DiversIITy: IIT's motto

Back to Work!

2011-03-21T13:11:00.003-05:00

Hello Everyone!

After a nice, not long enough Spring Break, we students are back to work.

Just some news from last week, IIT was honored to host Dr. Michael Shuler, the distinguished Robert Pritzker Award Winner, who gave the lecture "Building a Body-on-a-Chip: Towards Better Drug Development". Apart from most of the Biomedical Engineering staff and many students, both undergraduate and graduate being there, President John Anderson was also present. It was an honor having you here Dr. Shuler!

Now as for IIT's Admission Office, we will be having various Admit Receptions going on starting this week. If you are an admitted student, we highly recommend you attend one of these receptions to better understand what your next steps are going to be. This will hopefully make your transition into college much smoother. The following website has all the dates for our Admit Receptions:
http://www.iit.edu/undergrad_admission/visit/admit_reception.shtml

If you plan to attend the Admit Reception located on IIT's Main Campus, please feel free to join us for a campus tour with your family.

For students who are not yet admitted or are planning to apply and would like to visit campus, we do have campus tours at 12:45pm Monday through Friday. Additionally, we have a Saturday Visit coming up. It's this Saturday, March 26th. To sign up for this visit, please go to the following website and scroll down to the section Fall and Spring Saturday Visits:
http://www.iit.edu/undergrad_admission/visit/

For more information or any questions at all, please feel free to contact us by phone at 312.567.3025 or by email at admission@iit.edu.

NightHawks Needed!

2010-12-03T14:54:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone!
If you haven't realized already, we're almost done with classes!

I did however want to mention that the Office of Undergraduate Admission is looking for students interested in the Nighthawk Program.
The Nighthawk Program is an overnight program that started recently and involves IIT students hosting prospective students for one night. Nighthawks will hang out with the guests and show them what life is like on campus.
There are some very interesting benefits for being a Nighthawk.
Currently the Office of Undergraduate Admission is looking for female hosts.
If you are interested in the program and you would like to know more, please contact us at 312-567-3025.

Good luck with your finals!

Hello!

2010-10-29T15:50:00.003-05:00

Hello!
It's been a while since I've last blogged, but I have come back with a new look for my page. Hope you guys like it!
Just wanted to throw a heads up that we have a couple of things going on in the next week or so:
Saturday October 30th: Saturday Visit! Students who have applied and would like to check out our campus, please do!
Sunday October 31st: Halloween! Come by IIT, we'll have many events going on, including a Halloween fashion show in Perlstein Hall!
Saturday November 6th: Discover IIT Day! Spend the day at IIT and join us for campus tours as well as informative sessions of specific majors. It's your chance to get a glimpse of IIT!

The Office of Undergraduate Admission has initialized a new program with Housing & Residential Services, it's called the Overnight Visit Program, also known as the NightHawk Program. Prospective students will have the opportunity to stay overnight at IIT with a current student and see what it's like to live on campus! For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.iit.edu/undergrad_admission/visit/
And look under Overnight Visit, or feel free to contact us at 312-567-3025.

Happy Halloween!

Hello Summer, and an Elephant!

2010-05-28T13:47:00.008-05:00

Hello!
Hope everyone is having a fantastic summer and enjoying the break to the fullest!

Although it is summer and most people are on a break, there are still a number of students that are still on IIT campus, either working, taking a class, doing some sort of enlightening research, or simply sticking around and exploring the city of Chicago.

If you are one of these people staying on campus, you might have noticed a rather amazing sight...there's an elephant on campus!!! Well not a real elephant anyway...I know cause I tried giving it peanuts from the Admission Office and it didn't even flinch...hey, got to check right? You never know! Nevertheless, its magnificence is quite overwhelming.

Anyways, this cool looking elephant's name is Nomkhubulwane, and she's one of the elephants from the Human Elephant Foundation, an organization that helps create awareness in people of the world we live in.

Things like sustainability and keeping an ecological balance in the world are some of the organization's main objectives. The elephants, like the one we have standing in front of Crown Hall, are made out of recycled material. The Human Elephant Foundation hopes that these elephants will inspire and cause people to become more involved with protecting the environment we live in and create a better tomorrow. More information is given through the organization's main website:
http://www.humanelephant.org/

If you stop by campus, please do say hi to Nomkhubulwane and try to give her some peanuts, I'm sure she'll love it!

Hello!

2010-03-26T16:44:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
Long time no blog! I know I've been off the radar for a little while but I'm back with some info about the interesting things going on around campus.
So first thing's first...the weather...we need to start with the weather. Two days ago the sun was shinning and it was fairly warm...it was nice..Yesterday, it got back down around freezing point again...Yes, freezing point end of March. The moral of this story? Ladies and gentlemen, if you are not from Chicago, be warned, the weather is crazy! Be prepared to have some drama with the weather...and the wind for that matter.

Now next up, we have a great event going on. Tonight we have RIITMO! Come to the Bog at IIT and enjoy some Hispanic music and dance to it! Otherwise come for some great food and have a great night! Next week at the BOg: Game show night! A night full of prizes!

Please keep in mind Preview Weekend for admitted students will be on April 9th and 10th. This will be a chance for admitted students to get a feel for life on campus and what it feels like to live on campus!

Women's Day is also coming up for our female applicants. So keep an eye out for that!

Hope everyone has wonderful, yet safe, weekend! Enjoy!

Hello and Welcome Back!

2010-01-25T16:23:00.002-06:00

Hello Hello!
I hope everyone had a fantastic time back at home for the holidays!

I actually went back to Bolivia for winter break after a year and a half! For those who do not know where Bolivia is and constantly confuse it with somewhere like Bulgaria, Bolivia is a land-locked country right in the middle of South America. It was great going back home and escaping the freezing Chicago cold for a month. I enjoyed being with my family and had some of my dad's awesome home cooked food. Yummy! Hey, don't get me wrong, you can always enjoy good food around the world, but you will always miss the food with which you grew up with.

Anyways, it's been two weeks since classes started again here at IIT. Even with the cold, students have been buzzing busily around with the different events going on. The Student Organization Fair, for example, just happened a few days ago and students interested in knowing more about specific organizations got the chance to sign up for them.

Currently, there are some pretty big things going on on campus. First of all, the Leadership Academy Scholarship, a full tuition scholarship offered by the Leadership Academy that IIT students can apply to after they've enrolled. Applications are due February 5th!

Another big thing going on right now is the Action to Provide Relief in Haiti, organized by Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and Haiti Outreach. EWB has been collecting donations at the MTCC Bridge to help the people in Haiti who have been struck by the catastrophic earthquake on January 12th, 2010. News reports estimate at least 3 million people affected. If you get a chance to walk by MTCC Bridge, please contribute to a good cause and help Haiti!

Please keep an eye out for more events coming up soon! Have a great one! :D

Winter Break!

2009-12-07T14:17:00.002-06:00

Hello!
As the first signs of snow appeared last night, I came to realize that Winter was finally upon us and that I would soon be heading home for Winter Break. I felt at ease and excited that I was going home for the first time in a little under a year and a half. However, that was also when I realized with a certain concern that finals...were also here. In fact, finals start tomorrow! The university is buzzing with the sounds of students as they are working hard to get their final projects in and studying to do well on the exams.
It has been a wonderful and productive semester here at IIT and no doubt that more excitement will come soon enough. But before that, it's time for some well deserved rest and a nice holiday with the family!
Good luck to everyone during finals and have an awesome Winter Break! For those international students staying on campus over the break, get comfy warm and enjoy skiing around in the white fluffiness of winter :D Enjoy!
I'll see you all very very soon!

Justine Bennett was at the Bog? Yep! Homecoming this week? Yep!

2009-09-21T19:49:00.005-05:00

Hello Everyone!
I hope everyone had a nice long and relaxing weekend!
As always, many of our IIT students have been going to downtown Chicago (our "backyard playground") to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city. But here, right on campus, we've been having and will be having multiple activities going on!
Just take last Thursday for example...we had an awesome singer, Justine Bennett, come to Illinois Institute of Technology and perform at one of IIT's most prominent social areas, the BOG! Justine's angelic voice echoed gracefully throughout the BOG and her performance was simply beautiful, with a tinge of amusement in between! Simply great! Check out her website : http://justinebennett.com/

Coming up this week is...IIT HOMECOMING! I hope you guys are equipped with Scarlet Hawk gear and all ready for the excitement to come! Here's a small sneak peek:

Tuesday, Sept. 22nd: Women's Volleyball at 7:00pm in Keating Sports Center...Free T-shirts and food!

Friday, Sept. 25: Club Niite from 9:00pm to Midnight...Get ready to dancy dance in front of MSV!

Saturday, Sept. 26: Women's Soccer at 12:00pm & Men's Soccer at 2:00pm in Stuart Field! Also, Homecoming Parade and Homecoming Carnival from 4:00pm to 9:00pm at the Quad! More free t-shirts and food! Yay!

So? You guys think you can manage all the fun?
See you around!

Hello Homecoming!

2009-09-12T11:36:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
I hope everyone has had a wonderful time settling back into the IIT gear and adjusting to a new schedule! Classes have been going on for about three weeks now, but all the exciting stuff that has been going on is barely the start! With Rush Week over recently, there's another big event starting soon, HOMECOMING!
Homecoming will be hosted during the week of September 20th-26th. There will be much food and various activities going on that will promote IIT spirit. There will also be multiple friendly soccer and volleyball games going on throughout the week of Homecoming that you should definitely go watch! Also keep the following special days in mind:
>Friday, Sept 26th - Homecoming Dance
>Saturday, Sept 26th - Homecoming Carnival and Parade

Friends, families, and alums are also welcome to attend and enjoy this special event!
Don't forget to wear your Scarlet Hawk T-shirts!

Welcome to ALL new and returning IIT students!

2009-08-20T16:40:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
Just wanted to extend a warm welcome to all new and returning IIT students! Hope you guys had a wonderful summer and are ready to start and restart classes!
Just wanted to point out that there are fun events going on to help welcome everyone:
First off, the Opening Day barbecue is on Friday August 21st at the MTCC Commons from 11am to 1:30pm. Everyone should come enjoy the food and socialize with everyone!
Also, Rush Week hosted by the Greek Community will be starting on Saturday, August 22nd. This event will go on for two weeks and will be full of fun activities. Be sure to be there!
Once again Welcome and having an awesome semester!

Important Dates to Keep in Mind!

2009-07-06T09:15:00.003-05:00

Hello Everyone!!!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and an amazing Fourth of July! I just wanted to post a few important dates that you should keep in mind! Here we go:

Upcoming Orientation Dates:
Session IV: Thurs/Fri, July 9 & 10
Session V: Thurs/Fri, July 16 & 17
Session VI: Wed/Thurs August 19 & 20 (International Student Orientation)

Open House Dates:
Saturday, July 18th
Saturday, August 8th

Airport Shuttle Bus Schedule:
August 11th through August 18th at 5:00pm and 7:30pm at O'Hare International Airport Terminal 5

Residence Halls will be open to students on:
August 18th (International Students)
August 21st (Domestic Students)

Please send me an email at phuangz@iit.edu if you have any additional questions!
Enjoy the vacation!

IIT Open House!

2009-06-18T13:04:00.005-05:00

Hello Everyone!
I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer and making the most out of it! If you are on the beach enjoying the sunshine and getting a tan, awesome! But if not, it's ok! The weather is still great! If you're in Chicago, I'm sure Lake Michigan will have space available for a tanning session!
And for this Summer 2009, IIT's Open House is coming up! On Saturdays, July 18th and August 8th, students and their families will get the awesome opportunity to take a closer look at IIT and see what we are all about! You will be able to talk about academics, student life, scholarships, and much more.
For the Open House registration and more information please visit the following website:

http://www.iit.edu/undergrad_admission/visit/summer_openhouses.shtml

Please call IIT Office of Undergraduate Admission at 312.567.3025 if you have any additional questions.

Enjoy your summer! Have an awesome time!

Architecture Open House! More Pictures!

2009-05-21T23:37:00.002-05:00

Enjoy and get inspired!

And more pictures from the IIT Architecture Open House!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The architectural artwork shown here belong to their respective owners and none of them are allowed to be replicated by anyone. My intention here is to show students that were unable to attend the Architecture Open House some of the awesome designs present and to show new students some of the things they will be doing in the future at IIT.

Architecture Open House!

2009-05-21T23:33:00.006-05:00

Hello Everyone!
How's everyone enjoying summer? Many of you are probably having a blast right now after a full year of hard work, as for the freshmen coming in this coming Fall, you are probably eager and excited to join the IIT community, Welcome!

My roommate and I attended the Architecture Open House at IIT the other day and we were able to see all the fantastic architectural art work that was displayed at Crown Hall. Many of the new students joining IIT this coming Fall might be wondering what are some of the awesome things you will be doing as an Architecture student, well, here's a little insight! More pictures of this awesome event will be posted!
Everyone, have an AWESOME summer!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The architectural artwork shown here belong to their respective owners and none of them are allowed to be replicated by anyone. My intention here is to show students that were unable to attend the Architecture Open House some of the awesome designs present and to show new students some of the things they will be doing in the future at IIT.

Finals are Coming, but so is Summer!

2009-05-06T13:27:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
As the semester here at IIT comes to an end, finals are approaching at great speeds. Everyone is starting to review and study and make sure they hit high marks on the finals. Although everyone is tensed up about the final exams, in their minds, everyone is looking to the time beyond, SUMMER! Once everyone is done with exams, many people will be travelling back home to spend time with family and friends and enjoy the long vacation! Now still others will be staying in Chicago to enjoy the summer and/or take a few extra summer classes to lighten up the load for next semester. IIT will be offering multiple courses throughout the summer for people who are interested, as well as internships in diverse fields of study.

Now here at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the staff will be busy planning for the welcoming of our Fall 2009 students as well as helping these students arrive safely and happily to IIT. The Office of Undergraduate Admission will be open during Summer, so if you wish to visit us to talk to an Admission Counselor or want to go on a campus tour or you just want to see us for the fun of it, we'll be here!

All in all, everyone's going to be making this summer a productive and very memorable experience!

For the current students: study hard! And for future students: Welcome to IIT!

Have a great one everyone!

IIT Office of Undergraduate Admission is Hiring!

2009-04-13T18:30:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
Just wanted to let you guys know that the IIT Office of Undergraduate Admission is hiring students for the Student Ambassador position. Student Ambassadors give campus tours to perspective students and help out with different activities around the office. The Student Ambassador Application can be found HERE. Please apply soon since the interviews will be held between April 21st and April 23rd! For more information, please contact Stephani Lawrence at slawren3@iit.edu or Samantha Staley at stalsam@iit.edu.
Join the IIT Community!

Take a closer look at IIT!

2009-04-07T21:18:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
How's everyone doing? I'm back with some more IIT info!
This past Friday and Saturday we had Preview Weekend! Admitted students and their families arrived to IIT from across the United States this past Friday and visited the campus throughout the day. Students and their families got the chance to talk with the Admission Counselors at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and with the Student Ambassadors and current students that were around. These visiting students got the chance to take a closer look by going on campus tours lead by the Student Ambassadors! Lunch and Dinner were provided and nightly events were fully on. The Fraternity and Sorority houses organized multiple events and the Bog was open for people to relax and enjoy the exciting IIT atmosphere!
Applications for the Fall 2009 term are due soon, so for those of you who are still undecided, call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and sign up for a campus tour and schedule a meeting with an Admission Counselor! If you are unable to come to campus, that's alright too, just contact the Office for any doubts you might have! The website where all the info is located at is: admission.iit.edu .
Come join the IIT family!

Hey Hey! Hey Spring!

2009-03-23T01:05:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone!
How's everyone doing? Still waking up from the awesome Spring Break we just had? Well, hey, wake up cause spring's here and the summer fun at IIT is not far away!

I don't know about you guys, but I had an awesome break: a time to rest well and enjoy life. But the reason why I truly had an awesome Spring Break was because my parents came to visit all the way from Bolivia! You know how far that is?...It's far! I was so excited to show them around IIT and take them to downtown Chicago. We went to Lincoln Park Zoo, strolled in the park where the Shed Aquarium and the Planetarium are located, and enjoyed the endless blue view of Lake Michigan from Navy Pier. We even got to see the green color Chicago River turned into for St. Patrick's Day!
This Spring Break has definitely been relaxing, but at the same time I got to share fabulous moments with my family! Cool Cool!

Although Spring Break is over, don't worry, there are still tons of events coming up here at IIT, Preview Weekend being one of them! More details to come soon! Stay tuned and get ready to rock with IIT!

Think Pink!

2009-02-23T21:58:00.005-06:00

Hello Everyone!
I hope everyone's doing amazingly well cause here at IIT we have been all pumped and excited for last Friday's Think Pink Women's Basketball Game! Not only was the Think Pink game a way to approach Breast Cancer awareness, but it also resulted in one of the semester's best basketball games ever! IIT won 74-70 against Taylor University Fort Wayne after what seemed to be a close and intense battle between the two universities. The crowd went crazy with excitement with everyone wearing the intensely pink t-shirts. Go Scarlet Hawks!
Well, everyone take care and Think Pink too! And for the people in Chicago, stay warm!

Spring 2009 Career Fair is here!!!

2009-02-11T15:06:00.002-06:00

Hello Everyone!
Hope everyone has been doing great this past few weeks: For those at IIT, I hope the classes have been enlightening; for those applying, hope you turned in all of your application requirements! The past few days the weather has been awesome, the snow melted and the temperature was just perfect after a long period of snow. Today though, it has been raining hard. Hope the weather continues to be good though!

Just a quick heads up for everyone, The Spring 2009 Career Fair is tomorrow, February 12th! Eighty-four companies with their respective representatives will be present at Hermann Union Building starting at 12:00pm ready to show students what they are known for! Students will be able to give companies of their interest their resumes and apply for an internship! IIT students, do attend this event, you never know what opportunities are out there! For more information please visit the website: http://www.cmc.iit.edu/.
Everyone, have an awesome week and an amazing weekend, I'll check back soon!

The IIT Triple Header

2009-01-30T14:34:00.003-06:00

Hello Hello!
Back for more IIT sports news! IIT has been hosting some lively sport events lately that are really worth watching! This Saturday 31st, there will be three amazing games going on and no one should miss it! Starting at 11:00am, IIT will be competing against Lake Forest College in swimming! At 1:00pm, IIT's Women's Basketball Team will be facing Robert Morris University in an amazing basketball game. It doesn't end there! More basketball excitement will come at 3:00pm, this time it'll be the IIT Men's Basketball Team against Robert Morris University.
We've got an incredible weekend coming up and no one should be left out of the fun!
For more information about IIT sport events or if you are planning in joining a team, please visit: http://www.illinoistechathletics.com/

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! I'll keep you posted!
Go Hawks!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

2009-01-26T15:43:00.006-06:00

Hello to all of those Chinese people out there! Wish you had a great New Year, the year of the Ox (as my friend Rishab is showing with the Golden Chinese Ox)!

I'm sure that all of you called home and wished your family an awesome New Year, like me!
For New Year last Saturday, a bunch of Chinese IIT students got together and headed over to Chinatown for dinner. It was an awesome get-together and I actually got to meet new Chinese students that had some cool backgrounds! It was an awesome night with great Chinese food and everyone enjoyed it. It felt just like home, only here in Chicago!
Here at IIT, students like to celebrate different holidays together. Being so far from home, it is always great to have people to relate to, have fun with, and speak the same language too!!! Once again 新年块乐!!!

Join the Diversiity at IIT!

(Thanks to Kurt and Jack for organizing this fabulous Chinese New Year night!)

IIT Spring 2009!!!

2009-01-19T22:42:00.008-06:00

Hello Hello!
Ladies and gentlemen I apologize for my long absence, I was taking a rather long vacation in China! It was an awesome trip, I got the chance to visit my family and enjoyed lots of good chopstick-licking Chinese food!
Now I'm back at IIT ready for some more work (and ready to exercise a bit due to all the food, but that's another story)!
IIT will soon be starting its 2009 Spring Semester with much enthusiasm and excitement. The faculty at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has been working hard to admit new students this spring as well as reviewing files for future Fall 2009 students.
For those of you who are applying for Fall 2009, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be reviewing your applications as soon as they come in. Make sure you send in your applications and the required files as soon as possible and before the deadline! (Please check the IIT Office of Undergraduate Admissions website for more details: http://www.iit.edu/undergrad_admission/ or contact the Office at 312.567.3025 or email in at admission@iit.edu). Please do not hesitate to call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for any questions or concerns you might have, because the people working there are awesomely cool and will take their time to answer them!
Now as for the weather, I've been hearing lots of concerns about the weather from friends and people that have been coming back to Chicago, so as a new student you might be wondering about the weather as well. I'm sorry to say that Chicago has been receiving quite a lot of snow and chills lately, but hey, not to worry! The weather's got its ups and downs, in other words it's not like super cold all the time. I mean it's easily manageable with an extra layer on or running around the campus playing with snow will work too. Besides, all the buildings are heated, so it's pretty warm inside. I'm telling you this from my own experience, taking into account that I have never experienced temperatures below 0°C (32°F) and I'm doing just fine, Undergraduate Admissions hasn't found me frozen yet.

IIT students, welcome back and new IIT students, you'll do just fine, and welcome too!
I wish everyone a successful semester and I'll keep you posted!

IPRO (Inter-professional Research Opportunities)

2008-12-08T20:55:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone!
Professionalism has finally arrived to IIT! This past Friday we had IPRO day! IPROs are Inter-professional Research Opportunities where a group of students get together and face either a community or an IIT problem. These students get together and try to solve the problem efficiently using the resources at hand. IIT students must complete two IPROs in order to graduate, but don't worry, it will be fun!
IPROs enable student to engage modern day problems that are actually affecting society. These projects will enable you to work with people from other majors and get first hand experience of how it is like to work with people with different learning backgrounds. One of the reasons why IIT requires IPROs is to prepare students for the modern day working environment. When you get a job, you will be interacting with people that have majored in different areas. IPROs will also stimulate reasoning and the capacity to apply what you have learned into projects that will benefit the community.
IIT has gone Professional, have you?

Malhotra for a Weekend!

2008-12-01T16:11:00.008-06:00

Hello everyone!!!

I'm back with some more exciting IIT Experience! This time, I'll be taking you off campus and to Naperville, to my brother-from-another-mother's place, the Malhotras! You see, for my first Thanksgiving experience, my super moving to the groove friend Rishab (the brother-from-another-mother) was superbly nice as to invite me over to his parents' place for the holidays! I was going to be a Malhotra for a week-end!

The exciting Thanksgiving adventure started with a half hour train ride to Naperville, one of the best places to live in within the United States. After a little shopping and exploring we headed off to watch a movie. I met Rishab's really cool parents and his joke-telling brother that recently became a orthodontist. Rishab says that he has a crazy family, I say they are full of awesomeness!! This first day was only the warm up, the actual Thanksgiving fest was the next day!

We woke up at 10:00am and got ready to head off to a Malhotra friend's place. The Malhotra family and other friends and relatives had been celebrating Thanksgiving at this same house for the past ten years! The people were so friendly and polite, but at the same time extremely funny (like Rishab) and full of fun! The food was AMAZING! It is definitely Indian Food and turkey with gravy, but my gosh it was good. As if that were not enough, the dessert, pie with chocolate, was the icing on the cake. An awesome experience, I was so glad that I got the chance to experience my first Thanksgiving in such a fantastic Malhotra-like fashion! To end the fantastic Thanksgiving experience, we took advantage of Black Friday and bought a few things. What a holiday!

Here at IIT, anywhere on campus, even behind office corners behind cabinets, you will meet fantastic people like Rishab that will help you make your Holidays and your IIT experience one of the best and one of the most memorable of your lives. At IIT you will find people from all over the World and with such different backgrounds that it will seem that the World had suddenly come together to meet and befriend.

Don't miss the fun people! Hope everyone had an amazing holiday!

P.S: Many thanks to the Malhotra family and friends for making my first Thanksgiving one of the most outstanding and everlasting experiences! Thanks brother Rishab!

Go Hawks!

2008-11-22T15:05:00.007-06:00

Basketball!!! Who loves to play basketball?...Who loves to watch basketball?...Who loves to watch IIT Basketball? We do...yay! Basketball has come to IIT and we are ready to take some challenge. For the past few weeks, IIT has been hosting some of the most intense basketball games around town. Universities with some of the best basketball teams have been playing against our IIT Hawks! The excitement echoes within Keating Sports Center and amazing professional moves are being reflected off of the basketball court's shiny floor! All eyes are on that bouncing basketball and...yay!...Hawks score! Be part of the excitement, be part of IIT!

Boat Cruise for IIT! The Floating Fun!

2008-11-05T15:30:00.012-06:00

Hello again! I'm back with more updates on IIT fun! This past Friday night we had a spectacular event, the Casino Boat Cruise! Residence Hall Association, along with other IIT groups, organized a full on boat cruise on the Odyssey, one of the largest boats on the Five Great Lakes. The Odyssey's kitchen staff presented a delicious cuisine. After the food, the party started! For those that wanted to shake it up, the dance floor was rocking to the DJ's music, and for those that wanted show their tricks under their sleeves, the Casino was open for people to play poker, blackjack, and roulette. And for those that just wanted the week's working stress to float away and just chill out, the boat's deck was open for amazing views of the Chicago Skyline. As if this weren't enough already, the boat cruise ended with an auction. People could bid for prizes and the highest bidder could win an ipod nano, a 19" Tv, an all in one scanner/copier, and more! It was one of the most amazing nights, and this is just the beginning!

Trick-or-Treat, Smell My Feet, Give Me Something Good to EaT!

2008-10-30T19:47:00.010-05:00

Halloween has arrived to IIT and it is time to celebrate! With the excitement and the decorations around campus, the air of Halloween is finally becoming palpable. The Commons, our dinning hall, has been decorated with a Vampire Homer Simpson (spooky no?), spiders, and a huge pumpkin, while the residence halls have spooked out creepy artistic designs on the doors for this year's Spookiest door competition. A number of students are milling around Chicago getting new costumes, while other creative ones are making their own and getting ready to party. Throughout campus, dozens of events are going on just to celebrate this year's Halloween. The pumpkin launch is a great example and such a fun event! Please do not confuse this with a pumpkin lunch, this is a pumpkin launch! You actually get to catapult juicy orange projectiles! Pumpkin carving hasn't dropped out of the fun either! Students got to carve their very own pumpkins to decorate the darkest corners of their rooms. Ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a full moon here at IIT, don't miss the fun!

Chicago Marathon! Joining the fun!

2008-10-14T12:30:00.006-05:00

October 12, 7:59am: the air is tense and something is lingering in the air. Throughout Chicago and the rest of the United States there is a palpable excitement, something big is about to begin. With a surge of pure excitement within the past 60 seconds, you suddenly realize that over 40,000 people have just made their first step in the 2008 Bank of America Marathon, one of Chicago's greatest events. With approximately 26 miles to go, the runners are giving it all their best. And the best part of it? The course of the marathon went right through the heart of IIT! People from neighboring places came over to IIT to watch the event. Even helicopters kept hovering over IIT to film the event. Free t-shirts, sodas, and food were given out. The IIT community once again, like so many times, formed part of Chicago's events. This time though, one of the competitors was actually an IIT Undergraduate Admissions Counselor! Yay! Being part of IIT, being part of the excitement!

UniversIITy, The Beginning

2008-09-23T15:23:00.006-05:00

University is a big word, not only because it has ten letters in it but because it marks a turning point in life. Many have a hard time deciding what they want to spend the rest of their life doing, and what university is the best place to train themselves for their career.

For me, university definitely marked the beginning of a new way of life, and I decided to take my first steps at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, Illinois.

Upon setting foot on campus, the first thing I noticed was the unique atmosphere and the creative architecture. Two minutes after I had arrived, Undergraduate Admissions staff gave me a warm welcome and settled me into the dorms. It is really amazing how IIT's staff dedicate their time to making student's from around the World feel welcome. That day, I set my mind to stay and study for my career, Biomedical Engineering.