Fortune 500 leadership to join together in supporting new technology business degree
Stevens Institute of Technology to unveil innovative "E-Business" undergraduate program.
HOBOKEN, NJ – Representatives of three industry giants – AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Bell Atlantic – will gather at Stevens Institute of Technology on March 10, to lend their support to a revolutionary new business program that promises to solve skills shortages within the Information Technology industry.
The new program, a Bachelor of Science in E-Business, will equip students for success by integrating science and technology competencies with core business requirements while pairing students with a sponsoring company for work study programs. The new program will benefit the business community by providing highly skilled graduates, ready to meet the shifting challenges of the IT industry.
Representatives on hand will be Rick Roscitt, CEO of AT&T Solutions, Larry Babbio, president and COO of Bell Atlantic, Carol Spurier, vice president, Lucent Technologies, James Walsh, managing director of SG Cowen Securities Corporation and Regis McKenna, chairperson of The McKenna Group.
Event Information
WHAT: Launch of Stevens' E-Business Degree
WHEN: 11 a.m. - Noon, March 10, 1999
WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, Bissinger Room, Fourth Floor, Wesley J. Howe Center, Hoboken, N.J. (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)
Contact: Joe Orlando (973) 267-8500, ext. 228, email: joe@imedianet.com
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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