Top Microsoft, H-P executives join WebCampus board

HOBOKEN, N.J. - Two senior computer industry executives - from Microsoft and Hewlet-Packard - were appointed recently to the board of Stevens Institute of Technology's WebCampus, which is the university's online learning unit.

Sherri Bealkowski, general manager of Microsoft's Education Solutions Group, and Michael Humke, H-P's director of higher education, join other high-ranking corporate members - Ronald Schlosser, CEO of Thomson Learning, a global information company and publisher of Petersons Guides; and Martin Tuchman, chairman and CEO of Interpool, Inc., one of the world's largest ship container leasing firms.

"They're very knowledgeable," said Graduate Dean Charles Suffel, who chairs the WebCampus board. "They represent nearly every key aspect of online learning. They're serious and very supportive."

In addition to several prominent Stevens faculty, board members are also from other leading academic institutions, including Cornell and MIT. In addition, member Robert Regan is president of New England College of Finance; Paula Peinovich is president of Walden University; and the IEEE's Peter Wiesner represents the largest engineering society in the world.

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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