Marisa Dawn Egbert discovered her love for civil engineering
during a pre-engineering class at Salt Lake Community College, where she
attended with an athletics scholarship and played on the women’s basketball
team. Her focus at SLCC was on STEM-related (science, technology, engineering
and math) courses. She transferred to Utah State University and earned a
Bachelor of Science in civil engineering.
In 2000, Egbert became state coordinator for the MATHCOUNTS
in Utah and continues to lead the program, which annually benefits about 500
middle school students and more than 60 participating schools statewide. Over
5,000 Utah students have participated in MATHCOUNTS, a national nonprofit
foundation that strives to engage students of all ability and interest levels
in fun, challenging math programs to expand their academic and professional
opportunities.
Marisa Dawn Egbert
Over the past decade, her relationship with SLCC has come
full circle through her work with MATHCOUNTS as dozens of SLCC students,
faculty and staff have volunteered to help her run MATHCOUNTS competitions
every February and March on the SLCC Taylorsville Redwood Campus.
“I am grateful for my STEM education at SLCC,” Egbert says. “I had no
trouble transitioning seamlessly to Utah State with my SLCC education. I found
a quality STEM education at SLCC, where I love bringing MATHCOUNTS every year.
I’m proud that I got my start at SLCC, and I want young students participating
in MATHCOUNTS and who are interested in STEM subjects to be excited about what
SLCC has to offer in those areas.”
Egbert is a registered professional engineer in Utah and has
worked for the Utah State Division of Water Resources for the past 11 years.
Prior to working for the state, Egbert worked in the Geotechnical Engineering
field in Florida for several years.
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