CIESE conference: Encouraging Students towards STEM and IT Careers, April 1

HOBOKEN , N.J. – The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology will host the one-day conference for guidance counselors, “ Encouraging Students towards STEM and IT Careers.” The April 1 conference will be held on the Stevens campus in Hoboken and is designed to increase awareness about opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and IT (information technology) fields.

The agenda will offer specific examples and strategies that illustrate pathways for all students, particularly women and underrepresented groups, to participate in the technical professions, as well as a big picture view of the economic imperative to produce more STEM and IT graduates. This conference is part of a major National Science Foundation grant that is impacting more than 2,600 students and more than 300 educators over three years.

Conference highlights include:

• Keynote: Virginia Ruesterholz, President, Verizon Telecom

Career Opportunities in Technology: Outlook for the Future?

• Student Panel
Why We Decided to Study Engineering and How We Not Only Survive, but Thrive!

• Professional Panel
STEM and IT Professionals Change the World: But What Do They Really Do?

• Educator Panel
Strategies to Interest Students in STEM and IT

For more information about the event visit: www.stevens.edu/ciese/buildit/guidance_symposium_2008.html

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 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special 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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