Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: Opinion

Having grown up in Clark, Dr. Weatherall came to Stevens as a student after hearing that a friend's sister was in the first class that accepted women. Commenting on how different campus life was back than, with about 30 girls per class and the student body consisting of more commuters the students were much more cynical, although that was not a trait limited to Stevens at the time.
With this knowledge of how student life used to be here at Stevens, Dr. Weatherall is working towards bringing more women to campus, with a goal of 35-40%, she and her staff have been making strives each year, slowly but surely. Beyond just bringing more women, she is also working towards increasing the diversity by brining more out of state students to Stevens, commenting how when she came here Pennsylvania was considered far. This historical perspective, along with caring for the Institute as more than just a place to work, she also has a daughter currently enrolled.
Wearing the hat of an administrator, alumnus, and mother of a student allows for some fairly interesting perspective. Dr. Weatherall described candid moments with her daughter's friends venting about their day to day concerns with campus life. With these voices she has taken upon her a long term project creating a student union, giving students a place to come together and also to foster the sense of intimacy that our small size allows for. These goals of reaching out, diversifying and also improving she feels will allow Stevens to build upon it's greatest attribute; a tradition of excellence that was true not only when she went here, but also now.

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