University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 6, 1987 14 GM invites engineers on free trip to tour Detroit plant By TIM HAMILTON Staff writer Last week, a group of University of Kansas engineering students and faculty took a two-day trip to Detroit, for free. General Motors Corp. sponsored the visit to its plant as a gesture of good will toward the KU School of Engineering at a time when GM has cut back on recruiting efforts due to financial hard times. The group included Carl E. Locke, dean of the school, the chairmen from each department within the school, and presidents of the academic societies in each department. The group flew in a GM company jet to Detroit. The members toured the BOC-Orion Assembly Facilities, where GM builds Buicks, Pontiac and Cadillacs, and GM's Milford Grounds, where the cars are tested. Florence Boldridge, a member of the group and the director of the minority engineering organization. SCoRMEBE, said that in the past GN had been very supportive of KU but had not visited the campus to recruit since spring 1986. "They were letting us know in their own way that they're still interested in the KU program. Boldridge said. "They were taking over the departments were very pleased." Locke said the purpose of the trip was to maintain the relationship GM had with the KU program. "GM has identified what they call their key institutions," he said. "The University of Kansas is one of these Locke said GM had a long history of supporting the KU program. "GM has been very helpful to us in many other ways." he said. institutions." Locke said GM offered KU students numerous scholarships, summer internships and jobs after graduation. Boldridge said that each year the company presented GM Mark of Excellence awards to academic leaders in its organization. Locke said GM also recently had donated money robots lab Looke said free trips involving students were rare. and a robot to KU's robotics lab. "Periodically, companies invite faculty to tour facilities, but it is rare to invite faculty and students," he said. Kris Pilgrim, Bellevue, Neb., senior, and president of the Engineering Student Council, also said the trip was a rare occurrence. "I've never seen any company do that much. They usually do that only with individuals who they hope to hire," she said. "I guess it says a lot for KU in engineering school." Karen McMurray, Kansas City Mo., junior and president of SCoRMEBE, said the trip was very informative. "It's different for all students as far as what they got out of it," she said. "It shows you what the different options are out there." Boldridge said that students from individual departments sometimes made field trips but that trips of this size were unusual. 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