This summer, students are again advocating for Stevens to rename Gianforte Family Hall (GFH) through a change.org petition and other initiatives happening primarily through social media.
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After over a year of COVID-19 pushing events and classes to virtual settings, commencement 2021 took place in person. Spread out over a series of eight in-person ceremonies, graduating students were able to walk across the stage at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ.
On Friday, April 30, the annual Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition took place virtually; this is the second consecutive year in which the event was not held in person due to the pandemic.
On Wednesday, April 28, Stevens began the annual Innovation Expo with previews of senior design projects in the Canavan Arena on campus.
Last June, President Nariman Farvardin and Stevens Vice Presidents endorsed Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) goals and actions in an effort to improve discourse and action surrounding D&I at Stevens.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many events have been thrown into uncertainty; however, Stevens is planning for multiple in-person Commencement ceremonies.
On April 8, Robert Maffia, Vice President for Facilities and Campus Operations, sent an email to the Stevens community that beginning on October 1, 2021, Stevens “will source 100% of its electricity directly from a local renewable energy source.”
As stated in an email from Marybeth Murphy, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Stevens has been awarded about $1.5 million through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) to provide eligible students with financial aid grants based on their level of demonstrated financial need.
In an email sent to students on April 1 by Marybeth Murphy, the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at Stevens, a “Quiet Space” was announced to open on campus this coming Fall 2021 semester.
According to a recent email sent to all students by Marybeth Murphy, the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, “the planning for commencement 2021 is underway.”