Save Tulane Engineering

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This is a petition to signify that we, the students, faculty, friends and alumni of Tulane University will not stand idly by while School of Engineering is destroyed. Signing this petition signifies that you see there are alternate methods to secure the future of Tulane, and, more importantly New Orleans. This petition will be a place to gather support for the initiative to Save Tulane Engineering. For more information e-mail savetulaneengineering@gmail.com

3625 Signatures

  • William Clarkson
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    • Aren't there other degree programs that could in some way make up for abolishing engineering?
  • Will Clarkson
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    • Aren't there better ways to save the University money?
  • Ryan Waldron
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    • get the support of the Yahoo guy and the netscape guy.
  • Eric Thum
  • Arnold Thum
  • Ana Maria Saaibi
  • Devin Hendricks
    • Comments
    • Cowen should resign.
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    • Move athletics to division III - it will be a way to save money AND we'll actually be good at football at a Div III level.
  • Jessica Franklin
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  • Justin C Mikowski
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    • Stickers, T-Shirts, Petitions, News Coverage? Anything that shows mass support of Tulane and its Engineering School.
  • tony lamanna
    • Comments
    • Eliminated Professor
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Dr Cowen said that this was an "Irreversable Decision". Prove him wrong.
  • Maren Leopold
    • Comments
    • let's not cut out the programs we need to rebuild New Orleans
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • find another way to cut cost! don't cut engineering
  • Bryan Bell
  • Taryn Jane Davis
  • Greg Cmarik
  • Benjamin Curole
  • Gareth Doskey
    • Comments
    • Dropping engineering discredits my existing degree and is a shame to the Tulane name. It is an insult to identify engineering as not 'world class' in comparison to other programs. I am very angry.
  • Brandon Carey
    • Comments
    • I think this is an incredibly short sighted and foolish move on Cowen's part and it shows that he does not feel Tulane should be part of the efforts to rebuild and restore New Orleans.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • If programs have to be cut, cut ones that are not vital to rebuilding New Orleans
  • Steven Miller
    • Comments
    • Mechanical Engineering '08
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  • Kristina Kraemer
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    • Please do not ask us to compromise ourselves. By doing this, you will have left me with the choice to either leave my city, my family, and my friends or sacrifice my future career.
  • Molly E. Oehmichen
    • Comments
    • I am a sophomore BME at Tulane, and although my program was not cut, I know this is a great loss for the Tulane community, and I am 100\% ready to save Tulane Engineering.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Mass mailing to all Tulane Engineering Alumni, notifying them of the changes and asking for help in any and EVERY way that they can. We could also look into a sort of 'corporate sponsorship' of individual departments, where a company who has hired a lot of Tulane Engineers and loves Tulane and our programs, may be willing to commit to a sponsorship for a couple of years until Tulane gets finances in better shape.
  • Jo Leissinger
  • Bryan Cole
    • Comments
    • Engineering is vital to restoring the city of New Orleans and bringing vital research dollars into the city.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Fundraising among alumni/student protest
  • Aurora Luscher Sharrard
    • Comments
    • Civil Engineering 2001
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • In a city that's rebuilding, engineers are the vital link to short and long-term sustainable development. Who better to provide the future engineers for New Orleans than Tulane?
  • Joshua Furie
  • David Revill
  • Robert Murrell
    • Comments
    • This is rediculous
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Cut sports down to D-IAA like proposed a few years ago...it was planned to save $20mill...isn't that what we need?
  • Natalia Gorzoch
    • Comments
    • I'm angry. I'm upset. I believe there are better ways. I still want to graduate from Tulane.
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  • Benjamin C. D'Arensbourg
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  • Jordan Oehmichen
  • James A. Lancaster
    • Comments
    • Why would New Orleans need FEWER engineers right now, of all times?
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Set a deadline for fundraising before cutting programs completely, and scale back by half starting in the next admission session.
  • Jennifer Munson
    • Comments
    • New Orleans needs engineering now more than ever; Dr. Cowen has noted that Tulane will have a large role in the recovery of the city. Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, and Electrical engineers are a key component of city development. A school does not become "academically stronger" by cutting academic departments. The student body has been misled into thinking that Tulane wlil be what it was and that the faculty will remain. Announcing removal of departments and dedicated faculty from the school after undergraduates' decisions about returning have been made is deceitful. Dr. Cowen should be ashamed to say that Tulane is a research institution and then cut departments that contribute large amounts of research to the community.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Academics are more important than sports. Football is unnecessary and costly. Rebuilding/finding locations for the football team to play could cost more than allowing these departments to exist.
  • Marissa Novak
  • Jennifer Munson
    • Comments
    • New Orleans needs engineering now more than ever; Dr. Cowen has noted that Tulane will have a large role in the recovery of the city. Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, and Electrical engineers are a key component of city development. A school does not become "academically stronger" by cutting academic departments. The student body has been misled into thinking that Tulane wlil be what it was and that the faculty will remain. Announcing removal of departments and dedicated faculty from the school after undergraduates' decisions about returning have been made is deceitful. Dr. Cowen should be ashamed to say that Tulane is a research institution and then cut departments that contribute large amounts of research to the community.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Academics are more important than sports. Football is unnecessary and costly. Rebuilding/finding locations for the football team to play could cost more than allowing these departments to exist.
  • Samar Sikka
    • Comments
    • Removing the majority of the engineering program is a short-sighted move that can only serve to weaken the proud institution that is Tulane University. Tulane boasts one of the largest Engineering programs in the South and ranks as one of the highest in the country. I can not fathom any intelligent reason for eliminating such an important program.
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Last year there was a motion to cut some of the budget in the sports program, showing that the sports program is already placing a financial burden on Tulane. Perhaps the decision to save the sports program can be re-evaluated and funds for grants can be cut instead of removing the engineering program entirely.
  • shola cardoso
    • Comments
    • former ME '08
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • get alumni to help
  • Amy Leonard
  • Reilly Thompson
  • Jeremy Cohen
    • Comments
    • I am an alumnus. B.S. BME '04
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Redirect the recent donation of $60 million from scholarships in order to fund the school for the next few years.
  • Powell M. Kinney
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  • Kristin L Moan
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    • I am truly upset we will be losing the department, but even more so that the students who have been at Tulane previously are being asked to leave. It is disgraceful that the University is turning away its own students and refusing to let them graduate.
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    • Alumni support...
  • Carl J. Hanks
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    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Get rid of football
  • Caroline Haas
    • Comments
    • BME 07
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    • I would like a monetary breakdown of all the academic programs and atheltics. What they cost and how much they bring in. I am sure that cutting strong academic programs is NOT the best option. We want the most feasable option, not the easiest.
  • David Howard
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    • CS Class of '06
  • Max Hetzer
    • Comments
    • Graduate Chemical Engineering
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Alumni support/industrial donations/cut basket-weaving departments (i.e. sociology, psychology, etc)/ rethink the budget, there must be some cuts that the departments can do to save money
  • Heather Glasgow
    • Comments
    • You cannot cut academic programs in the middle of someone's college career. Some of the programs being cut are the reason students came to Tulane in the first place. This is totally out of line!!
  • Erin Dooley
  • Cindy M Littleton Hetzer
  • jeff willis
    • Comments
    • we have to gain alumni support
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    • Alumni and other Engineering schools
  • jeff willis
    • Comments
    • we have to gain alumni support
    • Ideas for Saving Engineering
    • Alumni and other Engineering schools
  • William Dooley