[The Stute] May 20, 2014 (Issue 29, Volume CXI)

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by OLIVIA MARTINDALE

After four years as an undergraduate student attending Stevens Insti tute of Technology, Laura Lemke of Merrick, New York has been named the valedictorian of the Class of 2014. Lemke has grad uated with both a bach elor's degree in civil engi neering and a master's of degree in ocean engineer ing and has earned a GPA of 3.991 throughout her years at Stevens, while participating in athletics and the Stevens Scholars program.

Clearly, Lemke has been extensively involved

in academics in Stevens during her time at Ste vens. As a Scholars stu dent, Lemke was involved in the Stevens' Summer Scholars Research Pro gram at the Davidson Laboratory for two con secutive summers after her Freshman year. For her master's thesis, Lemke studied patterns in shore line change along the Jer sey Shore in Long Branch, the site of a beach nour ishment program. In ad dition to research, Lemke worked as an intern at Langan for a semester.

Lemke didn't originally plan on doing so much academically at Stevens.

"Honestly, from day one, my whole idea was to take one day at a time and one class at a time. I didn't re ally have any long-term goals so to speak, aside graduate." Lemke said. "In some ways, I actu ally did more than I ex pected. If you asked me as a freshman or even a sophomore if I was go ing to take extra classes for a Master's, I would have shook my head and said you were crazy. But somehow down the road, that became something to work towards."

Another aspect of Ste vens Lemke has been heavily involved in was

A moment to reflect

by NICOLE FRANKS

It was your dream to come here since high school. You have lived here, loved here, argued here; studied, struggled, thought here. It has been your home for four years. It was not always easy. There were times you doubted your abilities and questioned your worth; times you wanted to be anywhere but here. But you also discovered on this little campus what friendship, at its best, can be. You remember countless conversations stretching from dinner to dawn that made you feel connected and understood, conversations that made you question things. You and your friends talked in dorm rooms, talked outside on the benches overlooking Castle Point, or on rooftops looking at the skyline. You will always remember the little details of these talks: the fruity flavor of the sangria you were sipping, or the way the breeze swept your friend’s hair over their face, or the angle of the sunlight streaming into your window at 6: 00 a.m. after staying up all night, just talking.

But now it is ending. You are about to gradu ate. In a few weeks, you will no longer belong here. You will no longer be a student. You’ll be… an ordinary citizen? Just

What’s Inside

Nicole Franks (bottom left) and her friends pose on their way to Medieval Times.

some young woman in her twenties? You don’t know yet. Your identity is up for grabs. You could be a career girl, a traveler, a mother. You could bounce around from city to city, lost. Eventually, you will find your place. That thought does not make the uncertainty you hate so much any less terrifying. You pause and reflect on these four years. What will you miss? The peo ple, the discussions, the plethora of parties and friends, the books, Hobo

ken, and maybe some classes. The sense of pride and belonging to your school. You think of the things you are so glad to leave behind. Calcu lus. Long hours buried in books in the library. The constant stress, that nag ging anxiety at the back of your mind telling you to do this, or you’ll fail.

the Stevens Cross Country and Track & Field teams. Since her first semester, Lemke has competed as a distance runner every season; in addition to jug gling academics, which is no easy feat. She has become the ideal studentathlete; from appearing consistently on the Presi dent's List, which honors varsity athletes who earn at least a 3.75 GPA while participating in a confer ence-sponsored sport.

Part of the reason Lemke decided to attend Stevens was from an overnight athletic recruitment trip with the XC/T&F teams. The

It’s all about the journey

by RALPH MOSCATO

Looking back on my five years at Stevens, I really don’t have many regrets. Sure, things weren’t perfect by any means. But I would still choose to do them all over again.

By coming to Stevens, I had a pretty good idea of what the outcome would be: a degree and a good job. However, the means to reach that end couldn't have been more unpredictable. Along the way, I challenged myself and had opportunities I

would never have imag ined five years ago.

When I first joined The Stute as a freshman, I spent my first day lay ing out the Sports page. I later became Layout Edi tor, Business Manager, and Editor-in-Chief. Now, here I am as a senior con tributing to my very last issue.

Working with the staff over the years has been a highlight of my college career. I learned so much from my peers and grew as a person from those interactions. It was great then, for me to have the opportunity to mentor our

current staff and pass my knowledge onto them. It was an honor and a thrill to record Stevens history each week, and I look for ward to reading about the future of Stevens in the is sues of The Stute to come.

See REFLECTION, page 3

From Fall 2009 to Spring 2014:

September 17, 2009 - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram files a law suit against Stevens President Harold J. Raveche, Chariman of the Board of Trustees Law rence T. Babbio, and the Ste vens Board of Trustees.

October 3, 2009 - WCPR, Stevens’ campus radio sta tion, celebrates its 50th anni versary.

January 15, 2010 - Stevens President Harold J. Raveche announces he will step down on June 30, 2010 as part of a settlement of the Attorney General’s lawsuit.

January 28, 2010 - The Stevens Technology Tower, nicknamed “Big John” by students, is dismantled.

February 11, 2010 - Ste ven’s 140th anniversary is celebrated with the first Founders’ Day Ball.

Fall 2010 - Construction of the new Altorfer building begins.

Fall 2010 - Idea Initiative comes to Stevens.

August 30, 2010 - Four year students begin their first day of classes.

September 3, 2010 - An exploding battery causes a fire in the SITTV storage room in the basement of Humphreys.

November 3, 2010 - Ken neth W. DeBaun, Trustee Emeritus and generous bene factor of Stevens, passes away.

March 2011 - Internet speeds across campus dip to an all-time low as the IT de

partment begins changing their packet sensing hardware.

January 17, 2011 - Dr. Nariman Farvardin is named the seventh president of Ste vens.

March 23, 2011 - Laura Barito becomes first Stevens NCAA national champion.

August 26, 2011 - Stevens goes on lockdown as Hur ricane Irene sweeps through the northeast.

September 12, 2011TIME Magazine releases data claiming that Stevens gradu ates have the 10th highest debt load in the nation.

September 30, 2011 - Bill Nye the Science Guy visits campus as a part of Back to Techfest.

Lemke earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering and ocean engineering respectively.

Courtesy of Laura Lemke

Pages 2-3 Senior Opinion Page 8 Senior Shout-Outs Pages 6-7 Senior Names & Awards Pages 9-11 Senior Sports Pages 4-5 Senior Year in Review

See MEMORIES, page 3

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Journey

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couldn’t have done on my own. I'm sure others would agree that they've had similar experiences, whether it was with a club, athletics, performing arts, Greek life, or other aspect of life at Stevens. These are the memories and the relationships that I'll remember most.

To my fellow gradu

ates: Even though we will all stand at Gradu ation in the same black caps and gowns, we each had a different ex perience at Stevens in fluenced by our unique commitments and goals. As we become alumni of this university, let's never forget these expe riences and those who shaped them.

Good luck with your future endeavors and re member, it's not the des tination that matters, but the journey you took to get there.

The Burden of Tomorrow

You had just been told by everyone in the ad ministration that “you will be the future of engi neering” or “this institution is a leader in ‘blank’, and you will be a part of it,” and nothing reinforced those ideas than the seniors. They had struggled through their respective curriculums and succeed ed in all that you had hoped to accomplish.

In a way, they were the future.

Now, you are in the shoes that you looked up to initially. New and incoming freshmen of this year looked up to you as the seniors.

And such as the sun sets with the passing of each day, so too do you, the seniors of this class leave the future to the next class.

Take a minute to reflect on your experience. Without hard work and effort, the dream of gradu ation, the aspirations you set for yourself when you came to this Institute of Technology would never have come to fruition. It was difficult, it was stress ful, but in the end, it was more than likely worth it.

The place you stand now is where everyone still enrolled wishes to stand: before the open possibili ties of the world.

I believe in Convocation it was said that “you are the innovators who will change this world,” and I can’t help but wonder if that is true. Certainly, you have doubts, standing on the podium accepting your degree: “where to next?” But it is that exact

ideology which makes a Stevens Student - ahem - Stevens Alumni/Alumnae, so magnificent. No matter what comes our way, we always look ahead to the next thing, we always need to improve.

Take heart, Class of 2014, you will do fine. I have every ounce of faith that Stevens has more than prepared you for the fields you seek.

Those struggles you’ve underwent, those class es you just barely passed, those late, coffee-filled nights, and all of the countless hours poured into your efforts, are not at all in vain.

Good luck out there Class of 2014. Celebrate, today is your day, yesterday is past, and tomorrow begins a new chapter in the books of your lives.

Per aspera ad astra, through adversity to the stars.

Joseph A. Brosnan Editor-in-Chief The Stute

-Scientific Curmudgeon-

campus experience, she said, made her "fall in love" with Stevens, and the campus felt like a place Lemke could fit in- with the closeknit community of students, professors, and administration. To Lemke, Stevens offered more opportunities than she could have even imagined. Lemke wanted to continue her passion for running into college and the community within the Stevens Cross Country and Track & Field teams were also very close-knit, and have become a huge part of Lemke's life.

Lemke attributed her proudest moment at Stevens towards finish ing four years of cross country/track & field. "It took a lot of time, patience, and certainly a lot of energy to make it through, stated Lemke. "But I made great friend ships through this and

certainly grew as a per son as well." To Lemke, Stevens offered more opportunities than she could have even imag ined. "What I've learned here will stay with me always, as will all the memories I have made," Lemke commented.

What helped Lemke get through college the most was her fantastic support system. "I can not thank my friends and family enough for all their support over the years. They were my cheerleaders when I needed cheerleaders, critics when I needed critics, and therapists when I needed thera pists," stated Lemke.

I lack the tribalism gene. I don’t identify strongly, emotionally, with cluster ings of people, whether nation, hometown, reli gion, ethnic group, pro fession or sports team (al though long ago I endured the horror of being a Mets fan).

I have rational reasons for resisting tribal attach ments. While they promote beneficial bonding among tribal members, they also provoke con flicts with nonmembers, which can be literally lethal. And I resist identi fying too close ly with the sci ence tribe out of concern that I’ll be a less objective journalist.

But I’ve been feeling so much pride about Stevens lately that I have to gush. As the se mester wound down, sev eral events on campus got my oxytocin flowing. First was the exhibition of proj ects designed by teams of seniors, who were all dressed up and eager to pitch their projects--many of which were gratifyingly green.

These included a scheme (developed by, among others, David D’Agostino, leader of the Stevens Green Team, which promotes environ mental causes on campus)

for converting food waste into gas, fertilizer and other useful byproducts; a plan (pitched persuasively by Bryan Nesci) for sus tainable “vertical farm ing” in urban areas; and a solar-powered system for distributing water to farm ers in underdeveloped regions.

Next was a ceremony for winners of a

The winners in poetry were Joseph Risi (honor able mention), Melanie Panosian (second prize) and Kyle Gonzalez (first prize); and in prose Sean Balanon (honorable men tion), Kyria Johnson (sec ond prize) and Chris Chiu (first prize).

Then there were final papers of students in the three

their products, notably ge netically modified foods;

*Frankie Guarini on the efforts of a long-haired vi sionary to create real arti ficial intelligence;

*Anthony Fontana on what the “Internet of Things” might do to our last remaining shreds of privacy;

*Caitlin Kulig on a biological phenomenon called RNA interference, which raises questions about the safety of geneti cally modified foods.

In my courses, I rub my students’ faces in the problems-militarism, inequality, pollution, spiraling health care costs, po litical cor rup tion— that my genera tion is bequeath ing them. Then I tell them that that I’m confident their generation will solve or at least ameliorate these prob lems. And I mean it.

cre ative writ ing contest sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters (my humanitiesoriented sub-tribe at Ste vens) and overseen by my colleague Prof. Billy Middleton, a fiction writer himself. The winners read their work, and I was as tonished and moved by their eloquence, wit and courage, especially be cause their writing was so candid and intimate.

cours es I taught this semester. Sure, some papers made me wince, but others heartened me, including the following, which you can find post ed on my course blogs, http://horgansciseminar. blogspot.com and http:// horganscicomm.blogspot. com.

*Amira Dardir on how chemical firms like Mon santo control research into and hence criticism of

We teachers all have bad weeks, when we get down on ourselves and our students. Last week was a good week, which made me glad to be a member of the Stevens tribe--and of the human race.

John Horgan directs the Center for Science Writ ings, which is part of the College of Arts & Letters. This column is adapted from one originally pub lished on his Scientific American blog, “Crosscheck.”

Please recycle this issue of T he S T u T e when you’re finished reading!

I usually resist tribalism, but I’m so proud of Stevens students!

erything to. The friends who rubbed your back and stroked your hair as you cried over your fam ily, or over a fight with a friend, or because a pain ful memory half- forgot ten had resurfaced. The friends you doubled over laughing with, danced with, drank with. Your friends will scatter across the world – Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Europe. That easy intimacy you have become so accustomed to will disappear. That makes you sad. You take a moment to acknowl edge the feeling. You don’t wish it away, be cause the sadness means you have had signifi cant relationships worth mourning. That is the nature of things. People

come together, bound by time, physical location, and circumstance. And when such things change, people will naturally drift away to new homes. You feel tired, wist ful, nostalgic, excited, scared. You imagine graduation day only days away. Hours before the ceremony, you will stand in front of your mirror, getting ready one last time. You’ll put on that dress you bought for this occasion and your sen sible heels, and don your black cap and gown. You’ll stare in the mir ror and see a reflection you don’t quite recog nize – an almost college graduate, ready to leave the place you’ve called home. You’ll look around the apartment you’ve lived in for a year, with its high ceiling, stan dard issue extra-long twin bed, and the ugliest couches known to man kind. Soon, boxes will be

strewn across it, clothes stuffed into your suitcase. About to be packed, but not quite ready. The offwhite colored walls will be lonely, all the Polaroid pictures removed from the fridge and all the memories tucked away in some box.

You’ll try to hold back your tears. You’ll reach for a tissue when there is a knock at the door. You open it to see your best friends, wearing the same black gowns. "Is it time?" They’ll ask. You’ll smile and nod. Your heels will make emphatic clink ing sounds as you make your way to campus one last time. The sun will be shining fiercely as walk through the Old Stone Mill, and through the town we called home. Suddenly, you’ll feel a wash of happiness. You’ll think about how much you’ve grown up these past four years, and feel proud. You did it!

Memories

Continued from page 1

October 14, 2011 - Dr. Nariman Farvardin is of ficially inaugurated as Ste vens’s seventh president. October 16, 2011 - Laura Barito is named NCAA Woman of the Year.

January 2012 - Stevens launches DuckSync, an on line program that centralizes RSO management.

January 13, 2012 - Orga nizers of the annual Hobo ken St. Patricks’s Day Pa rade cancel the festivities this year, citing what they call the city’s “insulting” decision to move the event to a weekday. Lepre-Con is formed in response, and rampant drinking occurs anyway.

January 20, 2012 - Dr. Gregory Prastacos is ap pointed Dean of the Howe School of Technology Man agement.

January 28, 2012 - Kappa Sigma is chartered on cam pus, the first national frater nity to be formed at Stevens since 1938.

March 24, 2012 - Brit tany Geyer becomes the second Stevens NCAA champion.

March 2012 - The Office of Residence Life announc es leased housing, requiring students to occupy off-cam pus housing on a full-year basis.

April 2012 - The Hanlon Financial Systems Lab in the Babbio Center finishes construction.

September 7, 2012 - The College of Arts and Letters announces the new Science & Technology Studies pro gram.

September 14, 2012The School of Systems and Enterprises introduces the new Systems Engineering

Minor.

October 12, 2012 - After much curiosity from students and the gradual release of clues through social media, Return to Glory was revealed to be a concert with multiple DJs. The event replaces Tech Fest in an effort to create more anticipated events on campus.

October 19, 2012 - The Ste vens community recognizes alumnus Greg Gianforte ‘83, who gave a record-setting $10 million gift to the Institute.

October 29, 2012 - No vember 6, 2012 - Classes are closed due to Hurricane Sandy storming up the Northeast and causing unprecented damage to many areas. Events are held for those on campus and many students volunteer their time and efforts to those in Hobo ken, some even directing the other volunteers.

January 31, 2013 - Stevens presents an update to its Mas ter Plan and announces sev eral plans for the next decade, one of which is to increase the number of undergraduates to 4000 by the year 2022.

March 7, 2013 - Virginia P. Ruesterholz ‘83 is announced as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees, following Lawrence T. Babbio, who pre viously held the position for 15 years.

March 22, 2013 - Simas Ja rasunas becomes the third Ste vens NCAA champion and the first male NCAA champion in Stevens history.

March 22, 2013 - A public, external version of the Ste vens 10-year Strategic Plan is professionally produced and released to stakeholders and leaders around the country.

March 25, 2013 - The grand opening of the Red & Grey Cafe in Burchard 124 re places the old Burchard Cafe and brings a fresh new twist to dining at Stevens.

April 6, 2013 - The Inau gural Stevens Awards Gala is held in Gotham Hall in mid

town Manhattan, honoring thirteen distinguished alumni and friends for their lifetime accomplishments.

July 22, 2013 - Stevens is named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Jostens’ Institution of the Year for the 2012-2013 academic year, marking the second time it has received the award.

September 13, 2013 - Ste vens ranks third in the U.S. for mid-career salary of graduates, with an average of $124,000.

September 20, 2013 - Ste vens and the Hoboken His torical Museum collaborate to host an event on campus com memorating the one-year an niversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting Hoboken, NJ.

September 29, 2013 - Rob ert Maffia joins Stevens as Vice President for Facilities and Campus Operations, after a very successful career in fa cilities, design, and operations in several large organizations.

October 4, 2013 - Governor Chris Christie visits Stevens to celebrate the $7.25 million award from the State of New Jersey, which will fund two IT infrastructure projects aimed towards improving teaching, learning, and research at Ste vens.

February 2, 2014 - Super Bowl XLVIII takes place in East Rutherford, NJ, bringing special attractions to Hobo ken, in which Stevens students volunteered.

April 5, 2014 - The second annual Stevens Awards Gala is held at the historic Plaza Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where Stevens awarded ten honorees for their accomplishments.

May 1, 2014 - Stevens names Brodie Remington, an experienced fundraising pro fessional with thirty years of experience in higher educa tion, its Vice President for De velopment, following the re tirement of Edward Eichhorn.

May 21, 2014 - The Class of 2014 graduates!

Nicole Franks and company on one of their last trips out of Stevens Institute of Technology.

Courtesy of Nicole Franks

Features Senior Year in r eview

Studying too hard your senior year?

DuckTime changes the game for Stevens employees

In the Fall 2013 semester, Stevens implemented DuckTime, a workforce software system powered by Kronos. The new system was given an icon un der Campus Services in mySte vens: a Stevens duck run ning with a briefcase.

With DuckTime, all hourly Stevens em ployees were able to electronically record the times they’ve worked. DuckTime replaced the use of paper time cards. Af ter employees input their information, man agers and supervisors were

Stevens ranks third for mid-career salary

In September 2013, PayScale released its annual College Salary Report for 20132014, which ranks colleges and universities in a number of categories based on gradu ate salaries and other factors. With an average mid-career salary of $124,000, Stevens graduates tied for third in the nation with those from California Institute of Technol ogy. PayScale defines mid-career graduates as “full-time employees with at least 10 years of experience in their career or field who hold a bachelor’s degree and no higher degrees.” Stevens improved its rank over last year’s list, climbing up from 12th. Its average mid-career salary is the highest of all Northeast schools on the list. Looking at average starting salary, Stevens tied for eighth in the nation with $64,900.

TechFest 2013 took place on Septem ber 27-28 and featured several exciting activities. The annual Fall Festival at Ste vens was sponsored by the Student Gov ernment Association and Entertainment Committee. On Friday night, the Col lege Paint Blast took place, in which stu dents blasted each other with strokes of paint. Also, DJ Spanky, a radio DJ from 92.3 Now, filled Hayden Lot with music.

“Last year was a great step in revital izing Tech Fest and we tried to build on that success and set the bar as high as possible for future years to come. We wanted to give the students a great week end to look forward to and create memo ries that will last a lifetime,” said Antho ny Montufar ’15, one of the organizers of TechFest.

On Saturday, two events were held. A boardwalk and carnival were set up on River Terrace between the DeBaun Athletic Complex and Fifth Street with games and prizes for students to enjoy.

able to login to review and approve their employees’ reported time and leave requests.

Having everything on one electronic database simplified the payroll process. Many student em ployees originally had problems with the sys tem and couldn’t at tend one of the sum mer training sessions. However, since it was launched, constant updates were made to the system and many of the original concerns and challenges addressed were resolved.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie visits campus

A line of excited stu dents extended from the Howe Center down along Whittpenn Walk on the day Governor Chris Christie came to Stevens Institute of Technology for the event “Enabling Innovation,” which cel ebrated the grant from the State of New Jersey and launched Stevens’ efforts

in upgrading its Informa tion Technology infra structure.

President Farvardin spoke to the main reason for the Governor’s visit.

“With the generous funding of $7.25 million from the State of New Jersey, Stevens will dra matically enhance its In formation Technology in

frastructure, through two very exciting state-of-theart projects, the Unified Communications and Col laboration Environment (UCCE) and the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).”

The UCCE involves unifying all communi cations on campus and overhauling the current

network with a fiber-optic infrastructure. It also in cludes the campuswide implementation of VoIP (Voice over Internet Pro tocol), allowing both voice and video calls over the Internet. Both of these improvements will help make communication on campus faster and more efficient. The VLE will

allow the Stevens commu nity to access course ma terials and visualization tools from many different devices.

The donation was wholly welcomed by Ste vens faculty and the stu dent body, all of whom will benefit from the generous monetary dona tion.

Stevens aims to ex pand their Information Technology program such that more classes will be available to students of all schools of the uni versity, and thanks to the generosity of the State of New Jersey and Governor Christie, the Innovation University will soon make that a reality.

Naval Engineering majors given new opportunity

In the Fall 2013 semester, a new se nior project opportunity proposal excited the Naval Engineering majors at Stevens. The project was to create a replica of the “Little Juliana,” the original steamboat design created by Colonel John Stevens in 1804. An initial information session was held in the Babbio Center in No vember.

The idea was brought to Stevens by Mr. Carl Kriegeskotte, President of The Silver Owl Group, a documentary-based television broadcast founded in 1997. He has received Emmys for his works, which include films about steamboats and their engines. Kriegeskotte has available a machine shop and foundry to conceptualize and generate the parts that would be used for the project. During the presentation, Kriegeskotte recalled the history of Colonel Stevens and the rush

to produce steam powered machines. Most of Stevens’ boats are located for display at the Smithsonian, where stu dents traveled to do research and take measurements for the blueprints. Stu dents also fabricated parts in the ma chine labs using 3D printing, as well as more traditional methods, such as mold ing.

While mostly a Naval Engineeringbased project, Mechanical Engineers were asked to help with operations as well as the CAL department for research through the Smithsonian and Stevens ar chives.

Since the proposal was made, a senior design team has been working on design ing and building the hull and mechanical systems. After the project is completed, the replica will be exhibited at antique and wooden boat shows.

Tyler Romeo

And, finally on Saturday night, a con cert featuring Sammy Adams capped off the festivities.

Jeffrey Vock Photography

PayScale College Salary Report 2013-2014

We gathered some of the biggest events that happened on campus for you!

The first event of the 2014 Student Govern ment Association (SGA) Speaker Series could not have had guests more “Stevens-centric” than the two that graced the stage at Bissinger on Saturday, February 8. After wait ing in a line that stretched from the double doors to Bissinger to the elevators to get on the fourth floor, students were finally let in.

All of the seats quickly filled, the room literally filled to near its capacity, and standing room was re quired for some. After a short video package high lighting their television show Mythbusters, the guests of the evening were welcomed, running down the center aisle to great applause: Kari Byron and

Campus braced for its one of its busiest and, arguably, geekiest days of the year. The Castle Point Anime Con vention (CPAC) took center stage on a gorgeous Sun day. Almost all buildings in Lower Campus were booked for use. Highlighting this was the astounding attendance on Sunday morning: the con started at 9:00 A.M., yet the line for registration snaked through the 3rd floor of the MPK (Morton-Pierce-Kidde) complex. Con-goers came in droves to see the headlin ers, the cosplayers, and the Dealer’s Room/Artist’s Al ley. CPAC is a convention for anime, manga, and Japanese culture that is hosted every Spring by the Stevens Anime Club, and involves numerous on-campus organizations, including WCPR, SITTV,

Grant Imahara.

After the applause settled down, Byron re marked at how this was the “most enthusiastic crowd” they’ve encoun tered so far on their tour.

Byron and Imahara spoke about their pasts, their favorite myths from the show, and answered questions from the audi ence.

Nearing the end of the event, Byron and Imahara were asked about what they thought the most re warding aspect of their work was. To that, By ron responded admirably: “We’re on a stage talking to a bunch of engineers, and I have an art degree.”

Remembering that Myth busters reaches out to such a vast audience, Imahara explained, “[The] little

CPAC bigger than ever

kids are the best part for me.”

Following Byron and Imahara’s advice to the students, there was a stu dent session of questions. The most diverse of the night, such questions in cluded what their favorite type of explosion was, if they were ever told “no” to pursuing some myth, and where the “-buster” in Mythbusters came from. After the session, students were invited to a limited meet-and-greet opportu nity.

Running back up the aisle, slapping the students hands on their way, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara were undoubtedly a “hit” at Stevens, bringing a feel ing of excitement that has not been so strong since Bill Nye visited in 2011.

For the second time in Stevens’ history, Com mencement was held at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Wednesday, May 21.

Commencement fol lowed this year’s Senior Week, the series of events in which the Class of 2014

C2GS, and APO. Having started in 2008, this year’s convention is the club’s seventh, and is the biggest yet. According to Anime Club executive board member Tyler Romeo, more than 3,200 people attended, which is 700 more than last

year. The stairs starting on 1st floor Morton were split between those who pre-reg istered through the website and those paying cash the day of. Attendance for Ste vens students was free, preregistration tickets were $15, and day-of entry was $20.

This fee paid for access to the entire con via a badge, a program, and a map. The convention had numerous events in which attendees could participate. Voice ac tors Crispin Freeman and Michele Knotz, as well as comedian Ian Rubin and webcomic artist (and Stevens student) Katie Tiedrich made guest appearances. There were also panels, which are organized by outside orga nizations and covered many different topics. In Schaefer gym was the Artist’s Alley and Dealer’s room, where artists and vendors loaded in their equipment and sold art work and goods to attendees looking to buy. At the end of the convention was CPAC The Dance, which was held in Walker gym by WCPR. And then there’s cosplay.

“Mythbusters” Kari and Grant visit Stevens UNITY

Representing the mi norities on campus, Eth nic Student Council’s (ESC) most important event of the year stole attendees from other im pressive events on cam pus including an Off Cen ter event.

Even still, only half of the seats were taken. Apart from the impressive dances which the ethnic organizations prepare for the competition, UNITY also ushered in a new ESCE Eboard.

Hosts this year were Student Government As sociation (SGA) President Kristen Romanowski and Entertainment Committee and Boken Chair, Bran don Griffen, who also provided entertainment of their own in between per formances.

It could be said that this year was special for UNITY because of the sheer amount of unusual happenings. The Malay sian Student Association (MASA) sent a video in absentia depicting . Is raeli organization Hillel joined the list of organi zations performing. Also, for the first time in years, the Chinese Student As sociation (CSA), a regular UNITY participant, left out of the competition.

According to current Sec retary Kenneth Chan, the organizationcreated per formances around 2 sepa rate people who could not commit to the show. As a result, CSA could not ap pear onstage. Many mem bers did attend, though, to cheer on the other com peting organizations.

Class of 2014 graduates!

celebrated its triumphant college career. This year’s events in cluded:

Scavenger Hunt, which happened on Friday, May 16 all across Hoboken with prizes and giveaways.

Medieval Times, a live jousting tournament with

additional falconry and a four-course meal, which happened on Saturday, May 17.

City Bistro, which in cluded drinks and appetiz ers at City Bistro on 14th Street in Hoboken on Sat urday, May 17.

Senior Brunch, which

included delicious food from Hoboken Gourmet on Sunday, May 18.

Senior Ball, the formal dinner and dance at Mari time Parc in Jersey City on Monday, May 19.

In addition to these Se nior Week events, the Un dergraduate Awards Cere

mony was held on Sunday, May 18, in which academ ic and co-curricular awards were presented to graduat ing members of the senior class.

Also, the Graduation Festival took place on Tuesday, May 20. The event included meet and

This year continued IUA’s UNITY winning streak.

Although some changes did occur, the show went on with much song and dance on the part of stu dents. UNITY’s backsto ry-live performance (in cluding voiceover)-format remained in effect. The Korean Student Associa tion’s performance was highly reminiscent of “A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song”’s storyline in that at least two named performers turned out to be taking credit for the singing and dancing of others. Its use of korean pop-styled dancing and singing, which is eerily similar to hip-hop and R&B, to tell a story wowed audience mem bers.

greets with faculty and staff, food, live music, giveaways, and more.

The week concluded with the 142nd Com mencement on Wednesday, May 21, featuring guest speaker Maggie Wilderot ter. Congratulations Class of 2014!

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GraduatinG Senior S and Senior awardS

College of Arts & Letters

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

John T. Baldassano Jr.

Tamar Boodaghians

Michael T. Crino

Andrew Towery Daponte

Frank Anthony DiCola

Michael DiLiello

Arthur D. Erb

Diana M. Fournier

Taylore A. Fowler

Jason F. Friesenhahn

Marcin R. Galdyn

Alexa B. George

Richard H. Girouard Jr.

Nicholas A. Gonzalez

Owen F. Hayes

Jesse T. House

Emily A. Hromada

Rita K. Jackson

Sean R. Kelley

Jingyu Li

Shara K. Nguyen

Corey T Phillips

Robert F. Ranalli

Juan Manuel Rios

Villanueva

Esteban Camilo

Roldan-Martinez

Jacqueline C. Stenroos

Russell W. Thompson

Daniel M. Vassallo

Fiona T. Vu

J. Howe School of Technology Management

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Mary S. Astarita

Joseph F. Bernardo

Andrew R. Boehm

Vladislava Boyar

Matthew Buccheri

Jennifer A. Camisa

Luke A. Chenowith

Jerrin Chesnut

Spencer G. Chin Ekrem A. Cinar

Timothy Culloty

David S. Czech

Anthony M. DeFilippis

Diana Demianczuk

Nicholas Dougert

Jonathan Drosos

Mitchel L. Epperly

Robert Fields

Gallo, R. Julian Samantha D. Gates

Richard H. Girouard Jr.

Samuel L. Gleit

Gabrielle Gordon

Nicholas J. Guarriello

Samuel E. Hemme

Paul T Killian

Kseniya Kuprienko

Sean M. Lavin

Melissa K. Loria

Gino A. Mazzarella

Andrew M. Meszaros

Alexandra J. Middleton

Jasim M. Mobaidin

Melissa E. Murphy

Ryan R. Neugebauer

Kara E. Rafferty

David Rendon-Vasquez

Matthew H. Rodgers

Sean P. Scrudato

Sarah F. Sheikh

Bridget U. Sherer

Michael J. Sisk

Rachel M. Staigar

Bradford D. Stokhamer

Lindsay Stoll

Christina A. Tsui

Kavi Singh Walia

Jay B. Weinberg

Kevin Weng Sijie Yang Bohan Zhang Yuxuan Zhao

School of Systems and Enterprises

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering

Cerille V. Avetria

Kelley M. Bancroft

Samantha S. Burdett

Mary P. Caulson Matthew D. Chang

Joseph A. Cuozzo

Patrick Dillon

Anne M. Fodor

Christina M. Gamon

Jonathan F. Greco

Justine T. Iglesias

Julian A. Jaramillo

Stephen M Johnston Stephen Krakowski

Kevin P. Landers

Clara K. Luneke

Kevin P. McMahon

Curtis P. Mele

Molara N. Obe

Olutossin A Olugbenga

Ani Pira

Eric A. Proos

Armand R Reyes Justin R. Schneider

Jeffrey J. Scott

Tudor Stefan

Kyle Stephens Justin P. Ure

Abigail D Vaskain

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering & Science

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Marcelo Javier Acevedo

Daniel J. Allen

Roy Bahian Philip A. Barresi

Jared S. Binder

Jennifer M. Birstler

Christopher W. Bowers Daniel T. Burke

Aaron J. Capone Laura M. Cerrito

John M. Cheatham

Margaret R. Clinton Mary A. Collins Matthew R. Corrado

Bradley K. Crusco

Carlos E. Csiszer

Marina Dawoud

Tiffany Evangelou Chris D. Federici

Diana M. Fournier

Kelly D. Freed Stephen S. Gaspar Ryan M. Gavin Ryan M. Gellis

John E. Griggs

Michael G. Grinthal

Kyle R. Gunderson

Kyle R. Gunderson

Ethan M. Hayon

Lingyuan He

Mary C. Hoehl

Jonathan R. Hogan Jasmine L. Howard Emily A. Hromada

Rita K. Jackson

Charles L. Johnston IV

Michael L. Karas

Christopher J. Kelly Alexander W. Kochman

Caitlin E. Kulig

Yauchin M. Lam

DeVon C. Lineman

Brandon M. Ling Kevin M. Lourenco

Francis Joseph McCormick

Daniel S. McLaughlin

Matthew A. Michael

Anthony S Mondelli

Ralph E. Moscato

Gregory M. Nikogosyan

Nicholas W Noga

Brittany L. Odgers

Kimberly Jean Parker Amrita Patnaik Nicole A. Pfeil Gianna Pizzella

Yevgeniy Polunin

Ashley K. Princiotta Dominika E. Rak Nathaniel Rogers

Jordan Scales

Daniel E. Schuler

Corbin D. Schwartz

Joseph Schwarze

Christopher M. Serenita

Celalettin N. Sevindik

Akash Sharma

Eric G. Shaw

Nicole Marie Helene Sica

Nicholas A. Smith

David Sobiepan

Molly L. Spadaro

Ana Toledo

Brandon M. Vandegrift

Sean Vazquez

Joshua S. Voitko

Fiona T. Vu

Matthew Witkowski David C. Wolkiser

Yuwei Yang Thomas D. Youds

Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering

Muhammad Hazim Ab. Fatah Muhammad Izwan Abd Malik Katie E. Achilles

Mohd Syafiq Addi Saiful Azlan Shah Ahmad Shah Sheila Ahmady Nossir M. Aini

Takahiro Akiyama Sarima Ali Suraida Alias Howard Allen

Barney Mackenie

Alvarez-Avalos

Nicholas G. Alzapiedi Edmundo A. Anchondo III Jordon Andjeski

Shaun Anyi

Ann Aquilina

Conor C. Arcuri Christopher L. Ariante Mohd. Azfar Awang Damit Sylvana M. Azana

Michael P. Azzara Anand Bahadur Bryan T. Baranyay Denis Barberena

Bridgette M. Barden Stefannye M. Barragan

Andrew Robert Joseph Bean Thomas A. Bechtold

Timothy J. Bedell

Jeffrey P. Bellanich

Alexander C. Benham

Amanda M. Berg

Steven J. Berrio

Kamal D. Bhakta

John A Bianchi

Stefanie Bistis

James Bogush

Badrishah Borhanordin Marouane Boutaib

Emily S. Brandsdorfer

Ryan T. Britt

Jennifer Marie Bucaoto

Stephen J. Bukowski Zachary J. Burgess

Michael P. Cahill

Tara P. Callahan

Declan J. Candela

Michael S. Cascio

Marcel Castillo Necmi Celik

Eric Chae

Marguerite Chavez

Rachel M. Chavez Adam R. Chodaba

Gary Chow

Gregory R. Chrin

David C. Christofalo

Joongil J. Chung Julia M. Chung

Uihoon Chung

Christian P. Ciampi

Ronald J. Climes

Kaitlin R. Connell Mark M. Conticchio

Andrew R. Continisio

Daniel J Cooperman

Frank C. Coppola

Deanna J. Corio

Eric S. Cortese

Nicole M. Costa

John Paul Cotrone

James P. Coyle

Jared C. Crean

Michael R. Creech Chelsea P. Cresci

Lindsay R. Crossan

Theresa Ann M. D’Addio

David J. D’Agostino Joseph D D’Alterio

Kyle Danubio

Elijah G. Davis

Victor A. Daza

Kyle J. De Klerk

Paul G. De La Costa

Lena C. DeAngelo

Dominic A. DeBonis

Robert DeCapua Dana L. DeSantis

Phillip A. DeSeignora

Christina L. Delago

Sean E. Devlin

Victoria A. DiGregorio

Paul S. DiSanti

Peter H. Donchak

Michael K. Donovan

Ryan A. Dormann

Marissa L. Douglas Roman Dubchak

Danny C. Duenas

Stephen Dunbar

Ryan R. Duncan

Kevin J. Dziedzic

Hairilnizan Dzulkaffli

David R. Echevarria III Hunter R. Edwards

Korey Q. Edwards

Amro E Elhalim

Desiree Espitia Christine M. Favia

Evan D. Feil

Brian J. Filipowicz

Natalie M. Fitz Mikayla R. Floyd Fidelis Foda-Kahouo Nicole F. Franks

Jose A. Garcia Hannah M. Gasper

Jaslyn George

Samantha S. George Scott Michael Ginsberg Matthew G. Goczalk

Mariya Goldman

Joseph E. Gombar

Marie-Therese F Gomes

Ivan R. Gonzalez

Walter S. Goodwin

Kyle Lindon Gordon

Christian E. Grapel

John E. Griggs

Kevin M. Grudzinski

Erica C. Gucciardo

Matthew C. Guenther

Marcin J. Hamielec

Lauren Hammerle

Noor Hazwani Hashim

Muhammad Afiq Hassan

Rashed R. Hassan

William A. Haupt

Emily J. Heisler

Henry J. Hernandez

Norrin Hester

Mitchell J. Hoffert

Dylan V. Hoffman

Robert H. Hopkins Gary Horan III

Brian Ly Hu John T. Hu

Robert J Huebner

Lauren R. Hurley

Joseph A. Huyett

Melissa J. Indoe

Austin S. Ip

Muhammad E. Ismadi Desislava Ivanova

Michael A. Jacobellis

Patrick Jan Diana Jandreski

Laura E. Josephson

Natalia J. Kafel

Allison M. Kahn

Gregory John Kaminski

Kyle J. Kampo

Seoungwoo Kang

Maciej Kargol

Anthony Kauffmann

John F. Kelly

Maher Khan Gohar Khokhar

Thomas J. Kiefer

Nickolas W. Kirby Ethan Kirschner Eleanor T. Kleinhans

David J. Kleszyk

John J. Kolodziejski Keith J. Kraus

Robert A Krupp

Edward A. Kubis

Vincent LaFragola Jr. Michael F. LaGumina Christian J. LaPannJohannessen

Phong H. Lai

Andrew Zhong Yi Lau

Thomas M. Lauria

Christina M Lee Woosung Lee

Laura A. Lemke

Anthony R. Lepre John K. Lesch Evan J. Lewis Cole F. Liguori Nicole D. Lim

Megan M. Lisbon Michael Lisman

Tyler G. Lista Amanda R. Llamanzares

Aaron T Loichle

Julia L. Longinotti Jacob Lovelace Curt J. Lowenstein

Cheyenne M. Maisey Michael Majdanski Kevin Malamug

Christopher Malinowski Mark H. Mallett Joel G. Manansala

Joseph M. Mangiafico

Juan C Mantilla Solorzano Matthew S. Marano

Kevin L. Marti Paul D. Mascia David Massaro

Kevin J. Mathews

Alfred K. Mayalu Jr. Maureen E. McBirney Sarah M McDonald

Christopher John McLean Kevin McManamy Sean T. McNamara Ashley L. Medina Frank Mischin III Ryan J. Miskanich Andrew P. Misthos Marc S. Mitchell Keiichi K. Miyashita Mikolaj Mlynek Ahmad Shafik Mohamad Karim Jesus M. Monegro David A Monteiro Donald M Montemarano

Vincent Victory L. Montero Ashley A. Montufar Farah Nadia Muhammad Sabri Daniel T. Munt Saiful N. Murad John E. Murphy Aziz O. Nawrozie Bryan R. Nesci Liem Nguyen Jeffrey G Nicholls Maria J. Niemiera Briana M. Nieradka Luke A. Niezelski

David Niyazov

Eric A. Noll

Matthew F. O’Brien

Patrick J. O’Brien

Brian C. O’Connor Carlo J Olivadoti

Joel A. Oquendo Steven M. Orciuolo Jr.

Darlene Mae Ortillo

Steven T. Oscovitch

Victor A. Osorio Mazariegos

Caroline F. Packowski

Joanna G. Paglino

Anthony Michael Palumbo Eric Pantaleon

Kunjan N. Patel Steven C Paul Edward J. Paulosky

Paul I. Pavlich

Christopher Glen Peel

Patrick A. Penna

Michael J. Perez

Alexander A Persaud

Timothy D. Pessolano

Sean P. Phelan

Nicolas M. Philippi

Michael Placentra II

Mark Russell Poinsett

Christopher M. Polacco

Kyle Z. Polacco

Theresa M Ponella

Matthew Porter

Christopher Portillo

Lukasz Poskrobko

Sarah E. Prall

Alex Presti

Justen J. Puglisi Matthew E. Putnins

Laura Mary Ragone Raya Rahman

Veena Ramakrishnan

Nathalie Ramos

Shane Raymond Robert A Realmuto

Ajay Reddy

Michael C. Reed Brian Renner Catherine A. Ricculli Sean R. Richards

Theodore N. Richards Kristen Ridarick

Grace A Ridge Matthew J. Riley William J. Robbins Esteban Camilo

Roldan-Martinez

Ruby A. Romero Justin T Rue

Patrick J Ruiz

Edward C. Rupp

Anne K. Ryan

Zachary Ryter Steven J. Saccomanno

Diane A Sagan

Christian A. Saley

Jonathan G. Samuel

Oscarly Sanchez Timothy S. Schaake

Zane W. Schacht

Kaitlyn A. Schnellbacher

Maxwell J. Schwartz Steven R. Semo

Cory Semper Stephanie J. Senkevich Maggie Serra Scott M. Sexton Hasan K. Shahid William Sharkey Ruchika Sharma Matthew L. Shoebridge

Candace Shpock Mark A. Siembab Emily G. Singh Jaspreet Singh

Elif Sipcikoglu Matthew A. Skrelja Kyle J. Snell Jennifer L. Souka

Salvatore L Spinella Alexander J. Stanton

Dimitri Stathopoulos

Curtis A. Stecyk Alec T. Steers

Robert J. Stephenson

Cory Matthew Stryker Adith Subramanian Matthew W. Supple Toshimune Suzuki

Stanley M. Switalski Richard A. Szeliga Shota Tasaki

Thomas James Tate McAndriano B Teh Christian Tejada Muhammad F. Tengku Noor Afandi Eliseo Tepox Lisa M. Tessitore Jay J Thakore Samuel M. Thomas David A. Thomasevich

Alexander G. Thompson

Jennifer L. Thompson Katharine C. Tiedrich

Victoria Tran

Megan L. Traub

Barry A. Travis Jr. Omer F. Tumkor

Eryk E. Urrego Victoria Valencia Jonathan D. VanDomelen John C. VanRoden Michael T. Vanezis Patrick Henry Verbovsky Sean P. Verdi

Joseph M. Vieitez Andrew R. Vissichelli

Anthony Vu Christopher A. Wade Christopher Wallace

Katlin R. Walling Peter A. Walsh

Jeremy Wang Zhou Wang Jonell B Watson

Sungyop Whang Clifford J. Whitman Ryan M Williams

Kevin A. Winstanley

Anthony H. Worthington

Becky M. Wos Jessica A. Wos Yibo Wu

Min Yang

Nabilah Zamani Justin J. Zayak Christopher Zega Cory P. Zegel Syeda B. Zehra Yuanpei Zhang

Wesley

Cooperative Education Academic Excellence

Award

This is awarded to the graduating co-op participant with the highest grade point average.

David Monteiro Awarded to:

Cooperative Education Student of the Year Award

Established in 1991 by participating co-op employers, this award is given to the student who best exemplifies the ideals of Cooperative Education.

Sylvana M. Azana

Awarded to:

The Joel E. Crouch Soccer Award

It is awarded annually to the member of the senior class who has contributed the most to the sport of soccer during his or her years at Stevens.

Curtis Stecyk

Awarded to:

The John A. Davis Award

It is awarded to the senior who, in addition to his or her ability in athletics, has best exemplified the qualities of the loyalty and sportsmanship.

Awarded to:

Emily S. Brandsdorfer

Eastern College Athletic Conference Robbins Scholar Athlete Award

This award is given to the members of the senior class who have excelled in academics and athletics in their four years at Stevens.

Awarded to:

Joseph A. Huyett Laura A. Lemke

Howe School Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

This award goes to a graduating senior who has, during his or her time at Stevens, demonstrated extraordinary innovativeness and entrepreneurialism in his or her academic and professional endeavors.

Jay B. Weinberg Awarded to:

Dave and G.G. Farber Award

This award was established to create awareness among students of the impact that their innovation can have on society at large and the power it has to improve lives all over the world.

Awarded to:

Jordon Andjeski Deanna Corio Joanna Paglino

Steven Paul Kristen Ridarick Abigail Vasakain

Joseph M. Farber Memorial Prize

This award, in memory of Joseph M. Farber, recognizes a graduating senior majoring in one of the disciplines in the College of Arts and Letters who displays a keen interest in and concern for civil liberties and their performance in preserving and protecting human rights.

Tamar

Awarded to:

Boodaghians

The Eugene Fezandie Award

This award was established in 1958 in memory of Eugene Fezandie, professor of Mechanical Engineering, through joint efforts of his many friends. It is awarded annually to a senior who has the best average in the junior and senior years’ sequence of courses given by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Awarded to: Lindsay R. Crossan

Ryan J. Miskanich

The Elie Fonrose Award

This award was established by the members of ME class of 2009 in memory of their classmate Elie Fonrose. Mr. Fonrose was a firm believer that the headway of the human race lays hand in hand with the exploration of new frontiers. As an aspiring rocket scientist, Mr. Fonrose understood the necessity of making spacing travel much more affordable and efficient. This award is for the individual who shows promise of advancement in the field of aerospace engineering.

Awarded to: Emily S. Brandsdorfer

Jared C. Crean

The Arthur J. Grymes, Jr. Book Award

This award was established in 1963 by Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Riley, John J. Wall, and Harry A. Taylor, Jr. in memory of Arthur J. Grymes, Jr. ‘18. It is awarded to that

Awarded to:

Humphreys/Ennis/Lesser Award

This award was established by Dr. Donald Merino in memory of Professors Humphreys, Ennis, and Lesser. All three were professors of Engineering Economics at Stevens. This award is given to a senior with the highest grade point average in the required undergraduate Engineering Economics core courses. Edward A. Kubis Awarded to:

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Elevator Pitch Award

This award was established by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to exemplify academic entrepreneurship. It is to be awarded annually to the winners of the Elevator Pitch Competition held during the Stevens Innovation Expo. Awarded to:

Sylvana M. Azana

Gregory R. Chrin

David C. Christofalo

Mark M. Conticchio

Gregory J. Corradi Brian J. Filipowicz Joseph E. Gombar Diana Jandreski

Kelly J. Martin

John E. Murphy

Steven M. Orciulo, Jr. Ruby A. Romero

Curtis A. Stecyk

Shota Tasaki

Lisa M. Tessitore David A. Thomasevich

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project Plan Pitch Award

This award was established by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to exemplify innovation in design. It is awarded annually to the winners of the project plan pitch competition held during the Stevens Innovation Expo. Awarded to:

Ann Aquilina

Christopher L. Ariante

Samantha S. Burdett

Michael S. Cepeda

Sean Devlin Amiro Elhalim David J. D’Agostino

Laura E. Josephson Laura A. Lemke Megan M. Libson Curt T. Lowenstein

Clara K. Luneke

Sarah M. McDonald

Luke A. Niezelski

Christopher Portillo

Nathalie Ramos

Grace A. Ridge

Jaspreet Singh Elif Sipcikoglu

Salvatore L. Spinella Barry A. Travis, Jr.

The Clifford W. Kirmss Award

This award was established in 1980 in honor of former Stevens fencing coach, Clifford W. Kirmss and is awarded to seniors who have contributed most to Stevens fencing. Awarded to: Briana N. Nieradka

Anthony H. Worthington

Matthew Klemchalk ‘01 Memorial Award

This award is given to a civil engineering student who excelled in Mechanics of Solids and in transportation-related courses.

Ruby A. Romero Awarded to:

The Richard S. Magee ‘63 ‘64 ‘68 Excellence Award

The recipient of this award will have demonstrated extracurricular involvement and leadership in departmental and campus-related activities and been clearly recognized as a strong ambassador for the Mechanical Engineering department and Stevens.

Lindsay R. Crossan Awarded to:

The Alfred Mayer Prize

This award is annually granted to the member of the senior class who ranks first in lecture, recitation, and laboratory courses in physics in his or her undergraduate career. Aaron J. Capone Awarded to:

The Thomas E. McCandless Music Award

This award is given to undergraduate students who have made the greatest contribution of their time and talent in advancing music at Stevens. Awarded to: Amanda R. Llamanzares Daniel Schuler

The John Mihalasky Award

Tamar Boodaghians

Honor System Service Award

This award is presented to a graduating senior who is a current member of the Honor Board, and who has served as an Honor Board member for at least three years. They have demonstrated exemplary commitment to the Honor System through their involvement with the Honor Board, and by taking an active role in educating the Stevens community about the Honor System.

Awarded to: Stefanie Bistis

Eric A. Noll

This award is given to the Senior Design group in Engineering Management who have distinguished themselves through the research of their project. Awarded to:

Cerille V. Avetria Matthew D. Chang Dylan A. Feldman

Anne A. Fodor Christina A. Gamon

The Frank J. Misar Award

This award was established by his friends in 1972 to honor the former head of the Department of Physical Education. It is granted annually to the member of the senior Daniel J. Allen Awarded to:

Senior Shout- outS

Sending off our friends and fellow classmates into their bright futures!

T HE S TUTE

It all began with the aspirations of being a photographer. Our only regret is that you only got two photo credits or so. How many late nights past deadline have you dedicated to The Stute ? How many hours have you put in, how many pages have you laid out? It would be a difficult number to calculate, seeing as almost every week you have been at Stevens your name has materialized in the staff box. Your keen eyes, your quick reflexes, and your unbeatable memory have saved The Stute from many disasters. When we wanted you to take a break, you showed up anyways. The Stute was far more than lucky to have you. How will we survive without our backbone? You trained us, that’s how. We will miss you, your passion, and your determination dearly.

Love, The Stute Staff

Kevin Dziedzic

Edward Kubis

Joseph Bernardo

Stephen Johnston

Paul Pavlich

Thomas Lauria

John Murphy (in back)

R. Julian Gallo

Nicholas Guarriello

Brothers NOT Pictured

You’ve helped us learn how to magically F5 all of the photos and a few tricks with Photoshop as well. Thank you so very much Nicole,

The brothers of Kappa Sigma Rho-Omega are honored and privilege to congratulate our 15 graduating brothers. This chapter was started less than three years ago and has grown tremendously since then. Without each and every one of your efforts none of this would have been possible. Thank you for all you guys have done to make every brothers’ college experience an unforgettable one. As you move on to your next chapter in life just remember everything you have learned though your undergraduate journey as a Kappa sigma. If anyone of you ever needs anything do not hesitate to contact us because Kappa Sigma not for a day, or an hour, or a college term only, but for life. There is one last thing we would like to leave you with, remember “diligence should be your watchword. Whatever you do, do well, and may success attend your efforts.” AEKDB

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~Elizabeth Lamb

To Taylore Fowler and Kamal Bhakta: Words cannot explain how great of a friend you two has been to me these past 4 years. Since day one, we have created many memories and shared a lot of moments. You two are the most smartest and inspiring people I have come across at Stevens. I wished you two the best of luck in the future and I know our friendship will last forever.I’m expecting a tour of Disney when I visit California from Taylore, and for Kamal to own Dominos in the next 5 years. The food group will miss you both as well :D

-ShaQuill Thomas

Howard Allen: Article writer, Senioritis Columnist

Your quirky remarks, your amazing hats, and that darn chipmunk noise that no one can mimic will be well missed.

Good luck out there Howie, Love, The Stute Staff

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Stephen Krakowski

Andrew Misthos

Anthony Worthington

Daniel Munt

Kamal Bhakta

Simone Virani - From the best and worst of times. Don’t be a stranger. (Sorry for the picture <3) ~Elizabeth Lamb

DeVon Lineman - Thank you for coming into my life. ~Elizabeth Lamb

Emily HromadaI will always love you. Never call always show up. ~Elizabeth Lamb

Nicole Franks: Photo Editor, Layout Editor (Funny Pages)

Love, The Stute Staff

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