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Adam Epstein - who has written 143 posts on In Our Words….
Adam Epstein is Associate Director of Admissions at WPI, and he is a WPI graduate in the class of 2005. Adam works with the student interns in the Admissions Office, and his geographic responsibilities include Alaska, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Welcome Class of 2016!
This Sunday morning is one of the most exciting of the year as we welcome the newest members of the WPI community to campus! The Class of 2016 is yet another extremely impressive group of young women and men, and we are thrilled that they are joining the ranks of WPI students and alumni. I [...]
Continue reading >Building a Better World
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Sure, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines are our main focus at WPI, but a WPI education is much more. The inspiration for this short post this morning came from seeing a drawing on a blog I read: Credit: Jessica Hagy At WPI we often talk about solving problems, working in teams, tackling significant [...]
Continue reading >3652 Days Ago
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Today is August 25, 2011 marking exactly ten years since my arrival at WPI as a first year student on August 25, 2001. It’s hard for me to believe that it has been ten years. In many ways it seems like such a long time ago while in others it seems like it was yesterday. [...]
Continue reading >Welcome Class of 2015!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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Good morning Class of 2015, and welcome to WPI! Today is the day that the newest members of the WPI Community arrive on campus to begin their college careers, and we are extremely excited and proud to have them here! The trend of the past few years has been that we’ve had a larger and [...]
Continue reading >Summer Update
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
With less than a week before the Class of 2015 arrives at WPI, I want to take the opportunity to give you an update about the students who have written on this blog. With each year brings changes, and this year is no exception. Three of our students graduated in May and of course won’t [...]
Continue reading >Welcome to the Woo(berry)!
Friday, August 12, 2011
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Some members of the Admissions staff along with our student staff this summer have been very excited for the past few weeks for the opening of a new frozen yogurt store right near WPI. We followed the progress towards the opening closely on Facebook, and finally we saw the news that Wooberry Frozen Yogurt was [...]
Continue reading >Welcome to the Woo(berry)!
Friday, August 12, 2011
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Some members of the Admissions staff along with our student staff this summer have been very excited for the past few weeks for the opening of a new frozen yogurt store right near WPI. We followed the progress towards the opening closely on Facebook, and finally we saw the news that Wooberry Frozen Yogurt was [...]
Continue reading >Congratulations, Class of 2011!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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This past weekend, WPI held its 143rd Commencement exercises. As always, it was a great ceremony and we were lucky to have exceptional weather. It’s a great celebration of the accomplishments and hard work of the students during their time at WPI. For the second consecutive year, I created time-lapse videos of the event which [...]
Continue reading >First Look at the Class of 2015
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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The May 1 enrollment deadline for the Class of 2015 has come and gone, and I want to give you a first look and sneak peak at the WPI Class of 2015. While the exact number of students will shift between now and their arrival on August 21, the Class of 2015 is shaping up [...]
Continue reading >Run, Jay, Run!
Monday, April 18, 2011
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This morning marks the running of the 115th Boston Marathon, and this year the WPI Admissions Office has a close tie to the race: one of our staff members is running it! Jason (Jay) Laperriere, Assistant Director of Admissions, is running his first marathon this morning (nothing like starting with Boston!) and we expect (hope) [...]
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
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