Sheila Georger
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Welcome from Stephen Flavin Vice President, Academic & Corporate Development
It is my pleasure to welcome you to a new and exciting academic year at WPI. Over the past several months, we have looked very closely at how we work with our corporate partners to connect high-potential employees with world-class companies and organizations to create long-lasting and mutually beneficial relationships. In order to best provide […]
NACE: Nationally, Class of 2012 Outpaces 2011 in Hiring and Salaries
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) recently released data that shows an early trend of new graduates faring better in the job market than last year. According to the study published in May, of the Class of 2012 graduates that applied for jobs, 44.2% received at least one job offer versus 41.4% in […]
Major Highlight: Interactive Media and Game Development
What is in a game? This is a question that can seem rather simple at first, but WPI Interactive Media & Game Development (IMGD) students know that there are significant amounts of technical and creative elements that are necessary to building a successful game. According to DFC Intelligence, a strategic market research and consulting firm […]
The Great Problems Seminar
For more than 40 years, WPI has been a leader in higher education for educating students to tackle real-world 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 project-enriched learning experience with the introduction of the Great Problems Seminar (GPS) […]
The Highest Intern Wages Are…
It is generally well-known that engineering majors do well for 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 ranges from highly motivated first-year students to graduate school students capitalizing on their experiences. For those employers that […]
