In the fall of 2018, the Colorado Mesa University campus will begin offering a new electrical and computer engineering degree thanks to an expansion of the nearly decade-old partnership with the University of Colorado.

CMU President Tim Foster made the announcement with CU Regent Glen Gallegos, CU Dean of Engineering Robert D. Braun and Rep. Scott Tipton (R) at Wednesday’s grand opening of Confluence Hall.

“I can tell that this place is well outfitted to equip people to go take their dreams of the future in mechanical and civil and soon electrical and computer engineering,” Braun said at the event.

It is likely this new program will be organized similarly wherein the first two years of the program are taught by CMU faculty and the last two years are taught by CU faculty who permanently reside in Grand Junction.

“So thanks, really, to you for your vision and your foresight in planning this program,” Braun said to Foster, “and thanks for being such a good partner in growing access to engineering education programs here on the Western Slope.”

While degrees earned through this program are awarded by the University of Colorado, CMU says the opportunity offers “the unique option of small class size and more contact with faculty while experiencing an engineering program equal in quality to that delivered on the CU-Boulder campus.”

The announcement was made to event attendees following a Rube Goldberg machine that dropped balloons on the crowd and some ribbing from Foster.

Braun.

“I always make fun of the University of Colorado because you guys move a little slower on things that we do,” Foster said. “But, I will tell you that Dr. Braun, Bobby Braun – The Braun – really is the exception to the rule that the University of Colorado moves slow.”

Classes were first held in Confluence Hall for the fall 2018 semester.

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