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Reading Status: March 10

So I skipped a week of giving you my status update. That’s because I was working so hard to read files I didn’t even have the chance to update… errr… something like that. We’re getting down to the...

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And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Well, it’s been a while—in fact an entire term at WPI—since I last posted. This time of year is my busiest with respect to travel, and the past six weeks have been no exception. As I write this, I’m at...

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FIRST meets xkcd

This morning I looked at xkcd as I do every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. I almost always get a kick out of xkcd, and today was no exception (after all, I work at WPI and I graduated from here...

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Six More Weeks of Winter at WPI

By now I’m sure you have heard the news: the notable groundhogs of the world saw their shadow this morning. Yes, folks, sight of a shadow is said to bring with it six more weeks of winter. Personally,...

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Happy Birthday Adam

Yesterday was my birthday. You may recall that last year some of the interns in the Admissions Office decided to wrap my door and many of the objects in my office in plastic wrap. Not to be outdone,...

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WPI Commencement 2010

As I’ve mentioned several times before, Commencement is my favorite day at WPI. It is such a celebration of the accomplishment of the students, and I am lucky to get to know many of them in my job....

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Welcome Class of 2014!

About nine hundred young men and women begin their WPI careers this morning as members of the Class of 2014! Having worked with many of them through the application and enrollment process, it’s...

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Perks of the Job

Back in September I gave you an update about some of the statistics of my first trip of the fall travel season. Well, now that I have returned from my last trip, I can safely say: that was nothing. On...

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Admissions Committee—Not a Joke

Yesterday we started the long process of Admissions Committee. This process is when all of our counseling staff (yes, a dozen of us) spends days at a time in the same room coming to final decisions on...

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Happy Holidays

Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!!  The Connors are getting up to speed with technology this year with both a Wii system and an iPad under the tree.  The iPad was for my wife, but so far...

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