Message from the Dean

Recently I was explaining the broad scope of engineering, and the many careers that might follow after obtaining a college degree, to a group of interested students and parents and I asked the following question, "How many know who 'A-Rod' is?" 

Welcome back for the start of the 2007/2008 academic year with my very best wishes for success to members of the incoming class of 2011. I understand many of the feelings of an incoming student; I too, am a freshman. 

It is truly remarkable how quickly time goes by - especially when one is having fun! I like to think that how quickly things pass in one's life is a "barometer of good times" - the faster they pass, the better they are!

As I reflect, I remember arriving on campus in June of 2000 in my little white Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. I also remember getting my first tickets (yes, plural) shortly thereafter. The first was for double parking (being here for only a short time I had not yet mastered that "art") and the second for driving an "unauthorized commercial vehicle." It seems I needed a name on the side of my pickup! So early on, I started contributing to the NY City coffers. I recall living for a month in Overlook because our daughter, Amy, was getting married in July, and Molly was not about to move out of our house in Rochester before that wedding.