In This Issue:

Annual Fund Climbs

Welcome, Class of 2003

Society of Columbia Graduates Names Great Teacher

Whitaker Foundation Grant to Biomedical Engineering

Distaff Side of Volunteerism

Alumni Briefs

Reunion 1999

Dean Welcomes SEAS Class of 2003

In welcoming the Class of 2003, Dean Zvi Galil noted that, for the past several years, he has been able to tell each entering class that they are the most selective class in the history of the School. This year's class is no exception. The acceptance rate hovered at 28%, and for the first time in recent memory, the School did not go to the wait list to fill its class of 295.

"These statistics do not tell the whole story," said Dean Galil. "We are admitting students with average SAT scores of 1420, the highest ever. This means we are selecting from the best students both nationally and internationally."Costantino Colombo, Dean of Student Affairs, congratulated parents on the fine job they have done in rearing their children and thanked them for entrusting their sons and daughters to Columbia for the next four years.
Engineering students heading for class in the Mudd Building.

"The University takes seriously its responsibility to them," he said, "and we will provide well for their intellectual and social growth." The new structure of Class Centers will promote class unity, he said, as will the new student activity center, Alfred Lerner Hall.