SEAS rolls out orange carpet to greet new class of undergrads, grad students
Photos by Tom Stillman

The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) greeted the undergraduate class of 2008 with an orientation session and barbecue on Monday, Sept. 6.

Dean Maria Klawe, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Peter Bogucki, and other faculty welcomed the new class to campus.

To induct these freshman into the SEAS family, the undergraduate office has created a seminar series called the First-Year Engineering Series, or 1-Y.E.S.

Plus, Dean Klawe will personally meet all freshman by dining with small groups of them in their residential colleges.

SEAS also lauded three undergraduates for winning prestigious University-wide awards at Opening Exercises on Sept. 5.

Lester Mackey ’07, a computer science major, won the Freshman First Honor Prize. The George Wood Legacy Junior Prize was shared by Megan Cunningham ’05 an operations research and financial engineering major, and Jesse Levinson ’05, a computer science major.




Graduate students at the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) were welcomed to campus with an orientation ceremony and a barbecue complete with music and door prizes on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Students were welcomed by SEAS Dean Maria Klawe and Stephen Friedfeld, the new associate dean of graduate affairs. Representatives from each department, the Graduate Engineering Council, and the Graduate Women in Science and Engineering lent many helping hands.