Stevens, overlooking the Hudson, is the place to be July 4th
HOBOKEN, N.J. — This July 4th, Stevens Institute of Technology will witness what organizers are calling the "largest maritime event in history" on the Hudson River just below campus. The private university’s unique vantage point on Castle Point, a bluff overlooking the Hudson and Manhattan, is the prime viewing location for Operation Sail 2000® and the International Naval Review, this year’s spectacular parade of tall ships and military vessels from all over the world. In addition, a huge Macy’s™ fireworks display — billed the largest ever — explodes over the Hudson later in the evening. So Stevens has risen to the occasion with a special event of its own.
Stevens’ "Celebrate Innovation!" event marks its 130th anniversary and brings thousands of invited alumni, students, parents and friends to campus July 2-4. Fittingly, the university’s long and rich maritime history figures heavily into this special occasion.
The story of Stevens’ maritime heritage begins even before the institute was founded in 1870. As commodore of the yacht America, John Cox Stevens, a member of Stevens’ founding family, made yachting history in 1851 when he sailed to England and brought home the trophy known thereafter as the America’s Cup. In celebration of that famed race, a replica of the original yacht America will moor at Stevens’ shore just below Castle Point on the afternoon of July 4. Several other tall ships are expected to moor at Stevens as well.
For more about attending this event, please go to www.celebrateinnovation.org
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
