Halle
Jones Capers,
Director |
Halle Jones
Capers, P.E., S.I.T.
Halle Jones Capers joined the University of
Akron as Director of the Women in Engineering
Program in June of 2003. A lifelong resident
of the Akron Area, Ms. Capers graduated as
a valedictorian from Springfield High School
in 1985 where she was active in band and various
honor societies.
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Ms. Capers then went on to the University of
Akron with the assistance of the University’s
Honor’s Program and several other scholarships
including the Martin Luther King Scholarship.
Ms. Capers graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS
in Civil Engineering in 1990. Her collegiate
activities included Inroads, founder and first
president of the University’s chapter of
the National Society of Black Engineers, Student
Toastmaster’s, the Gospel Choir, and various
honor societies. Since graduating in 1990, Ms.
Capers has worked as a Management Trainee at
the East Ohio Gas Company, and a Project Engineer
at Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout. Most recently
as Highway Department Manager for DLZ Ohio, Inc.
in Cleveland, Ohio, Ms. Capers led the design
efforts of multi-million dollar highway and bridge
projects including the Relocation of Brookpark
Road and the Bagley Road/CSX Railroad Grade Separation.
Throughout her career, Ms Capers has supported
and mentored women and minorities of all ages
to pursue a career in engineering and to set
and attain very high goals both personally and
professionally. Ms. Capers is a motivational
speaker for the Youth Motivational Task Force
for the Akron Public Schools and has been a mentor
and guest speaker for the Women in Engineering
Program for many years.
Ms. Capers is a member of Wesley Temple AME
Zion Church and sings in the Eugene E Morgan
Ensemble. Other current activities include member
of the University of Akron College of Engineering
Alumni Board (Vice-Chair 2003-2004). She resides
in the Village of Richfield with her husband,
Mark.
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Angelina Bellino, Student Project Coord. |
Angelina Bellino is a fifth year
Mechanical Engineering student and has been working
for the Women in Engineering Program since January
of 2001. She has worked on the Multiplying Your
Options Summer Camp for Girls, assists in coordinating
other WIEP events, and is a Small Group Leader
for the WIEP Freshmen Orientation Class. Angelina
is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers,
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Mortar
Board. She is also a member of Circle K, the
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Tau
Beta Pi, and is a University Scholar. Angelina
recently finished her third and final co-op rotation
at Little Tikes. |
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