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Caltech Convocation 2015 Welcomes New Students

Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | 11:39 am
 

On Sunday, September 20, Caltech extended a formal welcome to new undergraduate students, graduate students, parents of new students, and postdoctoral scholars at its 2015 Convocation at Beckman Auditorium. Joseph E. Shepherd, vice president for student affairs and the C.L. Kelly Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, presided over the ceremony, during which speakers urged the incoming freshman class—now 54 percent male and 46 percent female students—to embrace fully Caltech’s intellectually and culturally rich community by taking advantage of the diverse research opportunities and extracurricular activities that the Institute and the surrounding area provide.

“There are many things you cannot learn except by exploring and experimenting,” President Thomas F. Rosenbaum, professor of physics and the Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair, said during his remarks to the several hundred people in attendance. “In this welcome, I should like to offer a few guideposts along the road of your exploration. The first guidepost is the necessity to engage with a wide diversity of peers and teachers, to venture outside of the comfort zone of your house and your division, and together to test and sharpen your ideas.”

Added Rosenbaum: “You need to move beyond simple coursework and delve deeply into a subject on the boundaries of discovery—an opportunity provided by performing research both in the summer, through SURF [Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships], and during the year. You need to understand other cultures and perspectives. … You need to take advantage of theater, music, and art on campus, to explore Pasadena’s treasures … and to sample the cultural accoutrements of the second largest city in the United States: Los Angeles.”

Following Rosenbaum’s welcome, Shepherd introduced a scientific talk and presentation, “Army of Mice or the Big Lion: Engineering in the 21st Century,” delivered by Ali Hajimiri, the Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering, executive officer for electrical engineering, and director of Information Science and Technology. Hajimiri shared some highlights from his scientific research—which range from terahertz-wave imaging to solar power generation in space to biomedical devices to handheld diagnostic devices. He also imparted some final words of advice to the newest members of the community.

“I’ve been here for 17 years, and it’s an incredible place,” Hajimiri said. “You are in the company of great minds. Be one.”

For more information, visit www.caltech.edu.

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