In May 2014, the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents approved the addition of a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at Angelo State. This December, the first five graduates will walk the stage.
Riddle, an engineering-physics double major, will be joined by fellow graduates Matthew Holmes, Ty Lee, Luis Lozano and Caleb Miller in December. Lozano is one of the first students to transfer from Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC) as part of a program funded by the $2.87 million grant awarded to Angelo State from the U.S. Department of Education in August 2014. Under the program, SWTJC students are able to complete an Associate of Science in Engineering Sciences degree then transfer to ASU to complete their bachelor’s degree.
With the first five of those students graduating this fall, the program’s sights are now set on accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which could not begin until the program graduated its first students.