Dear students, Welcome to fall term! We're excited to get the new academic year off to a great start. I hope you will take advantage of the many extracurricular activities offered in the school and the College of Engineering. These include Networking Nights, Webinar Wednesdays, student clubs<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.oregonstate.edu%2FEECS%2Fmyeecs%2Fstudent-groups&data=05%7C02%7Ceecs-ungrads%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7Cfc8dd225280249a76f7f08dcddbd78f5%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638629053046769519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cjyHU1dE6O2JiV8z7N7reGEX3csnHkbFGItzLlSRLQQ%3D&reserved=0>, and more. Watch for Tina Batten's emails and visit the EECS Portal<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fengineering.oregonstate.edu%2FEECS%2FMyEECS%2Fstudent-portal&data=05%7C02%7Ceecs-ungrads%40engr.oregonstate.edu%7Cfc8dd225280249a76f7f08dcddbd78f5%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638629053046769519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EWx5kQElFSHl3ppbiLK8YMEAGUhcEsmvbtN5ENyhpxU%3D&reserved=0>. These experiences will be valuable to your career success, as well as being entertaining and fun. I hope you have a productive and rewarding 2024-2025 academic year. Go Beavs! Thomas Weller, Ph.D. Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor and Head, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering Oregon State University (541) 737-9287 tom.weller@oregonstate.edu<mailto:tom.weller@oregonstate.edu>