Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology President Gerald Jakubowski discusses ideas with Governor Daniels about how the nationally-recognized college is an asset that can assist the state achieve its short- and long-term economic and education goals.

Press Release

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology President Gerald S. Jakubowski has been selected to serve a two-year term as chair of the Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU), an consortium of 22 institutions that includes Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University.
Jakubowski began a two-year term as president at the group's recent annual meeting. Robert A. Coons, Rose-Hulman's vice president and chief administrative officer, will serve as AITU's treasurer throughout Jakubowski's presidency.
AITU is a group of independent American engineering colleges which collaborates to further the needs of independent technology education. Under Jakubowski's leadership the consortium hopes to further define itself and its mission with official bylaws, a logo and Web page.
Jakubowski is no stranger to leadership roles in engineering education, serving as national president of the American Society for Engineering Education (2001), chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (2006-07), president of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering (1996-97), director of the Society of Automotive Engineers (1998-2004) and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Council on Education (1997-2001). He is also an ASME and ASEE Fellow, and received SAE's Excellence in Engineering Education Award.
Joining Rose-Hulman in AITU are Caltech, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), Case Western Reserve University (Ohio), Clarkson University (N.Y.), Cooper Union (N.Y.), Drexel University (Pa.), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.), Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Mass.), Harvey Mudd College (Calif.), Illinois Institute of Technology, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (Calif.), Kettering University (Mich.), Lawrence Technological University (Mich.), MIT, Polytechnic University (N.Y.), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.), Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.), Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.), Webb Institute (N.Y.) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.).
Rose-Hulman is a 1,950-student, private college that specializes in undergraduate engineering, science and mathematics education. The college has been ranked No. 1 for 10 consecutive years in U.S. News & World Report's annual guide of those colleges that offer the bachelor's or master's degree as its top degree in engineering.

Source: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology