As everyone reading may or may not know, last week was Accepted Students Weekend for Stevens Class of 2020. Unfortunately for me, I was unable to go to my own Accepted Students Day last year, so it was great to see the festivities that I had missed the year before. Even though it is different being an enrolled student looking on at the accepted students, I could empathize with them. I could feel how both excited and nervous they were to be here at Stevens, knowing that they would be spending the next four or five years working toward their degree of choice.
I was lucky enough to be working both the Honor Board and the Cyber Defense Team tables at the student club and activities tables under the large tent on Palmer Lawn. It was certainly a beautiful day to be standing outside for a few hours, with a strong breeze and the warm sun beating down onto the lawn. Once the first few accepted students began walking through, I could clearly see that both the parents and the students were impressed at all of the clubs and organizations that Stevens has to offer. As people began coming over to the cyber defense table, I met more and more new students with similar interests. I even saw a few new Software Engineering majors, which is very promising considering how new the major is. I made sure I spoke to them and gave a few pointers about their first year at Stevens.
Soon enough, my shift was over and the club fair was drawing to a close. It was certainly great to meet the new students and learn a few of their interests. It makes me so happy to see the promise in the new students who have committed to Stevens, and I am excited to see what they bring to campus next year. It feels almost surreal that just a few short months ago I was in their shoes, and now in the blink of an eye there is a new class of fresh faces waiting to see what Stevens has to offer during their freshman year.
