Bethany Hyde

Class of 2015
Hometown: Saluda, NC

Bethany Hyde, of Saluda, NC, graduated with degrees in Systems Engineering and French, and a minor in Mathematics. After graduation, Bethany began the Information Technology Leadership Development Program, a two-year rotational program, at Johnson & Johnson in Raritan, NJ.  As part of the Levine Scholars Program, Bethany spent the summer after her freshman year as an intern at the Discovery Place. The following two summers were spent interning at Johnson & Johnson in different roles in Information Technology. Her international experience included studying for a semester in Limoges, France. Bethany was involved in several different student organizations on campus, primarily the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Society of Systems Engineers. She was also very active in the 49er High Power Rocketry Organization and competed in the 2015 NASA Student Launch Competition as part of her engineering Senior Design project. Bethany was recognized as the Outstanding Senior in the department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management in the Lee College of Engineering.  She also received the Pierre Macy Award of French Excellence from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “The Levine Scholars Program was the family I needed to push me both academically and personally toward being the best student, employee and person I could be,” Bethany said. “I will always be grateful for how connected I became to the Program, the University and the City of Charlotte.”