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Campus: Week of October 29, 2001
NSF
Director Rita Colwell Among the Honorees at Friday's Honors Convocation
NSF Director Rita Colwell will receive an honorary doctor of science
degree at Rensselaer's eighth annual Honors Convocation Friday,
Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Alumni Sports & Recreation Center
(Armory). Colwell will give the keynote address at the event,
which honors students and faculty for their outstanding academic
achievements.
The
2001 Founders Award, the ceremony's highest honor, will be given
to 73 students who have been chosen for "creativity, leadership,
discovery, and the values of pride and responsibility." Other
student honorees include 200 Class of 2005 Rensselaer Medalists,
35 students with a 4.0 GPA, and 20 graduate student fellowship
awardees. Six faculty award winners also will be honored.
A
reception in the Armory will follow immediately after Honors Convocation.
For more information, contact Joe Michels at michels@rpi.edu
or ext. 6237. 10/29/01
Family
Weekend
The Office of the First Year Experience has planned a host of
activities for Rensselaer's Family Weekend, Nov. 2-4.
Schools,
departments, and various campus offices are holding open houses
to introduce families to life at Rensselaer. In addition, there
will be cultural offerings from the RPI Jazz Ensemble, the RPI
Players, and the Rensselaer Music Association. Families can also
take a scenic bus tour showcasing some of the area's attractions;
view the stars and sun at the Hirsch Observatory; tour Rensselaer's
award-winning Railroad Heritage Exhibit; and more.
Other
events taking place during the weekend include the annual Honors
Convocation, the International Festival, and a ROTC drill team
demonstration. A legacy reception, hosted by the Office of Alumni
Relations, will be held on Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m., to honor legacies
(alumni related to current students or alumni) for their continued
support.
To view the full schedule of events, go to
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/fye/famweek/.
10/29/01
International
Festival
The Rensselaer Union will be filled with the sights, sounds, and
tastes of more than 20 countries when it hosts the annual International
Festival on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information,
entertainment, and food from the homelands of many of Rensselaer's
students will be offered by Union cultural groups.
Admission
is free. For more information, contact the Rensselaer Union at
ext. 6505. 10/29/01
Can
Your Parking Ticket!
Campus community members who receive a parking ticket between
Oct. 30 and Nov. 9, 2001, have an opportunity to reduce the fine.
The Rensselaer Parking & Shuttle Office is collecting donations
of canned food for a local food pantry.
To
receive your fine reduction, if your ticket is less than 10 days
old, bring it to the Visitors Information Center along with a
canned food item any time between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 pm. Nov.
5 through Nov. 9. All donated canned goods will be given to a
local food pantry for Thanksgiving.
Donations
without tickets will be gladly accepted! The donated canned good
must be presented upon payment of ticket (payment options are
cash, check, or student account); the reduction is not valid for
tickets that are appealed. 10/29/01
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