Recognition ’90 rewards students by H eidi Lundy Features Editor W P I’s cam pus exuded pride on Sunday, April 22nd. Parents, faculty, students and adm inistration gathered in Harrington Auditorium to celebrate R ecognition 1990. The cerem ony has been celebrated for three years in a row here at WPI, and is a very successful way o f bringing recognition to out standing students, organizations, and faculty. The cerem ony was divided into two parts, one honored academ ic excel lence, the other honored excellencc in leadership. The WPI stage band, di rected by Rich Falco, visiting lecturer of m usic, performed several musical selections throughout the cerem ony. After President Jon Strauss welcomed everyone in his opening rem arks, the cerem ony got underway with the pres entation of academ ic honors and awards. W illiam G rogan, Dean o f U nder graduate Studies, announced the aca dem ic portion o f the cerem ony which began with the presentation o f the O u ts ta n d in g W o m en S tu d e n ts Awards. The M arietta E. Anderson Award, presented to the outstanding
freshm an, sophom ore, or ju n io r who not only has a superior academ ic rec ord but w ho also has been a work-study student and a volunteer for collegesponsored activities, and has partici pated in recognized extracurricular activ itie s, was given to A thena D em etry ’91. Susan C. M oser ’92 won the United Technologies C orporation and the Society o f W omen Engineers A w ard for being an outstanding wom an undergraduate student. The Bonnie-Blanch Schoonover Award and the Ellen Knott Award, both given in tribute to wom en who have played significant roles at WPI, were pre sented to M elanie K. Ting ’91, M ich elle B. R osenberg and Concetta A. Depaolo ’92. The President’s IQP Award was presented to two separate team s this year. Paul C. K irkitelos ’90, Gregory C. Friel ’90, and Jeffrey L. Q uirke ’90 won for their project, “ An A ssessm ent o f the Effectiveness and M arketability o f the UK Patent O ffice’s Search and A dvisory Service," advise 1 by Profes sor Jam es S. D em etry. The second team , Jam es W. C alarese ’90, M ichelle D. Petkers ’90, and Stephen E. Selby ’90, won for their project, “ An Evalation o f the EPA SITE Demonstration
Program ,” advised by Professors Di eter Klein and Richard D. Sisson Jr. The Class o f 1975 Award is pre sented to students w ho conduct a proj ect they have designed on their own. It was presented to Alton J. Reich '9 2 and Jeremy M. Dover '9 2 for “An Interdis ciplinary Approach to Math and Sci ence Education,” and to Kirstin H. Caldwell ’92, Joshua L. Howard ’92 and Kelly J. M cQueeney ’92 for “Nutrition on the College C am pus.” These projects were advised by Profes sor M ayer Humi and Professor Brigitte Servatius respectively. The United Technologies C orporation Minority Award is presented to an outstanding minority student, and was given to Anup K. Gosh ’91, this year. Next on the program were special awards, which are divided into disci plines. Stacey J. Cotton ’90 was pre sented with the A erospace Education Foundation W. Randolph Lovelace M emorial Award. In the Chem ical Engineering D e partm ent there were three awards pre sented. The first one, The American Institute of Chem ists Award was pre sented to M ichelle D. Petkers ’90. The American Institute o f Chemical Engi neers Student Scholarship Award was
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presented to Sarah C. G low ’9 1, and the Western M assachusetts AIChE Award for Significant C ontribution w as given to Christine A. Donoghue ’90. In the field o f Chemistry, Richard M. Pires ’90 was honored w ith the A m erican In stitu te o f C hem ists Award. The General Chem istry Achievement Award was presented to Thomas A. Ericsson ’93, and Steven J. Rigatti won the Undergraduate Award for Analytical Chemistry. T he A n d rew H olt M em orial Award, presented to a civil engineer ing senior who has consistently earned academic honers and who show s ex cellent promise for success, was be stowed upon Stuart C. Pearson ’90. Sonja M. A nnecharico ’90 won the Carl F Meyer Im provement Award in Civil Engineering. In the field o f Computer Science, Joel D. Young ’90 was presented with the Computer Science O utstanding Senior Award. The Jon Calvert Strauss A w ard for Excellence in Computer Science was given to Scott D. Plichta ‘91 The Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Student Award is presented to the out standing senior and junior Electrical Engineering students in recognition of
their academ ic achievem ent and their service to the WPI com m unity. This y ear’s senior winner was Paul C. K irkitelos, and the junior was Paul F. W ojciak. The Humanities Department had tw o awards. One is the Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Hum anities, this award was presented to Jeffrey L. Quirke ’90, for “Tragedy and the G othic,” advised by Professor Ljungquist, to Sharon L. Savage ’91 for How the Organic and Mechanistic C onceptions o f Life Apply to the Body and to M edicine,” advised by Profes sor Iris Young, and to Paul F. Wojciak ’91 for “Obstinacy and Naivete: The O rganized Labor M ovem ent in W orc e ste r M assachusetts, D uring the 19 3 0 ’s,” advised by Professor Kolesar. The second award in the Humanities is the Steven J. Kahn A ward, presented to M atthew P. Ronn ’90, for his contribu tions, comm itment and unwavering loyalty to the WPI G lee Club. T he M anagem ent E ngineering A w ard was presented to Jam es W. Calarese *90 and to Deborah L. Carney ’90. The M anagement Project Award was given to Jeffrey E. G ilbertson ’90 and to D onald E. Leblanc ’90. Edward continued on p age 3
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WPI hosts international student leadership conference by Ron Burrowes and Inderpreet Khurana O n Saturday, April 7, W PI w as the host of the first Annual International Student Leadership Conference. The conference was sponsored by the Inter national Student Council (ISC) o f WPI and the National A ssociation o f For eign Student Advisors (N AFSA ). A pproxim ately sixty international stu dent leaders from about 19 schools from the New England area converged at WPI to exchange ideas and share experiences on international student issues in their schools. The International Student Council m em bers did an excellent jo b at organ izing this conference and had a fun filled and informative schedule of events for the day. The d a y ’s events began with group discussions in which the participants were divided four groups. Each group was overseen by a m oderator who initiated and m ade sure that all the participants were given the opportunity to take part in the discus sions. The moderators were WPI inter national students: Ron Burrow es, In derpreet Khurana, Ankur Patel and T im Wang. A fter the discussions were over, the conference gathered for a general assem bly, chaired by N aray anan Rajan (the Chairperson o f the
ISC), in which the m oderators pre sented a sum m ary o f the main issues brought out in th eir group discussions. Som e issues that these groups found to be o f great im portance were: the lack of interaction betw een international stu dents and American students, the need for cohesion am ong the different inter national groups on cam puses, the need for international com m unities in dif ferent colleges to keep in touch with other college com m unities and a wide variety o f other pertinent issues. A fter a successful m orning session, the participants w ere in for m ore o f an enlightening experience. In the Lower W edge, not only w as lunch served, but a num ber of m otivational speeches were heard. The chair of the luncheon was our own International Student A dvisor, Tom Thom sen, w ho intro duced the special guests for the pro ceedings. The first guest speaker was D onna O 'C o n n er w ho is the Director o f International Programs at Clark U niversity and w as also the represen tative o f the NAFSA Region XI (New England area). D ean W illiam Grogan o f W PI welcomed all the participants to the conference and stressed the fact that the international students are an invaluable asset to universities. The highlight o f the luncheon w as the key note address by Doug Cureton who is
Update on Senior Events Just a little update on w hat’s going on. The Senior photo will be taken after Graduation Rehearsal on Thursday - Please Be There!! The Rehearsal is in H arrington at 11 am. Also d o n ’t forget the P resident’s Reception on W ednesday from 4-6 pm. Tickets and t-shirts are available by the m ailboxes from 11 a m - 1 pm until Friday 4/27. If you sent in th e reservation form, stop by to pick up your tickets & t-shirts and plan seating. The schedule of events is below in case y o u ’ve forgotten already. Get Psyched!!!
S ch ed u le o f E vents W ednesday, April 25 - P resident’s Senior Reception, 1 D rury Lane, 4-6 pm. Saturday, M ay 5 - Senior D inner Dance, W orcester Sheraton-Lincoln, 8 pm. Sunday, M ay 6 to W ednesday, May 9 - Cape C od Trip Thursday, M ay 17 - Senior Barbecue, H iggins House L aw n, 6 pm. Thursday, M ay 17 - Senior W alk, Park A venue, evening. Friday, May 18 - B accalaureate Cerem ony, Alden Hall, 6 pm. Friday, May 18 - Parent’s Reception, W achusett Country Club, 9 pm. Saturday, M ay 19 - G raduation Breakfast, M organ D ining Hall, 7 :3 0 - 10 am. Saturday, May 19 - C om m encem ent C erem ony, Quad, 10 am.
the Associate D irector for Training and A ctivities at Rhode Island College. His topic covered the dilem m a that international students across campuses in the U.S. are facing today: How can international student leaders help in ternational students to stay in touch with their own culture and at the same time encourage active participation in college life. The address was inter mixed with innovative audience par ticipation activities that got the point o f his m essage across extrem ely well. A fter lunch the participants were given a choice o f w orkshops to attend. These workshops were presented by WPI adm inistration, staff, faculty and students. The workshops offered were:
International Student Organiza
tions and Liability Issues Janet Begin Richardson - Dean of Students (W PI)
Publicity from A to Z Chris Jachim ow icz - A ssistant Di rector of Student Activities (WPI)
International Student Issues in the Residence Halls Tom Ghosh and Inderpreet Khur ana - Student Hall Directors (W PI)
International Students as a Re source for Faculty Members Prof. John Zeugner - Professor of History (WPI)
Group Dynamics Richard Halstead Psychologist (W PI)
- Counseling
International Student Involvement in Campus Activities Tom Thom sen - Associate Dean
o f Students and International Stu dent Advisor (WPI) The workshops w ere found to be very helpful and educational and we thank the presenters for a brilliant job. The day ended w ith Narayanan Rajan chairing a general assembly on netw orking among international stu dents in New England. The feedback at this session was that this conference was an excellent idea and should not becom e a one shot deal. All colleges expressed interest in hosting as well as participating in future conferences. We would like to thank all the organiz ers of the conference for an excellent jo b and for helping us (the interna tional students of A m erican colleges) m ake the most of our college experi ence.
WPI students win regional AIChE award WPI News Release - Three WPI seniors have won the annual Student Paper Contest o f the New England Region o f the American Institute o f Chem ical Engineers. M ichelle E. Brideau, Christine A. Donoghue and Patricia N ewcom er wrote “ C haracteristics o f Fluid Flow in H ollow -Fiber M em brane Bioreactors.” The students completed their work as their M ajor Qualifying Proj ect. David DiBiasio, associate profes sor o f chem ical engineering, and Stephen C. Moore, associate professor o f biom edical engineering, were proj ect advisors. “ Hollow-fiber m em brane bioreac tors are used for such procedures as
blood dialysis and protein production from genetically engineered cells,” says DiBiasio. “The fluid and nutrient supply to these reactors determines their productivity.” The students used magnetic resonance imaging (M RI) to characterize the fluid distribution. MRI is a noninvasive medical diagnos tic technique used in blood-flow stud ies, tumor diagnosis and other clinical applications. The project group was able to use MRI in a new way for their study, which was conducted at the Central Massachusetts M agnetic Im aging Center in the M assachusetts B iotechnology R esearch Park in Worcester. The contest was held April 7 at the
M assachusetts Institute o f Technol ogy. The trophy the team won will be on display in W PI’s Chem ical Engi neering Department until next y ear’s contest. The students will present their paper at the com petition for the na tional AIChE award in Chicago in Novem ber. All three students are chemical engineering majors w ho will receive degrees in May. Donoghue and N ew com er have accepted positions as product developm ent engineers at Proctor & Gamble C o., in Cincinnati, Ohio; Brideau will work as a product developm ent engineer at Richardson & Vicks, a division of Procter & G am ble located in Shelton, Conn.
IMPORTANT NOTICE T O : AH G raduating Seniors & Faculty Members
FROM: The Office o f the Registrar SUBJECT: PROJECT PANIC DAY - C DR ’s DUE M O ND A Y, APRIL 30, 1990 at 4:00 PM AH Completion o f Degree Requirements (C D R ’s) - MQP, IQP, Sufficiency - for May, 1990 graduation are due in the Registrar’s Office by 4:00 pm on Monday, April 30, 1990. This deadline M U ST be met to be considered for May, 1990 com m ence ment.