Grad Has 'Passion For Helping Students': Bel Air Graduation Shoutout

BEL AIR, MD ? Graduation is a major milestone and deserves to be celebrated! That's why Patch and T-Mobile have teamed up to recognize our community's outstanding 2024 graduates.

This submission comes from Patty Capalongo, who nominated Dillon of Bel Air.

Graduate?s name

Dillon

What grade is the graduate finishing?

Four-year bachelor degree in mechanical engineering/minor in robotics

What school is your graduating student graduating from?

University of Maryland

How do you know your graduating student nominee?

Son

Tell us why they deserve to be nominated!

Dillon is president of Robotics @ Maryland (@roboticsatmaryland), a student-run competitive robotics organization, and marched the alto saxophone in the Mighty Sound of Maryland (@mightysoundofmd) for 4 years! He is also the lead undergraduate engineer at Carbon Lockdown, a public benefit organization exploring carbon sequestration methods, and in the Robotics and Automated Systems (RAS) minor. Finally, he is on the Service Team for ministry OneU (@oneumd), and a teaching fellow for ENES100, an introductory engineering course. Dillon has a passion for learning and helping students.

What's one thing you want everyone to know about your graduating student nominee?

Dillon loves to learn and help other students learn. Especially robotics engineering.

What's one thing you want everyone to know about the star local student?

Congratulations on your achievements, and all of our best wishes to you in the future, Dillon!

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