Percy Smith
- Engineering Leadership Program
Percy is a student in the Engineering Leadership Program and is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has demonstrated an unwavering sense of patience, resilience, and an unyielding commitment to excellence. Percy also possesses remarkable tolerance and informed awareness in the field of engineering. Percy’s contributions as a Quantum Scholars Fellow, an Engineering Leadership Fellow, an Engineering Ethics & Society Fellow, and his active involvement with Out Boulder County, as well as his work with CU’s BOLD Center and Boulder oSTEM, showcase an extraordinary range of commitment from this dedicated learner and leader. Percy is known to combine theoretical insights, clear argumentation, and compelling anecdotes and examples in class discussions, which makes him particularly effective. He is also known to help his fellow students see things from a different perspective. Unlike many young people who tend to default to outrage at the slightest forms of disagreement, Percy moves in the opposite direction, showing intellectual charity even towards views that differ from his own. This kind of intellectual tolerance is rare and commendable.