What is an Orientation Adventure (OA)? If you asked me a year ago, I probably would have responded with something similar to the generic caption on Harvey Mudd’s Website. An Orientation Adventure is a 2-day trip that allows you to … Continue reading What’s an Orientation Adventure?
From 2012 to 2015, Harvey Mudd ranked No. 1 in the country for return on investment, according to Payscale’s College ROI Report. Mudd graduates have a reputation for being highly paid and highly sought after by companies, but the debate … Continue reading Defense Contractors Recruiting at Mudd
Guest Writer: Andrew Kim PO ’20 Mudd is widely known as an impressive school that compares to other engineering juggernauts such as MIT and Caltech. The teachers are incredible, the labs and other resources are plentiful, and the students are … Continue reading Outsider Opinion About Mudd
Nestled in the heart of the Libra Complex, the HMC Machine Shop provides a space for 5C students to learn how to use sophisticated tooling and machines, be creative, and make loud mechanical noises. This past summer a renovation team … Continue reading Not the Same Drill: HMC Machine Shop Renovations
On April 16 and 23, all of the sophomore engineering majors gathered early in the morning to travel to Lucerne Valley and launch the last E80 rockets. Experimental Engineering, or E80, is a required class for all engineering majors that … Continue reading It’s Only Rocket Science: The Last E80 Rocket Launches
Every summer Mudd students disperse across the country and even world to work at internships, visit families and explore. However, each year some Mudders also stay right here in Claremont, taking advantage of the opportunity to do interesting, impactful research … Continue reading Science Over the Summer: Mudders Conduct Research Projects
By Jennifer Rogers ’16 Tuition is on the rise, with a 15% increase from 2012 to 2015. Many students are justifiably interested in knowing where all this money goes. To answer this question, I examined the college’s audited financial … Continue reading Mudd’s Finances: A Closer Look
During Sophomore Retreat this year, Dean Jon Jacobsen told us, “You are not a part of Mudd. Mudd is a part of you.” As we sophomores sit on the cusp of our upperclassman-hood, that statement could not feel truer. Though our lives at Mudd seem to speed by, we continue to grow more with each passing year than perhaps we ever did before college. At the midpoint of our undergraduate careers, we can now reflect on the past two years and realize not just how different they were from each other, but also how our second year at Mudd actually … Continue reading One Small Year, One Giant Leap: A Reflection on Sophomore Year
Bored with the Hoch food? Spice up your meals with these Hoch hacks: Make your own breakfast sandwich: toast a bagel or English muffin, and then add eggs, bacon, and sausage from the Grill Enjoy a delicious root beer float: put 2 or 3 scoops of your favorite ice cream in a green glass and top it off with root beer Crunch down on a quesadilla: on Taco Tuesday make a quesadilla on the panini press and enjoy with guacamole from the taco bar Chomp down on an ice cream cookie sandwich: put a scoop of ice cream between two … Continue reading Hoch Hacks
Sophomore Retreat almost didn’t happen this year. After three years of sophomores enjoying the last few days of winter break together at a retreat center, a lack of funding was going to eliminate that possibility for the Class of 2018, the current Mudd sophomores. However, with the help of President Maria Klawe and some determined upperclassmen, the DSA (Division of Student Affairs) annual retreat remained a reality, and about forty of us sophomores arrived back at Mudd on January 14 to embark on this journey. One concern I had on the first night of the retreat was that almost none of … Continue reading Retreating but Advancing: Sophomore Retreat 2016
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