February 2016 — Dr. Nandika D’Souza (pictured below) is the associate dean of the College of Engineering at UNT. She had a “Civil Dialogue” with her friend and fellow UNT profesors Dr. Victory Prybutok in February.
This program was presented to more than 80 high school students in the gifted and talented program at UNT where they are also enrolled as fulltime college students. How do you disagree without being disagreeable? Both professors were asked about their basis for belief, and how this affected their behavior. Nandika was able to share about her own upbringing in India, where Christianity is not the dominant religion. And how her faith causes her to serve students (she wins awards for her service) and to excel in her research as well: “I want to please God and be excellent in what I do” she explained.