Stevens Institute of Technology: Admissions Blog

Ethics Bowl 2009

Students from sixteen high schools converged on the Stevens campus this week to compete in this year’s Ethics Bowl. Hosted by the College of Arts & Letters, the Ethics Bowl is a half-day event designed to challenge young thinkers to dissect current affairs and present, debate and argue the ethical ramifications of each topic.

Competitors in the Babbio Atrium

Throughout the day the students showed their enthusiasm for the debates as they huddled with their classmates and discussed the day’s topics. Students from Bethpage High School in Long Island, NY displayed their winning attitudes with t-shirts emblazoned with pro-ethics statements like “I Heart Ethics” and “Go! Go! Philosophy Rangers!”

Neptune High School Team

The Union City High School team from Union City, NJ is part of the Ethics Club at their school. Michelle Perez, a freshman who competed in Round One of the Ethics Bowl, said it started as a group of students in Honors Biology class who liked to discuss Ethics, which led them to Stevens to compete. The group of students from Neptune High School in Neptune, NJ said they are used to competing together. Hand-picked by the principal for the Ethics Bowl, sophomore John Park, juniors Nick Larosa, Alyssa Sokol and Ashley Zawistowski and seniors Kyle Sawicki and Taylor Wieczerak represented their school in the competition. Taylor said that they didn’t know what to expect coming into the Ethics Bowl, and Kyle was quick to add that the team was really happy with the way they did in the first round. Nick, whose father is an engineer, commented that Stevens is on his list of colleges to check out because “if I want to be an engineer, it’s definitely the best!”  

 

Professor Michael Steinmann Announces the Winners of Round One

 

Students Prepare for Round Two

After a very close second round, Clifton High School (Clifton, NJ) Team 1 emerged as the 2009 Ethics Bowl winners. Two high school teams, Bethpage High School Team 2 and Indian Hills High School (Oakland, NJ), both placed second. Michael Steinmann, Associate Professor of Philosophy, said, “There were actually five winners of the second round, and the race was extremely close. All five of these teams were excellent and there were only four points difference between the first and the fifth place schools.” The two addition teams that placed were The Spence School from New York City and Matawan Regional High School from Matawan, NJ.

Stevens faculty, staff and students were on-hand throughout the Ethics Bowl and all were impressed with the commitment from the students participating. Professor Steinmann noted: “All of the competing schools presented themselves very well!”

Congratulations to all of the schools who participated in the 2009 Ethics Bowl, and especially the five winning schools. Stevens looks forward to welcoming you back next year!

Class of 2013 Accepted Students Reception

This past Sunday, the Stevens community welcomed the Class of 2013 to campus for the annual Accepted Students Reception. Approximately 1200 students and families attended the day-long event, where they mingled with faculty, staff and current students, learning about Stevens and experiencing life on campus.

Many of Stevens administrative departments were on-hand to provide information about all that Stevens has to offer, including more than 60 clubs and organizations. Dr. Maureen P. Weatherall, VP of University Enrollment and Administration, kicked the day off with a welcome to all families, and then turned the floor over to Dr. Harold J. Raveché, president of Stevens, who addressed the crowd. Following Dr. Weatherall and Dr. Raveché, three current students spoke to attendees about their personal experiences at Stevens, giving accepted students real-life perspective (audio of all the speakers available below). Campus tours were offered throughout the afternoon, and prospective students were able to speak with our renowned faculty and visit our first-class facilities. Specific points of interest were state-of-the-art labs, such as the Cybersecurity Lab, the Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and High Speed Communication Lab and the Media Arts Center (MAC) Lab, and our Victorian-style theater, the DeBaun Auditorium, located in the iconic Edwin A. Stevens building. In addition, our women’s lacrosse team was home on Sunday, allowing students to check out a game and cheer on the Ducks.

It was a beautiful day with an impressive turn-out. We look forward to welcoming the Class of 2013 to campus once again in the fall!

Dr. Harold J. Raveché

Dr. Maureen P. Weatherall

Ann DeStefano (’12)

Michael Bertucci (’09)

Matthew Fitzsimmons (’09)

From the pages of New York Magazine to Stevens

This weekend, Stevens will be hosting the Spring Sleeping Bag Weekend (SBW), an opportunity for high school students to stay overnight and experience life on campus. Almost 80 high school students attended the Fall SBW, held in November, where they interacted with faculty and current students, participated in on-campus activities, and got a first-hand look at life at Stevens.

One particularly stand-out event held as part of the weekend was a special Stevens Comedy Night featuring Craig Baldo. Keeping the crowd entertained, everyone in attendance enjoyed his performance so much that he was invited back for this weekend’s festivities.

Clearly Craig’s outstanding talent and unique brand of humor is being noticed outside the Stevens community as well, as he was featured in New York Magazine’s list of Ten New Comedians That Funny People Find Funny. Needless to say, we are very excited to welcome Craig back to campus tomorrow night!