HTML training sessions Gordon Library will offer HTML training sessions for members of the WPI faculty during the week of March 10. This is the only time these sessions will be offered. The solution is in the bag On Saturday, March 22, teams of WPI freshmen and sophomores will participate in Tau Beta Pi's Design Competition. On the morning of the competition, each group of three or four students will be given a specific task along with a bag of material, which they will be required to use to design and build a device that best completes the task. Seminars focus on people skills The Human Resources Offices of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium will sponsoring two Spring Series Seminars in the coming weeks.
Admission is free, but space is limited.
Forms must be returned to WPI Human Resources no later than Friday, Feb. 28. Kristi Thompson, senior organizational development specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, will present the workshop, which will focus on dealing with difficult people professionally and tactfully. It is designed to look at several types of difficult people and to examine coping skills for working with these behavior types. Jane Ford, director of telecommunications at the College of Holy Cross, will lead the seminar, which will help participants recognize callers' needs, manage difficult callers and use voice mail. Registration forms should be returned to Human Resources no later than Friday, March 12.