"When I was a freshman, I was incredibly nervous about making friends, excelling in engineering, and leaving home. However, the ELLP provided a supportive community, academic and professional resources, and encouragement to join campus organizations. Now, as I enter my Junior year, I'm confident in my engineering abilities, finishing up my third internship rotation, and sharing the ELLP experience with others as a Peer Mentor/ Women in Engineering Wing Coordinator. I am grateful for this program and the awesome people involved for creating such a welcoming home on campus!"
-Lisa Gossett

"The Engineering LLP has been my rock for the last year and a half. It has been a really great community that has really help me academically as well as helping me to have a place that I feel like I belong. Being an out-of-state student, I did not come to UK knowing anyone who could connect me to the community. The Engineering LLP automatically connected me with people, which has been beneficial to my experience and integrating into campus."
-Devin Bester

"Living in the Engineering Living & Learning Program was the best decision I ever made as an incoming freshman. The program truly set me up for success in not only my coursework but also my overall first year experience. I found my best friends in the ELLP, and they encouraged me to become the student I dreamt of becoming. I can confidently say that my transition to college could not have gone more smoothly, and it's all thanks to the community that the ELLP fostered."
-Dylan Ernst

"Being an out-of-state student, I came to UK not knowing anyone. So, creating a community was very important to me. With engineering being a difficult major, making friends and connections within the college is important. The Engineering LLP played an important role in making my transition to a new place much easier. Because of the Engineering LLP, I was able to make lifelong friends and develop a large network of people which has made a large university like UK feel much smaller. I can walk through almost any hallway within the Pigman College of Engineering and point out someone that I know."
-Abby Lanter

"As an incoming freshman, I had no idea what to expect, nor did I have any friends. Looking back now, I can undoubtedly say that the Engineering LLP contributed to my successful first-year experience. The ELLP provides a supportive community that is capable of catering to the highly diverse interest fields of first-year engineers. Not only was I able to boost my resume with workshops, but I was also able to relax and have fun with my newfound friends. As a returning Peer Mentor, I am dedicated to setting my mentees up for success in the same way that my mentor helped me."
-McKenzie Walters