Hanging out in the ME lounge.

"When I was a student, I vividly remember hanging out in the ME lounge. As a freshman, I was terrified of the place, I loved to go to the ME shop where Bob would help me with welding and using the circular saw, etc. But the lounge was a scary place where the upper classmen hung out. The next year, I gathered enough courage to go in the ME lounge. It didn't take long to get to know everyone, to find study partners, and friends. Eventually I got involved in ASME and became president of the student chapter because of the people I met hanging out in the lounge. These days, I'd call it networking, but back then, it was just hangin' out.

"The professor I remember most is Dr. Haberstroh because he was terrifying at first. He would talk so fast, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. He would erase almost as fast as he wrote on the board, but after a class or two, I got to know him and he was fascinating and concerned and completely fired up about his subjects. But, the sweetest and most helpful and wonderful professor was Dr. Wilbur."