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Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Terre Haute graduate honored during Rose-Hulman commencement
Alisha Mastakar of Terre Haute was among Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduates to receive special honors during commencement ceremonies Saturday. Mastakar, a nanoengineering and optical engineering graduate, received the Herman A. Moench Distinguished Senior Commendation for distinguishing herself as a commendable influence on members of the Rose-Hulman community. Mastakar, who earned summa cum laude academic graduation honors, was a Noblitt Scholar and served the campus community and Indiana in a variety of ways. Mastakar's post-graduation plans include pursuing a doctorate degree at Rochester Institute of Technology. Computer engineering graduate Vineet Ranade, of Mountain View, Calif., received the John T. Royse Award for being considered the most outstanding graduate, in the opinion of Rose-Hulman's faculty and staff, based upon academic achievement, student leadership, participation in co-curricular activities, and general campus citizenship. Ranade embodied all aspects of the Royse Award —academic achievement, student leadership, participation in co-curricular activities, and general campus citizenship —while finding success in everything he did while attending Rose-Hulman, said Erik Hayes, vice president of student affairs and dean of students. In addition, a record 15 students earned Heminway Gold Medals for attaining the highest academic achievement (4.0 grade-point average) during their Rose-Hulman careers. Ranade was engaged in several different research opportunities, which included evolvable hardware and investigating the merits of social networking for Bangladeshi farmers. Outside of the classroom, he excelled as a student-athlete, twice qualifying for the NCAA Division III swimming and division championships, winning multiple Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference swimming event titles and establishing numerous school and conference records. Joining Ranade as this year's Heminway Gold Medal recipients were Salik Ahmad, Kyle Asbury, Ariadna Duvall, Calvin Hamilton, Natalie Hannum, Kaylee Lane, Benjamin Lyons, Henry Nunns, Justin Roberts, Joshua Schrock, Mark Serdinak, Ellen Shales, Blaise Swartwood, and Isaac Towne.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Rose-Hulman hosts a day full of STEM activities for local students
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology hosted a day full of free, fun-filled STEM activities for students' kindergarten through 12th grade on Saturday. Kindergarten through 8th graders enjoyed the first annual Noblitt STEM Jubilee at the Rose-Hulman bonfire field hosted by the Noblitt Scholars. The event offered different STEM activities for students to enjoy and explore different areas of STEM. The idea of today's event, stems from one Rose-Hulman student's idea that dates back to when she was in high school. 'At my high school, I actually did an event similar. It was like super awesome,' said Taylor Donen, Noblitt Scholar and STEM Jubilee Student Coordinator. 'We got to invite a bunch of students like elementary school students to learn about STEM and that just really influenced me to kind of bring that idea to college. As a part of the Noblitt Scholar program, they're super supportive, of like us pursuing our passion projects. I just told my instructors about it, and they were super supportive of making it happen.' The Noblitt Scholars Program supports highly motivated students of all majors as they turn their passion and knowledge into action at Rose-Hulman. The SPARK! Competition has been organized since 2015 by members of the Rose-BUD program and invited 9th-12th graders to explore different areas like engineering, and computer science at the Sports and Recreation Center. High school students had the opportunity to work in small teams to design, program, and race robots for prices. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
