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

First Football Game at RPI Jennifer Canfield and Lauren Maher

First Ballroom Dance Bram van Heuveln

Inspiring RPI Professor Mark Little

The First Time I Joined an RPI Club Edwin Israel

RPI: A Place of Transformation & Discovery MD TARIFUL ISLAM

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

First Winter Carnival Cameron McLean

Two Firsts...Thirty Years Apart Kevin Fletcher

My first ice hockey game. Bob Bedard

When I First Knew I Was Coming to RPI Victory Abraham

The Persistent First Memories of RPI David Stuart Halwig Tell my story

First friend at RPI! Pragati Pant

Daughter and father practice together Ron Moy

First Time Eating Quantum Freeze Ice Cream Rachel Hetzler

Choosing RPI Herbert K Schneider

First Official Recognition as a Writer Vixey Foxwish Douglas

First Graduate Degree Omar Elshafee

Amazing American Adventure Willem Gijsels

First Time Watching Men's Lacrosse at ECAV Graham Knowles

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