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P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S A G E

Demonstrating Excellence

A community that exceeds together, succeeds together

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hat a wealth of talent we have associated with Harvey Mudd College! Throughout this issue, the expertise of our alumni, faculty, staff and students is highlighted, and, as you’ll see, the result of their efforts is excellence.

Excellence happened to be the theme during HMC Board

of Trustee meetings in January. Faculty and staff gave presenta- tions on what we view as “excellence” with respect to admissions, students, faculty and alumni. I invite you to view the wonderful presentation given by Vice President and Dean of Faculty Bob Cave at hmc.edu/amazing-mudd. It aptly captures our strategic vision goal of unsurpassed excellence and diversity at all levels. The spring semester has been a fl urry of activity and accom-

plishments. While working on an array of research projects and class work, students are also busy with annual competitions. A team of three students won the regional competition then went on to earn an honorable mention at the 34th Annual World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest, the world’s most prestigious computer programming competition (see page 12). Students who enjoy mathematical problem-solving and represent a cross-section of majors once again did exceptionally well in this year’s Putnam competition, with one team placing 12th in the team category out of 546 colleges and universities and one student placing 12th na- tionally. We are proud of the faculty coaches for these teams as well: Zachary Dodds for ACM and Andrew Bernoff, Nick Pippenger and Francis Su for Putnam. I am also thrilled with several recent announcements about

prestigious external fellowships won by our students. Named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow is Rob Best ’10, an engineering major. He will spend a year studying the social, economic, cultural and political factors which contribute to sustainability efforts in China, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the United King- dom. Receiving Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships this year are juniors Matthew Keeter and Alicia Schep (see page 11). These are exceedingly competitive scholarships and it is an impressive accomplishment for HMC to have two awardees in a single year.

As part of the implementation of our strategic vision, one of

our priorities this year has been to provide students with more opportunities to have a positive impact on society. I am especially proud to report on the progress of our new Homework Hotline, a tutoring program created by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy. Forty HMC students are involved, with eight students han- dling questions about math homework each evening fi ve nights a week. The schools in Pomona and Claremont school districts are very excited about this initiative and the call volume has been steadily increasing. In addition to the Hotline, this spring HMC student organizations have held several community engagement activities that have exhibited our expertise in science and math to local grade-school children, parents and teachers (see page 13). We are committed to encouraging interest in the STEM fi elds and inspiring future scientists. Last, but certainly not least, planning for the new teaching and

learning building continues on schedule (see page 3), with the design development phase completed and construction drawings underway. The demolition of the Thomas-Garrett building may occur this summer, moving us one step closer toward the much- anticipated realization of a modern facility that will unite the campus community, showcase the creativity on campus, enable modern teaching techniques, and so much more! Importantly, the construction of the new building will mark the beginning of HMC’s journey toward the fulfi llment of a larger, planned com- prehensive campaign to strengthen the college for the 21st century. Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do to make Harvey Mudd College such an extraordinary institution.

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