Named for Walter S. Rodman, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1933 to 1946, the Rodman Scholars Program in the School of Engineering and Applied Science selects students on the basis of demonstrated and potential leadership qualities as well as scholarship. Participation is by invitation only. The program emphasizes the first two years of study, in which the scholars take special courses in design, communications, and computers. The first-year scholars live in a dormitory set aside for Rodman scholars and Echols scholars of the College of Arts and Sciences.