OOTE celebrates CEAS students’ degree journeys

Order of the Engineer 'all in the room' huge group shot.
Led by emcee Bill Selle (first row, left) and Dean Brett Peters, next to Selle, the entire gathering of faculty and students at the Spring OOTE show their Panther Pride!

More than 140 students from the college participated in the Spring 2026 Order of the Engineer (OOTE), representing both undergraduates and graduate students in all departments. They were among 273 students from the college who received their diplomas this spring or summer.

As he has since 1996, Bill Selle (’84 BS Mechanical Engineering) served as emcee.

Many students reported their post-graduation plans to join employers such as We Energies, GE HealthCare, Lucas Milhaupt, Graef, Milwaukee Tool, Sargent & Lundy, Chicago, Toshiba America Energy Systems and the U.S. Navy.

Students attending the celebration contributed some of their favorite memories at the college, which were displayed on a PowerPoint reel. Among the memories shared were:

  • Late-night sessions in the senior design room where I learned the art of hardware-software integration.
  • Having classes with my friends and my sister.
  • Group study sessions in the Tutoring Center and computer lab
  • Using the Makerspace to 3D print and fabricate stuff I designed for projects.
  • Working with BOTCH Dice Company to build a product that can actually benefit their company.