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Kudos to Sydney Block, who just finished her BS in civil & environmental engineering, was among the multitude of 51ÁÔÆæ students who had job offers before graduation. She also was one of 190 degrees conferred by the college this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While earning her undergraduate degree, Block served as president of the 51ÁÔÆæ chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and also as a design lead with 51ÁÔÆæ chapter of Engineers Without Borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the summer of 2024, she began an internship with Stantec\u2019s Community Development Group and is now continuing as a full-time employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the slideshow in the 51ÁÔÆæ REPORT.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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