Graduates of WPI’s part-time online & corporate graduate programs Last month at Commencement, around 800 WPI graduate candidates received their master’s degrees after years of hard work and dedication in an array of science, technology, and humanity fields. In a note of personal pride, 220 of those newly minted masters earned their degrees part-time…Continue Reading WPI Graduate School Commencement 2019
Welcome to the Gateway Scholar Spotlight Series! WPI Online recently launched the Gateway Scholarship, which is awarded each year to 5 of our online, part-time graduate students. This series will introduce you to the award winners: working professionals who are pursuing their educational goals through WPI Online while juggling career, family, and more. At the center of a…Continue Reading Pom Poms & Power Systems – Gateway Scholar Spotlight
Welcome to the Gateway Scholar Spotlight Series! WPI Online recently launched the Gateway Scholarship, which is awarded each year to 5 of our online, part-time graduate students. This series will introduce you to the award winners: working professionals who are pursuing their educational goals through WPI Online while juggling career, family, and more. When Kyle Erf isn’t busy…Continue Reading Domo Arigato! Robotics & Japan Collide – Gateway Scholarship Spotlight
Welcome to the Gateway Scholar Spotlight Series! WPI Online recently launched the Gateway Scholarship, which is awarded each year to 5 of our online, part-time graduate students. This series will introduce you to the award winners: working professionals who are pursuing their educational goals through WPI Online while juggling career, family, and more. How many data scientists do…Continue Reading Data Manager, Musician & Mom – Gateway Scholar Spotlight
Welcome to the Gateway Scholar Spotlight Series! WPI Online recently launched the Gateway Scholarship, which is awarded each year to 5 of our online, part-time graduate students. This series will introduce you to the award winners: working professionals who are pursuing their educational goals through WPI Online while juggling career, family, and more. One visit to any…Continue Reading Engineering the Happiest Place on Earth – Gateway Scholar Spotlight
Kimberly Giannola, a Manufacturing Engineer at UTC, is in the final stretch of earning her MBA from WPI. We caught up with Kimberly as she was in the process of completing her Graduate Qualifying Project (GQP), the final course in the MBA program which allows students to apply what they have learned to real-world…Continue Reading Kimberly Giannola: I Earned an MBA at Work!
Ariel Karolinski, a Business Unit Controller for Global Supply Chain Finance at UTC, decided to pursue her MBA as a way to differentiate her skills in a changing work environment and uncertain economy. “I wanted an MBA to help my future career potential and to gain more management experience. Undergraduate studies really don’t cover this.”…Continue Reading Ariel Karolinski: MBA with Engineering Focus is a Perfect Fit
Bradford Fleming knows firsthand how daunting it can be to consider a part-time MBA program while working full time. “At the time I was a project engineer at UTC, and was afraid I wouldn’t be able to do the schoolwork and my job.” But a desire for more career opportunities convinced him he needed…Continue Reading Bradford Fleming: WPI’s MBA Helped this Chemical Engineer Climb Higher
Adam Payne found a match for his skills as a lead engineer and systems architect with the WPI Master of Science in Systems Engineering. As Principal System Engineer at General Dynamics C4 Systems, serving as a Deputy Program Manager for Engineering (DPME), and System Architect on a research and development project for the US Air…Continue Reading Adam Payne: Convenience Was the Key
Kimberly Hood worked 10 years as a programmer and analyst before changing gears to stay at home and raise her two children. During her professional absence, cyber security concerns in the corporate world grew nearly as quickly as her children. “I then re-entered the work force and felt like I had to play catch-up for…Continue Reading Kimberly Hood: Making Confident Decisions