During this year’s Stueck Lecture, Mariana Rodriguez will share and reflect upon the five turning points in her career as an engineer and pioneer in higher education 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in the Innovation Lab Forum and via Zoom. Her talk is titled “From UMR engineer to starting a university: Five turning points that defined my leadership.” 

From her time as a civil engineering student in Rolla to being recognized for her academic innovation that includes starting one of Peru’s top universities, Rodriguez has advanced from an educational entrepreneur to an activist leader in the improvement of education and conscious capitalism in Peru.

Rodriguez earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1980 and an MBA from the Boston School of Management in 1989. She received S&T’s highest honor in 2011 when she was named to the inaugural class of Alumni of Influence. She co-founded two universities and two technical schools in Peru, and she has served as a member and leader of several Peruvian educational organizations. The Association of Private Enterprises of Peru named her Businessperson of the Year in 2022.

This presentation is part of the Neil and Maurita Stueck Distinguished Lecture Series for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Missouri S&T. Funding for the series was established by Maurita Stueck to honor her late husband, a 1943 civil engineering graduate of S&T, and also provide students with outside perspectives.