“... Harvard has a thriving intellectual community where people from all backgrounds can come together to discuss issues ranging from politics to structure design.

“Surrounding yourself with others who think as you do and dream as you do can only help you to grow in directions you
have already turned to on your own.

“To truly stretch the bounds of your mind requires interacting with people whose interests lie beyond your own and learning from them what you can.”

—Belle Koven ’06

Belle truly put the art into engineering: While at Harvard she served as a stage manager for on-campus theater productions. She also found the time to study abroad and to help others through MentorNet, an e-mentoring program in science and engineering.