Acronyms
All WPI students complete an IQP, which stands for this.
What is Interactive Qualifying Project?
WPI runs on these four terms.
What are A Term, B Term, C Term, and D Term?
Before the start of A Term their first year, all WPI students go through this event with their community advisor.
What is the New Student Orientation?
WPI was founded in this year
What is 1865?
This is the name of the WPI mascot.
What is Gompei?
Student clubs looking to request funding go through this three-letter governing body that supports campus organizations.
What is the SGA (Student Government Association)?
Students tracking their progress toward graduation check this online system to view grades, their academic advisors, degree requirements, and course registration.
What is Workday?
Students can grab food, study, and attend club meetings all under one roof in this red-brick hub at the center of campus.
What is the (Rubin) Campus Center?
This is WPI's motto.
What is "Lehr und Kunst" or Theory and Practice?
The goat mascot's name honors this student who cared for the first live goat in 1893
Who is Gompei Kuwada?
This 3 letter acronym refers to the requirement involving "depth" and "breadth"
What is the HUA (Humanities and Arts)?
WPI's grading scale skips these letters in place of NR (No Record).
What are D and F?
This is what you must do when you step on the WPI seal on the quad.
What is run to the goat statue in under 10 seconds?
These are the 2 towers referenced in WPI's "The two towers"
What are Boynton Hall and Washburn Shops?
This is the country from which the mascot's namesake comes from
What is Japan?
This 3 letter acronym describes WPI's career support department.
What is the CDC (Career Development Center)?
The "WPI Plan" refers to this distinctive model of learning.
What is the project-based curriculum or project based learning?
The main dining center on campus, Morgan Dining Hall, also goes by this much more popular name.
What is daka?
This WPI alumnus, often called the Father of Modern Rocketry, allegedly tested his early liquid-fuel rockets in Washburn Shops, and now has a building named after him.
Who is Robert H. Goddard?
When the original live goat mascot passed away, WPI students preserved its head, leading to this annual award.
What is the Goat's Head Trophy?
WPI's health and counseling center uses this acronym.
What is the SDCC (Student Development & Counseling Center)
This is the name of the on-campus group that can help support the improvement of group dynamics.
What is the SWEET Center?
All WPI students cross this bridge at the beginning and end of their time at WPI, marking a transition between campus life and the wider world.
What is Earle Bridge?
This WPI founder was a self-made wire manufacturer whose donation built the university’s first hands-on workshops, which still stand today.
Who is Washburn?
The goat was chosen as WPI's mascot because it symbolizes this trait, also common among engineers.
What is determination (or persistance)?