CASTLE POINT NEWS

FEBRUARY 2020

The Stevens Alumni Association Board of Directors invites you to its Spring Dinner and a Forum. Join fellow alumni for an evening of reconnecting and learning on campus. In honor of Women’s History Month and Stevens’ 150th Anniversary, the program will feature an esteemed panel of university-affiliated emerging women leaders who are making an impact within their respective industries and communities.

Panelists include:

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In celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary, this month saw the launch of Stevens150.com! This new website will serve as your one-stop-shop for 150th anniversary news and events.

Be sure to check out one of the key features of site, 150 Stories of Stevens. Browse through to discover 150 brilliant and diverse ideas, creators and technologies that only begin to present the hub of innovation that is Stevens Institute of Technology.

Don’t forget to share your own favorite Stevens memories and photos by using #stevens150 on social media!

A Kickoff to 150

How do you celebrate a university’s 150th birthday? For Stevens Institute of Technology, one party just isn’t enough. So on Feb. 21, 2020, three celebrations kicked off a year of events that will honor Stevens’ sesquicentennial: the Founder’s Day Ball for undergraduates, the Founder’s Day Reception for graduate students and the Founder’s Day Soiree for alumni, faculty and staff. Hundreds turned out to salute Stevens at each of these unique events that were full of pride in the university’s past and hope and excitement for its future.

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A New Intercultural Space Opens at Stevens

Inside Stevens’ new Student Center (formerly Alexander House), the university community gathered for a reception to celebrate the opening of the new Intercultural Space on February 5. “The mission of the Intercultural Space is to empower Stevens students to create a thriving and inclusive community by cultivating a supportive space for underrepresented students and their allies on campus to foster an understanding of diversity and inclusion. Students of any background, gender identity, expression, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship status and physical or mental disability – all are welcome,” proclaimed Liliana Delman, Assistant Director for Diversity Education.

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A Year in Review: Black Students at Stevens

February is Black History Month, which means it has been exactly one year since the last Black History Month! Between then and now, a lot has happened, including the hiring of a Diversity Educator, chartering the first African American fraternity at Stevens, and creating the Intercultural Space.

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In honor of Valentine’s Day, we were delighted to share the stories of some our Stevens Sweetheart couples this month. Read more about these couples and how Stevens played a role in their love stories.

Walter Ulrich ’68 M.S. ’80 was recently highlighted in the Journal of Corporate Renewal (JCR), the journal of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). TMA is a professional community dedicated to turnaround management and corporate renewal. It has almost 10,000 members in 53 chapters worldwide.

Walter is currently the President & CEO of Medical Bridges, a life-changing and life-saving nonprofit serving the global poor by providing needed medical supplies and equipment to clinics and hospitals.

In the interview, Walter shared Stevens Institute of Technology was foundational to his professional success, explaining that “they taught math, science, engineering, and all these technical subjects. Unlike almost any other school at the time, and perhaps any other school today, you had to take a broad-based education. You didn’t focus much on your major until the last year and a half. That broad-based education gave me a familiarity with a lot of different things that became a context for what I’ve done the rest of my life.”

Read the article on Walter from the Journal of Corporate Renewal….

The Founder’s Day Challenge is underway! Commemorate 150 years of Stevens history and support our students by making a gift between now and March 1^st. A gift of any size to any fund makes a direct impact during this challenge. You can secure bonus dollars for your class and/or Greek organization’s scholarship fund as well as secure yourself a limited-edition Stevens keepsake. You’ll not only receive a keepsake, but making a gift will automatically enter you in a drawing for a $1,000 Amazon gift card, courtesy of generous alumnus Frank Semcer ’65.*

Challenge Details:

Between February 15 and March 1:

• All class and Greek organizations who have 35 gifts of $150 (or more) to any fund at Stevens will receive a $1,000 bonus toward their class/Greek scholarship.
  
  
• The class, fraternity, sorority, and cultural organization (one in each category) that realizes the greatest increase in their participation rate during this period will have $1,000 added to their class/Greek scholarship.

Make your gift and join the challenge!

*No donation is required to be considered for drawing. To be entered outside of making a donation, email alumni@stevens.edu.

It’s a weekend for all Stevens alumni, friends, and families. Don’t miss celebrating your class reunion (classes ending in 0's and 5's), Alumni Awards, Yoga with a View, the annual Wine and Beer tastings, Flock Party and so much more!

Please contact Jimena Buitrago at 201-216-5149 or email Jimena.Buitrago@stevens.edu with any questions.

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