Engineering students embrace new pin ceremony
Posted: October 21, 2015 6:00 a.m.
Proudly displaying their new pins are students, alumni, faculty members, including Dr. Esam Hussein, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Margaret-Anne Hodges, President of the Association Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of James T. H. Hsieh.
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The Regina Engineering Students’ Society, with support from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, has held its first annual Honour Pin Ceremony.
“The ceremony promotes ethical behaviour by students undertaking the journey at the University of Regina of becoming eligible to register as professional engineers,” says Nicole Barber, President of the Regina Engineering Students’ Society. “The pin bears an isometric University of Regina Engineering symbol to remind students that their behaviour as a U of R engineering student must reflect the high standards of the profession they have chosen.”
The ceremony was well attended by students, faculty and alumni.
“Engineering is a profession that requires high ethical standards so this is a symbol of being honourable and ethical as a student,” says Dr. Esam Hussein, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. “Upon graduation, graduates receive an iron ring which reminds them of their obligation to society, the environment, and the public. We hope this ceremony will instill good values and ethics while in school and have provided a pin to wear as a reminder.”
The ceremony was also attended by Margaret Anne-Hodges, President of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS). The code of ethics was adapted from APEGS.
It reads in part that students “shall act at all times with honest and trustworthiness towards my peers and society.”
The ceremony, held Sept 18, 2015, will be an annual event for all incoming engineering students.
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