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President Laurie Leshin

Elevating Impact

Spring Town HallMay 4, 2018

Welcome to all new faculty and staff!

Eric BeattieVP Campus Planning,

Facilities Management

Jing XiaoDirector of Robotics

EngineeringPatty PatriaVP IT, CIO

Margot Lee Shetterly

Commencement 2018

Our speakers and honorary degree recipients

Glenn YeePhil Ryan

Our Graduates1030

Bachelor’s780

Master’s71

PhDs1st PhD from Foisie Business School!

Marcia McNutt

Elevate Impact: A Strategic Plan for WPI

Distinctive Undergraduate Education

500Student ePortfolios

80Faculty Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset

454-yr BS/MS

1stNAE Grand Challenge Scholars Graduate

250Co-op Postings

30Participants

50Global Project Centers

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Eight NSF Career Award Winners since 2015

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WOW!

#5best career services

#15best career placement

#25best for internships

Reputation and Visibility: Accolades

Reputation and Visibility:Center for Project-Based Learning

90Universities Engaged

960,000Students

25Teams at 2018 Institute

Reputation and Visibility: WPI Seaport

On Budget. On Schedule. Opening 8.1.18

PLUS: New investments in Gateway, Washburn, 50 Prescott, Sagamore Rd., and planning for next new building(s)

Project Inclusion: A Campus-Wide Commitment

A comprehensive, 3-year effort to transform practices and build culture of inclusion at WPI

Beginning to recognize diversity, inclusion, and equity as strategic priorities and building a campus-wide constituency for the effort.

wpi.edu/+transformationWorkday Finance & HR go live on October 1, 2018!

From Campaign Readiness Study:• 84% of interviewees believed the time was right• 92% of interviewees said that they would give or consider giving• 96% of survey respondents had positive or very positive perceptions of WPI

WPI’s Next Campaign is Underway

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