With tomorrow Thanksgiving, I figure that I should list all the things that I am thankful for (and since this is a work blog, I will focus more on that aspect).
Family - I am lucky, I have a great family, and great in-laws.
Job - I have a job that is not affected by the downturn […]
While I may not agree with everything - here are Five Gadgets Killed by the Cell Phone from Wired.
1. PDA
2. The Camera (I think the phone has a long way to go to catch up - but not impossible)
3. The UMPC
4. The Phone (landline)
5. The MP3 (coming)
Some are obvious, like the PDA. […]
Celeste Baine, who did Recruiting Women into Technology Programs webinar last month, her new book, Engineers Make a Difference, has just been released.
Here is her email that I just received:
If you are interested in outreach - recruiting and retaining students in engineering or technology careers, this is the book for you.
Tom McGlew of MATEC was […]
…As We Know It. For some people, that is what they are saying after the election. Actually, they are just saying, “it is the end of the world.” But, I would have written this if McCain had won the election as well. Because, it is the end of the world as […]
We had a great webinar this last Friday with John Robertson from Arizona State University and formely of Motorolla, Roger Melcher of Microchip, and Michael Lesiecki of MATEC as moderator. We put them in the same room and let them loose. Having the panel in the same room is a lot different then […]
NetWorks is having a free webinar this Friday on Industry Expectations for our Graduates: What We Can Do In Our Education Programs Now! This webinar will be moderated by Michael Lesiecki and feature John Robertson of Arizona State Univeristy, and Roger Melcher of Microchip. The description follows:
It is no surprise that […]
Maggieh added this really good resource to our digital library the other day, entitled: Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students. This article was written by Ruth Reynard and published in Campus Technology.
Maggieh’s desrciption is as follows:
Ruth Reynard’s article in Campus Technology provides helpful guidelines for properly directing the […]
Do you ever have a day where you are just waiting for things to go wrong? That was Friday for me. Of course, that was the day NetWorks had its free webinar: Recruiting Women into Technical Programs with Celeste Baine. Because of construction by my kid’s school, we waited in line […]
Here is the last of our series of conversations with Celeste Baine.
How did you get started?
The Engineering Education Service Center (EESC) began in 1998 as Bonamy Publishing when I wrote my first book, “Is There an Engineer Inside You?” The inspiration for the book was constructed from my struggles in engineering school. I […]
Here is more of my conversation with Celeste.
Are more women getting into technical programs then before? Why do you think that is?
According to “Inside Higher Ed” on August 7, 2007, women are enrolling in engineering and technology programs at a much higher rate than previously found. Fields such as biomedical engineering or technology and environmental […]
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