Events Discover RPI Firsts

What is your RPI first?

Let’s work together to remember the transformational people, moments, and achievements that make RPI such a special place.

As we celebrate 200 years, share your RPI Firsts with everyone in the RPI community. What are you most proud of? How did you change at RPI? Is there a moment you’ll never forget? Tell your story and preserve the RPI experience for generations to come.

Tell your story

My first ice hockey game. Bob Bedard

Inspiring RPI Professor Mark Little

RPI: A Place of Transformation & Discovery MD TARIFUL ISLAM

First Ballroom Dance Bram van Heuveln

Two firsts, one for my wife, one for me Steve Platt

Two Firsts...Thirty Years Apart Kevin Fletcher

First Football Game at RPI Jennifer Canfield and Lauren Maher

First Winter Carnival Cameron McLean

When I First Knew I Was Coming to RPI Victory Abraham

First Time Eating Quantum Freeze Ice Cream Rachel Hetzler

First Time Watching Men's Lacrosse at ECAV Graham Knowles Tell my story

The Persistent First Memories of RPI David Stuart Halwig

First friend at RPI! Pragati Pant

Daughter and father practice together Ron Moy

Choosing RPI Herbert K Schneider

First Official Recognition as a Writer Vixey Foxwish Douglas

First Graduate Degree Omar Elshafee

RPI: More Than a School, a Lifelong Family Trishala Chaudhary

Alma Mater Azita Hirsa

Student Union Senior Project Lon Blumenthal