Messages from the Chair and the Dean

Message from the Chair

It takes a community to achieve the level of success that we’ve had with the Inspiring Greatness Campaign. And what a success it is. Thanks to our alumni volunteers, donors, friends, and corporate supporters, this campaign achieved the highest level of giving in the 100-plus year history of Queen’s Engineering and Applied Science.

A key pillar of the overall Queen’s Initiative Campaign, our Inspiring Greatness Campaign raised over $90 million (our initial goal was $70 million)! This support also led to over $24 million in government funding which will support the new Engineering facilities at the Innovation and Wellness Centre at 67 Union Street. The impact on our students, faculty, programs, and spaces is already in motion.

Our community includes a hardworking Campaign Cabinet, and as chair, I want to extend my gratitude to those who volunteered their time and energy to this campaign. They are deeply committed to Queen’s and are true examples of leaders who understand why it’s so critical to ensure that the Faculty remains strong and innovative.

Queen’s Engineering gave me my start and helped to shape my career path. I joined the campaign because I’m grateful for that experience, and I wanted to give that same experience to those who follow in our footsteps. We are the history of Queen’s Engineering, but we also play a significant role in securing its future.

With a focus on innovation and leadership, both inside and outside the classroom, Queen’s Engineering is graduating the future leaders of this country. On behalf of the entire campaign cabinet, thank you for your generosity, your spirit, and your commitment to the next generation.

Mike Norris, Civil Engineering ‘75 Inspiring Greatness Campaign Chair

Message from the Dean

Leadership is a common theme at the Faculty. Our students already come to us as talented individuals who have demonstrated key leadership skills, but we have a core goal to refine those skills through faculty mentoring and inspiring experiences and challenges outside of the classroom.

They also have you, an extraordinary example of leadership in philanthropy. The very fact that our Inspiring Greatness Campaign not only reached but surpassed our target is testimony to the leadership that you have demonstrated to our students. It tells them that you believe in their future, and that you are committed to giving them an educational experience within the collaborative, interdisciplinary setting they need to thrive in a rapidly changing, global environment.

You’ve also set them a new challenge. As our students graduate and move on to their own careers, they will remember your generosity and your commitment to education and discovery. They will know that Queen’s alumni and friends lead by example.

On behalf of the entire Faculty, thank you so much for your support. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to engineering education. Your contributions truly are inspiring greatness—in our school, our students, our faculty, and in discoveries for our future.

Kimberly A. Woodhouse

Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science