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Volume CXVIII No. 15
Established 1904
February 12, 2021
UNIVERSITY CENTER STANDS TALL; RAPID PROGRESS ON CONSTRUCTION DESPITE PANDEMIC
BY SARA DEUIDICIBUS
Contributing Reporter Sitting atop Castle Point and overlooking New York City are the two towers that will soon become the Student Housing and University Center at Stevens, a place with numerous facilities, offices, and dorms for students. Construction progress has been seen rapidly over the past few months, which led many members of the Stevens community to question the fast-moving construction and future plans for the campus landmark. The ultimate goal of the University Towers is to allow more students to live on campus, with Stevens estimating the buildings to easily double the campus’ living capacity and create many new amenities for the community. Private dining, fitness facilities, and high-tech conference rooms are among the most notable features advertised by Stevens administration.
As expected, the logistics and thought that goes into such an ambitious project are complex, and the challenges contributed by the pandemic only breed more obstacles. However, these factors have not hindered the construction team from working strategically to meet deadlines. The employed construction management firm for the project is AECOM Tishman. In an email to The Stute, Robert Maffia, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Operations, explained that the firm has “met all of the construction milestones,” which include “the excavation and foundation work, the topping out of of the superstructure, and the enclosure of the exterior of the building with glass curtainwall.” Maffia also praised the world-class construction firm for bringing “a lot of efficiency and knowledge to the construction process,” and stated that the project
A conversation with Jeremy Livingston, new IT security chief BY YUSUF MOHAMMED
Contributing Reporter Jeremy Livingston joined the Stevens Division of Information Technology (IT) in January 2021 as the university’s new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He has over 20 years of extensive experience in information technology and security across multiple organizations such as the United States Navy, the White House, for-profit and nonprofit private organizations, and as an adjunct cybersecurity professor in academia. To find out more about his role at Stevens, The Stute interviewed Livingston. Here is what he had to say: Q: Let’s start with a little about your personal self, Jeremy, the person? A: Sure. I like to read, especially for it is a required thing for an information se-
curity professional to be upto-date with the latest happenings on the security front. I enjoy weightlifting and also trekking/hiking weekly, which is often on the Appalachian trails. Q: What is most exciting about your new role at Stevens? A: I am most excited about the possibility to make positive change. The [Chief Information Officer] and IT leadership are giving me the support that I need to really make a difference. I’m looking to partnering with faculty, staff, and students to transform how we secure our data and systems. In the coming months, you’ll see additional details as we form groups to partner with everyone and work together as one team to be more secure as part of our “Protect Stevens” initiative.
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The two towers looking over the Hudson River are on track to be completed in Spring 2022. Photo courtesy of Trevor Dameika for The Stute.
as a whole “is on target to be completed spring 2022, as scheduled.” The original projected deadline was August 2021, as noted in a past
article in The Stute; howev- Spring 2022 deadline is here er, that deadline was pushed to stay. to Spring 2022. Looking at Read the full story the progress of the towers on campus, it seems like the on thestute.com
Virtual sorority recruitment concludes with great success BY SANJANA MADHU News Editor
While many Stevens experiences have been disrupted due to COVID-19, the Stevens Panhellenic Council still managed to organize formal sorority recruitment. Unlike previous years, this recruitment season was completely virtual in order to respect the Stevens Health Honor Code guidelines. Despite the given challenges of a virtual environment, the process went smoothly and concluded with minimal Zoom hiccups. The recruitment process was four days long, starting on January 30 and ending on February 2. Round Robin,
an event that takes place the first night of recruitment and allows potential new members (PNMs) to meet with all the sororities, was organized by creating separate Zoom links for each chapter. Similar to in-person recruitment, every PNM circulated through each room (or in this case, Zoom link) and met with sisters. The remaining days consisted of a Philanthropy Round, a Preference Round, and Bid Matching, which were all held in a similar fashion to Round Robin. Although virtual recruitment saw great success, there were many changes from what the process would have looked like in-person. While the process was for-
eign to many potential new members (PNMs), it was even more unfamiliar to existing sorority sisters. Grace Miguel, a member of Phi Sigma Sigma stated, “it was definitely a challenge to get girls excited about recruitment when we’d normally be spending 10 hours in the house making decorations.” Although sororities like Phi Sigma Sigma were unable to display their house to PNMs, Miguel explained, “we still held our retreat virtually to prepare the new members as well as old for this year’s recruitment which fostered a sense of community.”
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