Building an Educational Foundation for Civil Engineers Civil engineering associate professor Laura Kosoglu lays the groundwork for students’ academic success in the classroom, and then she builds on it with hands-on experiences in the field and lab. “One of my goals is to create a strong foundation for students. Then they need to solidify that knowledge with practical experiences,” says Kosoglu, associate chair of the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) and director of CEIE’s graduate program. “Good teaching looks easy, but it’s not. The more effort I put into the course, the more students become engaged and learn,” she says. Her dedication to education earned her Mason’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2016, and she was selected for the 2019–20 Leadership Legacy Program, designed for Mason full-time faculty and staff who are committed to furthering their leadership development.
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