Johns Hopkins Gazette: July 25, 1994


'WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING, AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT
HOW TO USE THEM'
By Ken Keatley

          An article in the July 11 Gazette featured
          an outreach program for Baltimore
          Polytechnic Institue students. It ended
          last week with a special send-off from a
          Poly alumnus.

Though his untouched chocolate sundae was melting, Aubrey
Goodman didn't seem to notice.
     "This is awesome," said Goodman, a junior at Poly, as he
furiously punched the keys of his brand new graphics
calculator. "We'll be able to do anything with these, as soon
as we figure out how to use them." That shouldn't prove too
difficult for Goodman and 21 other Poly students, whose
participation in an engineering, science and mathematics
program ended Thursday with an awards luncheon at the Hopkins
Club. To their delight, each student was presented a graphics
calculator from Hopkins trustee emeritus Willard Hackerman, a
Poly and Hopkins graduate who is the president of the
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Baltimore.
     Hackerman reminisced about his days as a "Poly man" and
encouraged the students to pursue engineering as a vocation.
"An engineering degree prepares you for life's work better than
any other type of education. I would encourage you to consider
Hopkins strongly," Hackerman said. "And if you have any
questions, I hope you'll get in touch with me -- you might get
a job."
     "We were able to give students the time to work on
projects in a setting that promoted self-motivation," Conrad
said. "It was a fabulous opportunity."
     Seventeen-year-old Thoung Vu agreed. "I had fun. I like to
build stuff, test it out, then break it up and start all over,"
he said. "I want to go into mechanical engineering."


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