WPI Sesquicentennial

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will celebrate its sesquicentennial in 2015. After 150 years, there is plenty to share and tweet about. Stay tuned.

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Thank You for Celebrating 150 Years of @WPI! #WPI150 #ImagineMore https://t.co/gzsjNgZlX5

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12/7/1941 first @WPI student lost to conflict of WWII. Edward M. Bates, Jr., killed during attack on Pearl Harbor.

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November 30, 2001: WPI hosts the Imagining the Future colloquium #wpi150

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11/29/1962: The Olin Foundation donates a new building for chemistry and chemical engineering to WPI #wpi150

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November 28, 1866: Stephen Salisbury donates $10,000 to support instruction, books, and apparatus #wpi150

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November 25, 2003: WPI Women's Rugby team was named the 2003 Northeast Champions. #wpi150

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Nov. 24, 1975: The Worcester area chapter of the Society of Women Engineers is formally chartered #wpi150

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November 19, 1965: Philip M. Morgan, benefactor to the school, dies in his home #wpi150

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11/13/1914: Committee meet to approve a tentative plan for the 50th anniversary celebration of WPI #wpi150

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@WPI Our Town #imaginemore

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Wrapping up #wpi150 with a @wpi music extravaganza!

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Rain doesn't stop us from having a happy open house and #foundersday @WPI @WPI150

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|REPLAY| Bill "Tuna" Trask reads from Two Towers on #Founders' Day #WPI150 #Katch #Periscope https://t.co/XKEwdP6rPv

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November 11, 1868: The first day of classes took place #wpi150

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@WPI @holy_cross @gompei thanks, @csantillo!

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.@WPI @WPI150 Happy #foundersday from your crosstown colleagues at @holy_cross!

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11/11/1868: Prof. Thompson is inaugurated and Boynton Hall is dedicated in memory of John Boynton #wpi150

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In honor of #VeteransDay, take a look at this story of a @WPI student who made the ultimate sacrifice. https://t.co/0dzO8U3qjP

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11/11/1924: A bronze tablet in Boynton Hall dedicated in memory of alumni who served in the military #wpi150