Kelsey Knoche represents UMKC's Tau Beta Pi

On September 27^th, Kelsey Knoche, senior on the UMKC Volleyball team, represented UMKC's Engineering Honors Society Tau Beta Pi at their National Convention in Lexington, Kentucky. Knoche is one of a few female student-athletes majoring in the field of Engineering, a field traditionally populated by male students. Majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Knoche chose this field because "I saw that I had always done well in math, and I knew I was economically motivated. Engineering majors are consistently top on the lists for highest job placement and most lucrative college degrees."

In addition to serving as President of Tau Beta Pi, Knoche, along with senior Meagan Malloy of Women's Soccer, serve as mentors to freshmen in the School of Computing and Engineering. Knoche wants to encourage young women to choose a career in Engineering because "It will develop your ability to be creative, think logically, and solve problems. It is a wonderful career path for women as Engineering is a male dominated field." This coming spring, Knoche will graduate with around thirty other Electrical and Computer Engineering majors, five of which are female.

To find out more about the Tau Beta Pi National Convention, click here.

For more information about UMKC's School of Computing and Engineering, click here.

Kelsey Knoche represents UMKC's Tau Beta Pi

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