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Come experience TouchTomorrow, NASA's Centennial Challenge at WPI on June 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – free and open to the public.
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Alumni News
WPIAA PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Dear Fellow Alumni:
What a wonderful Commencement weekend! The long Crimson and Grey line was expanded by 1,077 new alumni on Saturday, May 12. Saturday also saw 24 Engineers receive their commissions as Ensigns and Second Lieutenants in the US Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force. Earlier in the week GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) sponsored a reception for the new members of the Alumni Association. Mike Ferro ’10 and WPI Alumni Association Board member hosted more than 200 students and alumni to this annual ... Read more ...
ALUMNI & REUNION WEEKEND 2012: MAY 31-JUNE 3
Register today for this exciting weekend full of activities for alumni and their families. The weekend begins on Thursday, May 31, with a special event to launch if…The Campaign to Advance WPI and the opening of the Sports and Recreation Center. The weekend continues with the Reunion Parade, Award Recognition Luncheon, class reunions, and more. Classes celebrating anniversary years include: 1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, and 1982—but all alumni are encouraged to attend! Visit wpi.edu/+reunion to register, see who’s attending and view the full schedule of events.
NASA COMES to WPI—Alumni Invited!
Have you ever wanted to pilot a space rover? Or launch a rocket? Or step in a real space suit? Join us at WPI on Saturday, June 16, from 10 am to 3 pm for TouchTomorrow, a family-friendly celebration of science, technology, and robots, as WPI hosts the NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge, a national competition with a $1.5 million dollar prize.
All alumni are invited to TouchTomorrow, a free, daylong celebration of science and technology, offering you and your family a wonderful opportunity to explore a wide range of hands-on exhibits and interactive events, as well as watch the top robotics teams in the country compete for this prestigious prize.
NASA will be there, too, giving you a chance to enjoy any number of NASA exhibits and displays, including wearing an actual astronaut suit and a chance to pilot a space rover. Enjoy music, food, games, and cutting-edge technologies.
To learn more, visit: TouchTomorrow.wpi.edu
KALENIAN AWARD—Call for Proposals
Alumni are invited to submit proposals for the 2012 Kalenian Award. The three-page proposal deadline is July 15, 2012. The $25,000 award is to be used over an 18-month period toward furthering the commercialization of your invention. It may be given to support innovative ideas or the development of commercial products. Ideally, the recipients should be either part of an existing small business enterprise or in the process of trying to establish a small business. Entry details are available online. For more information, please contact Gina Betti, associate director of the Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, at gbetti@wpi.edu, 508-831-5761.
Past winners have included Rich Sadowski ’68, Albert Prescott ’90, Steven Toddes ’05, Michael Scarsella ’05, Robert Breznak ’09, Kevin Harrington ’09, Alex Camillo ’09, Mark Mordarski ’11, and Allan Katz ’07, ’09 (MS). Current student winners include Xiang Chen (MTE GS). Professors Allen Hoffman, Diana Lados, Dalin Tang, and James van de Ven have also received awards.
About the donor
The Kalenian Award, established in 2006 through the generosity of Alba Kalenian in memory of her late husband Aram (Class of 1933), provides seed funds to support and advance the ideas and inventiveness of WPI students, faculty and alumni. Aram Kalenian was an inventor who had numerous useful ideas and reduced many of them to practice. The purpose of the Kalenian Award is to encourage similar innovation and entrepreneurship at any stage of development from the WPI academic community. This award's focus is to fuel the entrepreneurial spirit through annual funding of a single viable invention.
Aram Kalenian's inventions and hard work have provided the perpetual funds for this award, and in this same spirit we hope that award recipients will succeed so well in life, as to provide WPI with future award funds to encourage invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in their own names.
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MORE THAN 1,000 DEGREES CONFERRED on MAY 12
WPI’s 144th Commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 12, on the campus Quadrangle, where 1,077 degrees were conferred. In total, 718 bachelor’s degrees, 340 master's degrees, and 19 PhDs were awarded. Several thousand attendees were on hand to hear the inspirational messages delivered by keynote speaker Roger W. Ferguson Jr., president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, and WPI President and CEO Dennis Berkey. Read more and watch video highlights. View photos at wpi.edu.
WPI TEAM SCALES-UP PRODUCTION of BIOPOLYMER MICROTHREADS
Development of new therapies for a range of medical conditions—from common sports injuries to heart attacks—will be supported by a new production-scale microthread extruder designed and built by a team of graduate students and biomedical engineering faculty at WPI.
The new microthread extrusion system is in the final stages of testing and validation, and will soon be manufacturing thousands of hair-like biopolymer threads a day at WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park. Watch a video and read more...
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Alumni & Reunion Weekend
May 31-June 3
The weekend begins on Thursday, May 31, with the Alumni Golf Tournament, Garden Tea and Wine Tasting at Higgins House, and a special event to launch if…The Campaign to Advance WPI and the opening of the Sports and Recreation Center. The weekend continues with the Reunion Parade, Award Recognition Luncheon, class reunions, and more. All alumni are encouraged to attend! Visit wpi.edu/+reunion to register, see who’s attending and view the full schedule of events.
If…Campaign Launch Celebration
In the new Sports and Recreation Center – May 31, 6-9 pm
Be among the first to see WPI’s newest center of excellence—the Sports and Recreation Center—and experience the WPI of today through a variety of performances, exhibits, and demonstrations featuring our students, faculty, and alumni. Join us in imagining what we can achieve with the launch of if…The Campaign to Advance WPI. Register today at wpi.edu/+campaignlaunch. Call Leigh Persico at 508-831-5348 or email lapersico@wpi.edu with questions or for more information.
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LinkedIn Insider Secrets:
Webinar with Grieg Wells of Befound.com
TOMORROW: May 17, 11:00 am
This free, in-depth webinar is presented by one of the most knowledgeable LinkedIn experts. A former executive recruiter, Grieg Wells has developed a solid strategy for using LinkedIn to open up your search beyond your expectations! You'll learn:
- The 3 proven strategies to use on LinkedIn to get hired
- LinkedIn's newest secret weapon—SIGNAL—and how you can get it now before your competition
- The single most important thing you can do to overcome gaps in your employment using LinkedIn
- How to stop collecting connections and get your phone ringing with interviews
- Answers to your questions about LinkedIn
- And much more
To register, email cdcalumni@wpi.edu, and you will receive the link for this outstanding webinar.
Quick Question Call-Ins:
Wednesday, May 23, 3:00-5:00 pm EDT
You are invited to register for a 20-minute phone consultation with the Career Development Center’s Associate Director, Connie Horwitz. We ask that you forward your resume in advance, be it updated or not, so that Connie can speak comfortably with you about your career questions. Please email cdcalumni@wpi.edu to register.
Summer Time—and the CDC is Open!
Please feel free to contact the Career Development Center throughout our Summer Hours:
May 14-August 17 • Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM
508-831-5260 or cdcalumni@wpi.edu |
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Fundamentals of Engineering Evening Certificate Program—Hands-on
September 17 – November 8, 2012
WPI's Corporate and Professional Education, in collaboration with key representatives from Shire, Abbott Laboratories, Bristol Myers Squibb and Genzyme Corporation, has developed and designed a customized program to provide the skills and knowledge required to secure employment and career success in the biomanufacturing industry in Massachusetts. This eight-week program, held three evenings per week at WPI's Bioprocessing Center at Gateway Park, is taught by industry professionals from the collaborating organizations. To learn more about this program visit cpe.wpi.edu/bioman, call 508-831-5517, or email cpe@wpi.edu.
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Baseball's Minor and Flynn Selected Capital One Academic All-District I First-Team
Sean Minor ’12 and John Flynn ’12 were both named to the Division III Capital One Academic All-District I Baseball first team by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA). It marks the third straight year that a WPI baseball player has garnered first team all-district accolades but the first time that the Engineers placed multiple people on a squad during the tenure of seventh-year head coach Mike Callahan. Learn more ...
Flaherty Named to Capital One Academic All-District I Softball First-Team
Pitcher Erin Flaherty ’12 has been selected as a Division III Capital One Academic All-District honoree by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (Co-SIDA). Flaherty earned first team honors in District I, which is comprised of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and advances to the national ballot for All-America consideration. Flaherty’s selection marks the fourth consecutive season that WPI has had an all-district performer for fifth-year head coach George LeGacy. Learn more ...
For more information, email the specific coach or contact Rusty Eggen at rusty@wpi.edu, 508-831-5328.
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