ExxonMobil pledges support of MechSE students

9/12/2014 2 min read

ExxonMobil's Amber Massingill (left) and Darnell Smith (right) with MechSE students Sam Zschack and Danielle Tene.ExxonMobil representatives Darnell Smith (BSECE '02) and Amber Massingill (BSChemE '02) returned to campus this week and pledged $14,000 in unrestricted support for the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois

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ExxonMobil's Amber Massingill (left) and Darnell Smith (right) with MechSE students Sam Zschack and Danielle Tene.

ExxonMobil representatives Darnell Smith (BSECE '02) and Amber Massingill (BSChemE '02) returned to campus this week and pledged $14,000 in unrestricted support for the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois. They met with MechSE staff at Engineering Hall to communicate the donation news. MechSE students Danielle Tene, president of ASME, and Sam Zschack, president of Pi Tau Sigma, were in attendance to express their gratitude and explain the many outreach efforts enabled by ExxonMobil’s gift.

The giant energy corporation, which alternates between the top and second spot on the Fortune 500 list, is a top employer of MechSE graduates. Smith and Massingill provided updates on new employees Christine Littrell (BSME ’13), who works in Houston, and Madison Whitt (BSME '13), who is stationed in Joliet.

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This story was published September 12, 2014.