IME alumni recognized for leadership
Joan Wagner -- 2015 WSU Young Alumni Award
Laura Bernstorf -- 2015 Class -- 40 Under 40 Wichita Business Journal, 2014 WSU Young Alumni Award
Leadership includes multiple dimensions -- leadership in facilitating the accomplishment of goals established by the employer, leadership in the profession to improve its effectiveness, leadership in the community to move it forward in its development and leadership at a personal level impacting the lives of individuals. These three individuals have demonstrated all of these dimensions.
Individually they have moved to increased responsibility as well as functions in their organizations.
- Larry Randle from Industrial Engineer (2007) to Quality Manager to Business Leader
- Joan Wagner from Industrial Engineer (1999) to Sales Operation to Systems Engineering
- Laura Bernstorf from Flight Test Coordinator (2004) to Government Business Project Engineer to Senior Project Management Specialist
Service to one's community and profession are essential attributes those who lead the rest of us to a better future. This investment provides little in the way of professional advancement but demonstrates a willingness to commit to the larger society.
Larry Randle
- Boys and Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas -- Corporate Board of Directors
- SMC Family Life Center -- Board Vice President and Charter Member
- National Society of Black Engineers -- President and Charter Member
Joan Wagner
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (National) -- Senior Vice-President of Industry, Senior Vice-President of Regional Operations and Regional Vice-President for the South Central Region
- Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland/Girl Scouts of the Golden Plains -- Board of Directors
Laura Bernstorf:
- Young Professionals of Wichita -- Board of Trustees
- Wichita Chamber of Commerce -- Board Executive Committee
- The ARC of Sedgwick County -- Board of Trustees
The faculty, students and alumni are proud to be associated with individuals of character. The intersection of our lives has been the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering program at Wichita State University.