March of the Nerds

These...are nerds. Happy, smart and entertaining nerds, but nerds all the same. They are engineers. Today was the beginning of the university's March U-Days, a weekend event where high school seniors from across the country are invited to come explore Walla Walla U to see if this is where they'd like to get their higher education. I was helping with the admissions table at the departmental fair and happened to be next to the School of Engineering display. I gotta admit...nerds have cool toys. In addition to a robot, they also had a body heat sensor, which is what they're playing with in this photo. The gentleman in the middle is a professor; the other two are students.