The UEF grant gave DiscoverE the resources to reach thousands of K-12 students who might never have considered engineering as a path forward. Beyond the funding, UEF's commitment to collaboration strengthened our ability to unite partners across the engineering community — making our coalition more powerful and our outreach more impactful. It didn't just fund a program; it helped build the connective tissue that turns individual efforts into a movement for the profession."
Kathy Renzetti, CAE,
Executive Director & CEO
Discover Engineering
Grantee Spotlight: Documentary Film “Lives, Not Grades”
The objectives of project were to create a unique, feature-length documentary file chronicling the leading role of engineers in addressing the greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945.
Re-imagine the role of engineers in the public imagination.
Maximize domestic and global distribution of the final documentary.
This is all part of the Virtual Refugee Exchange International (VREI) at USC – the first university initiative to partner U.S. engineering students with refugee students in camps based in Lesvos, Greece.
“The United Engineering Foundation had the vision to support a project that is all about engineering solving global challenges – a film that is now inspiring young people everywhere to see engineering through a different lens – one that has people at the center of engineering and technological innovation.”
Daniel Druhora
Director, New Initiatives
Lecturer, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Download the final report summarizing the results of the Grades, Not Lives project.