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Berkeley engineers: Happy Valentine's
Day!
BUTTONED UP: Engineering News spotted
this perfect Valentine's Day button on the backpack of CEE
graduate student Anna Dix as she walked past North Gate. She graciously
accomodated by posing for a photo for this Febuary 14 issue. Dix
says she's going to spend the holiday with her single friends,
hanging out. Last week, northside businesses were preparing for
the rush with roses and unusual flowers at the Euclid Flower Shop
and all the candy you could eat at California Candy. So if you
forgot, it's not too late to give someone a valentine! And
even if you think the holiday is commercialized hype that makes
single people feel bad, well, those candy hearts are fun to eat
anyway.
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Students packed Bechtel
Engineering Center last Thursday, Feb. 3, to learn about real careers
during Real World Engineering 2005. More than 350 students came to the
event, the highest attendance in the event's five-year history.
In addition, 57 alumni returned to campus to answer students' questions,
dispense career advice, and literally rub elbows with aspiring engineers
at the bustling sushi reception.
"It was a resounding success," says Gina Rieger, director
of alumni relations. "Student and alumni thought the sessions were
enlightening and valuable."
Beforehand, student expectations ranged widely. "I want to find
out which areas are most interesting in the field," said freshman
ChemE major Robert Kidd, who was closely studying the list of panelists.
"I definitely want to go into industry."
"I just want to find out what's out there in the Bay Area for engineers,"
said Jessica Stankiewicz, an MSE graduate student, who's finishing her
degree ...[FULL
STORY]
All
in the family
Twin EECS students live life as two of a kind
They're going to the same
university. They're in the same department, sometimes the same class.
They're in the same student society. They have the same last name. They
look so similar that one has been mistaken for the other. But sisters
and EECS juniors Jessica and Stephanie Leung are definitely not identical--biologically
or otherwise.
"After they've gotten to know us, people can tell us apart," insists
Stephanie. "It probably takes about a month. We try not to do the same
things."
Jessica and Stephanie were born one minute apart, they say, and grew
up in nearby Concord. Though their mother wanted them to be doctors,
their dad urged engineering. In the end, the two decided...[FULL
STORY]
Eleanor Kane still dreams
in Bambara, though she hasn't spoken the language since last June. That
was the last month she spent in the West African nation of Mali, where
she had served for two years as a water and sanitation volunteer in
the Peace Corps. Kane, a first-year environmental engineering and public
policy graduate student, says she went to Mali to help alleviate suffering
and put her education (a B.S. in environmental engineering from MIT)
to use. "I know every Peace Corps volunteer says this, but I really
learned more than I taught. It was hugely humbling."
In Mali, Kane trained for the...[FULL
STORY]
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