{"id":249690,"date":"2026-07-22T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249690\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:47:07","slug":"penn-state-scranton-celebrates-engineering-students-at-engineering-ring-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249690\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Scranton celebrates engineering students at Engineering Ring Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUNMORE, Pa. \u2014 This spring, 12 mechanical engineering students at Penn State Scranton were honored during the <a href=\"https:\/\/scranton.psu.edu\/academics\/degrees\/bachelors\/mechanical-engineering\/building-classrooms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mechanical engineering program\u2019s<\/a> inaugural Engineering Ring Ceremony, marking an important milestone in their academic and professional journeys while launching what engineering faculty hope will become an annual campus tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony celebrated the students&#8217; achievements as they prepared to enter the engineering profession and emphasized the ethical responsibilities that accompany their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering Club President Alexis Colasurdo played a key role in organizing the inaugural event, and her leadership and dedication helped contribute to its success, according to Associate Professor of Engineering\/Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator Majid Chatsaz, who also serves as the Engineering Club\u2019s adviser.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, participants accepted the \u201cObligation of an Engineer,\u201d a formal ethical creed for engineering students and professionals similar to the Hippocratic Oath, which contains parts of the Canon of Ethics of major engineering societies. Those who participate pledge to uphold the standards and dignity of the engineering profession and to serve humanity by making the best use of the Earth\u2019s precious wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The new inductees also received a stainless steel engineering ring, to be worn on the fifth finger of their dominant hand, as a lifelong, visible reminder of their commitment to integrity, honor and service to society.<\/p>\n<p>Students who received engineering rings were:<\/p>\n<p>Maroon Chalhoub<br \/>\nStanley Ciborosky<br \/>\nAlexis Colasurdo<br \/>\nRichard Cronin<br \/>\nDylan Gaska<br \/>\nMegan Gatto<br \/>\nJonathan Lobos<br \/>\nAyman Mansuri<br \/>\nEmily Toro<br \/>\nJoshua Wiesel<br \/>\nHannah Williams<br \/>\nKevin Yang<\/p>\n<p>Chatsaz explained that the ceremony represented an important moment for both the students and Penn State Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Engineering Ring Ceremony marks an important milestone in our students&#8217; academic and professional journeys. Hosting this ceremony at Penn State Scranton for the first time made the occasion especially meaningful, as it allowed us to celebrate our students&#8217; hard work, perseverance, and commitment to the engineering profession within our own campus community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe hope this ceremony becomes a lasting tradition that inspires future generations of engineering students.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUNMORE, Pa. \u2014 This spring, 12 mechanical engineering students at Penn State Scranton were honored during the mechanical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-249690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}