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President Farvardin received his degrees in this field of engineering.
What is Electrical Engineering?
In Edwin A. Stevens' will, he provided land for the establishment of a college which officially became Stevens Institute of Technology in this year.
What is 1870?
This was the name of the floating dormitory that housed students from 1968-1975.
What is the S.S. Stevens?
This singer, known as Ol' Blue Eyes, was born in Hoboken in 1915.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
This is the name of the Stevens mascot.
What is Attila?
President Farvardin received 3 degrees from this American university (and Stevens' competitor).
What is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)?
This was the name of Edwin A. Stevens' wife, as well as the name of a current building on campus.
What is Martha Bayard Stevens?
This is the oldest residence hall still in use.
What is Palmer Hall?
Due to its 1.25 square mile size, this is the unofficial nickname of Hoboken.
What is the Mile Square City?
This Latin phrase, translated to "through hardships to the stars", is Stevens' official motto.
What is Per Aspera Ad Astra?
President Farvardin joined Stevens in 2011 after a 27-year career at this institution.
What is the University of Maryland?
In 1784, a Gregorian-style mansion for the Stevens family, known as the "Villa on the Hudson", was erected on the land that this administrative building now occupies.
What is the Wesley J. Howe Center?
This is the name of the residence hall torn down to make room for the UCC Towers.
What is Hayden Hall?
In 1939, this coffee giant opened its coffee plant in Hoboken, becoming the largest employer of the city at the time.
What is Maxwell House?
This woman audited classes in the 1940s and eventually gave the founding gift for a stately Victorian abode that houses women and non-binary students.
Who is Lore E. Feiler?
President Farvardin's on-campus residence goes by this name.
What is Hoxie House?
This was the nickname of the Stevens family.
What is "America's First Family of Inventors"?
This is name of the dining location that used to be where the mail room currently is.
What is CJ's (Colonel John's).
The first recorded game of this sport was played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846.
What is baseball?
In 1957, Stevens alumnus Alfred Fielding sealed two shower curtains together and attempted to sell as wallpaper, but ended up accidentally inventing this protective packing material.
What is Bubble Wrap?
In this year, President Farvardin was named “Educator of the Year” by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey.
What is 2013?
In 1811, Colonel Stevens and his sons began testing a new vessel, the Juliana, which would become the first commercial ferry in the world to be powered by this.
What is steam?
Anna Hyatt Huntington gifted Stevens this 16-foot-tall solid piece of aluminum in 1964.
What is the Torch Bearers Statue?
In the 1930s, the Hoboken Terminal was the first in the nation to receive this cool recognition.
What is the first centrally air-conditioned public space?
Enrolling at Stevens in 1971, this is the name of the first female to graduate from the institution.
Who is Lenore Schupak?