May 15, 2012

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Message from Jeanette Doyle, Director WPI Career Development Center

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Message from Jeanette Doyle, Director WPI Career Development Center

It is hard to believe that another academic year has come to an end.  It has been quite a successful year at WPI and the Career Development Center.  WPI welcomed one of our largest first-year classes this past fall and we introduced a new Bioinformatics and Computational Biology major. We worked vigorously to market our [...]

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May 15, 2012

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The Great Problems Seminar

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The Great Problems Seminar

For more than 40 years, WPI has been a leader in higher education for educating students to tackle problem-solving through the project-enriched curriculum established by the WPI Plan. In 2007, our faculty brought a new level of innovation to the WPI learning experience with the introduction of the Great Problems Seminar (GPS) for first-year students. [...]

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May 15, 2012

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The Highest Intern Wages Are…

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The Highest Intern Wages Are…

It is generally well-known that engineering majors fare well with compensated internship positions. At WPI, paid summer internships that run 3-4 months are tremendously popular with students and February-May is peak time for recruiting student interns. Talent experiences range from highly motivated first-year students to graduate school students capitalizing on their experiences. The National Association [...]

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May 15, 2012

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Recruiter’s Toolbox: Job Postings at WPI

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Recruiter’s Toolbox: Job Postings at WPI

The WPI Career Development Center (CDC) wants to make recruiting as easy as possible for you and your company. For easy recruiting right from  your desktop, the CDC hosts WPI Job Finder – to help you manage your WPI recruitment and job posting activity. Job Finder is an easy-to-use resource where recruiters and hiring managers [...]

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May 15, 2012

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Major Highlight: Civil Engineering

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Major Highlight: Civil Engineering

Why during the summer, is the highway we’re on reduced to one lane—dug up— and equipment everywhere? How do we fix the adverse environmental impact on local residents from an accident involving manufacturing and municipal wastes? To answer these questions and solve these problems, the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at WPI offers a rich [...]

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