The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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Spring 2014 47 lished by Janet Richardson, former vice presi- dent for student affairs. Last year Rubin traveled to Israel with a WPI business class and began discussions with the faculty and deans to explore the possibility of launching an Israel Project Center for innovation and entrepre- neurship. "WPI has always been a leader in the student experience," says Rubin, noting that the mentor program is as important to the trustees as it is to the students. "The trustees listen to the students to learn about how life is at WPI, how the teach- ing is, and so on. This is important. And I've kept in touch with my mentees, about 10 of them." Rubin became trustee emeritus in 2013. The crowd that gathered to mark the dedication of the Rubin Campus Center represented the many groups and individuals who have beneftted from Rubin's mentoring and involvement—students, faculty, staff, alumni; his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta; the Skull honor society, which tapped him for membership decades after graduation; and the Student Alumni Society, among others. Rubin's humility is as great as his generosity, and the naming of the Rubin Campus Center was not easy for him to accept. On Founders Day, he is typically on campus with his beloved Nige- rian dwarf goats—Honey, Castor, and Pollux— sitting nearby while students pet, feed, and take photos with WPI's favorite ruminants. Founders Day 2013 was no different: when all the speeches were done, and all the photos taken, Rubin slipped away from the crowd for a few moments to check on his goats, who were waiting in a near- by truck to head home. if... campaign The WPI community gathers for the dedication of the Rubin Campus Center. WPI_spring14_Advancement.indd 47 3/9/14 2:16 PM