Alumna names Engineering Student Design Center
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UC Davis donor and chairperson/CEO of Nova Signal, Diane Bryant. She is giving $6.5 million to the UCD College of Engineering for its new student design center, which will be named for her —making it one of the few UC Davis buildings named for a woman.
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Representation and diversity are two words that Diane Bryant champions.
With her gift to name the new Engineering Student Design Center at UC Davis, the alumna and information technology executive hopes to inspire women and other underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM; fund essential learning for aspiring engineers; and solidify her legacy as a leader in tech. She graduated in 1985 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering.