Gillett, Russell and Vittetoe named Gator Attribute Award Winners

GAINESVILLE, FL: ISE Seniors Elizabeth Gillett, Cortland Russell and Andrew Vittetoe each received “Attributes of a Gator Engineer, Recognition Award” from the College of Engineering at the New Student Convocation held in the O’Connell Center on Friday, August 19.  Undergraduate and graduate students were named winners for each of the following attributes: Creativity, Integrity, Leadership, Professional Excellence, and Service to the Global Community.  Gillett, a Past President of Alpha Pi Mu that worked for GE Aviation this summer, was named the winner for Integrity.  Vittetoe, Past President of the IIE Student Chapter, founder of the INFORMS student chapter and intern with Goldman Sachs this summer, was named the winner for Leadership.  Russell, winner of Service to the Global Community, is extremely active with the College of Engineering Ambassadors.  He hopes to use his engineering background to create societal change in developing nations.