrive in our city (the 5th most livable city in the world and top in North America!) and some of you have joined us from 1st year choosing to make Civil Engineering your home.  To all of our returning students, our 3rd and 4th years, coming back from internship or continuing in your program, our M.Eng. students returning for another semester or year of studies, and our M.Sc. and Ph.D. students who have been with us all summer, welcome back.  Our faculty and staff welcome new members and our group of exceptional postdoctoral fellows also welcomes new scholars.
As the weather turns a bit cooler, September sees a renewed energy around campus.  We hope you will use this time to say hi to old friends, make new friends, or just stop and help a first year find their class.

In the Department of Civil Engineering, we improve the built environment in which we live - we improve quality of life.  We continue to focus on designing, building, maintaining and conserving sustainable and resilient infrastructure - where infrastructure covers everything from our water systems to our buildings and roads; we draw on technology and digital tools; we seek to understand our environment, how we interact with it, and always striving to be its guardians for those who follow us.  This upcoming year we will see a renewed focus on high impact research, enriching our graduate student experiences, and evolving and updating our undergraduate curriculum.  If you would like to get involved, I encourage you to reach out to any number of groups including our Civil Engineering Undergraduate Society (ceus at ucalgary.ca<mailto:ceus at ucalgary.ca>), or Civil Engineering Graduate Society (cegs at ucalgary.ca<mailto:cegs at ucalgary.ca>), or chat to a classmate, colleague or professor on how you can be involved.

With warm wishes,
Jocelyn Hayley

Jocelyn L. Hayley, PhD, PEng
Professor & Head, Civil Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
JHayley at ucalgary.ca<mailto:JHayley at ucalgary.ca>
schulich.ucalgary.ca/civil<http://schulich.ucalgary.ca/civil>



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