Within he broader mission of the university, the school's goal is to prepare technicians, technologists, computer professionals and engineers, and to provide its students with opportunities to develop fundamental skills and knowledge and a professional attitude. The School of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science is pleased to announce an enrollment increase of 6.6 percent in credit hours this year. Our main goal is to communicate with the advocates of IPFW's School of ETCS about the technological advances and the exceptional people that make things happen at our school, in industry, and in our global community. We would like this communication to be a two-way street. We want to hear your news and hope that you would like to know more about our programs and would like to get involved in some way.
Students have needs, the faculty has needs, the industry has needs, and the university has needs.
At the risk of sounding like President Clinton and Senator Dole, we want to build bridges to support these needs. We need to build bridges to industry that carry employees back to the university for traning and updating of their skills. We need to build bridges to carry students looking for co-op experiences and jobs out to industry. We need to build bridges to carry industrial leaders back to the university to give advice on curriculum issues or perhaps even to teach an undergraduate course in their field of expertise. These bridges can carry faculty wanting to share their knowledge as consultants, and can carry to industry faculty who want more practical experience.