Jack Mollen News Today

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) today announced its honored speakers for this year’s Commencement ceremonies to be held May 11 and 13:

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has appointed five new members, including four alumnae, to the university’s board of trustees.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) today announced the appointment of five new members to the university’s Board of Trustees, four of whom are WPI alumnae. Carleen Maitland ’88, Maureen McCaffrey ’86, Patricia Newcomer-Small ’90, Elizabeth "Beth" Phalen ’85, and Navjot Singh, who will begin their service July 1, have a variety of perspectives, professional backgrounds, and

William Fitzgerald, a former jet engine engineer and alumnus, will serve as Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s next Board of Trustees chair.

The building, currently known as the Project Center, is to be renamed to the Laurie A. Leshin Global Project Center, according to the Thursday announcement from WPI.

The message was sent to the WPI Community. 

The following message was sent to the WPI community from Jack Mollen, Board Chair

The following message was sent to the WPI community from Jack Mollen, Board Chair One of the most important responsibilities of the Board of Trustees is to ensure strong and consistent leadership, particularly through a period of transition. Today the Board unanimously elected Provost and Senior Vice President Winston Oluwole “Wole” Soboyejo to serve as interim WPI president

Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Laurie Leshin will leave her role at the college to become the director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, according to a Thursday announcement from Caltech.

Eight years ago this month, WPI announced the appointment of Laurie Leshin, an esteemed space scientist and academic leader, as WPI’s 16th President. We were thrilled to welcome her to our campus and our community. Today, we announce that President Leshin will be stepping down from WPI at the end of this academic year to serve as the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory