I envision a very plugged-in atmosphere where students, faculty, people from the business community, and alumni all can use computers to access the world from just about anywhere in the building. Secondly, because information technology evolves so quickly, another key concept for the building is flexibility to accommodate those changes. Third, I d like to see a beehive of activity, people interacting, and excited to be learning and working together, so we have tried to plan the layout, fixtures and amenities to support this. In a variety of ways. Student teams conduct projects for area businesses.
Business people visit classes and make presentations.
But by far the most important feature here is our internship program. Roughly two-thirds of our seniors completed an internship last summer. And of those 56 students, a dozen have job offers upon graduation from those same employers. An internship is a powerful resume item that helps set these students apart from those who haven t had that kind of experience in the trenches. It also gives students a valuable frame of reference for their senior coursework.