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IIT Campus News Briefs University CalendarJoin the Student Government Association for a reception honoring President Collens on Today, May 1 at 8:45 p.m. in the University Technology Park Atrium. Take this opportunity to join students who will thank Lew for his service to IIT over the past 17 years. The last SGA Senate meeting of the semester will follow the reception, at 9:30 p.m. All members of the IIT community are welcome to attend. • Cooperative Education and Internship Programs Streamline Renewal Process The Career Management Center (CMC) is pleased to announce that continuing participants in the Cooperative Education Program can now renew their co-op online. Students at the main campus and the Stuart School of Business will find the form at the CMC website, http://www.cmc.iit.edu/home.html. More : technews.iit.edu
IIT CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS | UNIVERSITY CALENDARSGA Farewell to President Collens Join the Student Government Association for a reception honoring President Collens on Today, May 1 at 8:45 p.m. in the University Technology Park Atrium. Take this opportunity to join students who will thank Lew for his service to IIT over the past 17 years. The last SGA Senate meeting of the semester will follow the reception, at 9:30 p.m. All members of the IIT community are welcome to attend. • Cooperative Education and Internship Programs Streamline Renewal Process The Career Management Center (CMC) is pleased to announce that continuing participants in the Cooperative Education Program can now renew their co-op online. Students at the main campus and the Stuart School of Business will find the form at the CMC website, http://www.cmc.iit.edu/home.html. The new online form eliminates the need for students to make an appointment with the CMC to renew co-op paperwork each semester and makes it easier for those who are continuing out-of-state employment to register for the program. To register online, co-op students will still need to submit their completed and signed Work Term Evaluation to the attention of their CMC Co-op Advisor, preferably in person or by mail, at: Paul Galvin Library—Upper Level (CMC), 35 W. 33rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616. More : technews.iit.edu
IIT Campus News Briefs University CalendarIIT Campus News Briefs University Calendar Kennedy appointed Vice President for Community Affairs and Outreach Programs Leroy E. Kennedy was recently appointed Vice President for Community Affairs and Outreach Programs for IIT by President Lewis Collens. His leadership and respect in the community have been integral to the evolution of IITs relationship with community organizations, local elected officials and the City of Chicagos educational, planning and human service agencies, Collens said in the announcement. More : technews.iit.edu
Related News from IITDepartment of Management Studies, IIT, Roorkee Breaks New Ground for its Summer PlacementsThe Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has concluded the Summer Placements for its MBA Class of 2007 surpassing all past performances, said an institute press statement that was released on Thursday. The coveted IBM Software Labs which is known for its exclusivity hired an intern from DoMS this year. The same company had made a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) to a DoMS student who had interned with them last year. DoMS broke new grounds with corporate bigwigs such as Sun Microsystems, RPG Group, Honeywell, Bristlecone, AC Neilsen, Fitch Ratings among others. The maximum offers were made IIT-Bombay Team Wins Red Hat Scholarships Program 2005 -2006IIT-Bombay Team Wins Red Hat Scholarships Program 2005 -2006 Red Hat has announced the winners of the Red Hat Scholarships 2005 - 2006 program. Red Hat Scholarships is an open source programming competition, conducted jointly by the eKALAVYA open source initiative at IIT Bombay and Red Hat India. The first place prize of Rs. 2 lakh was given to a two-member team from IIT-Bombay. The second (Rs. 1.5 lakh) and third (Rs. 1 lakh) place were won by all-women teams from the Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune and the Shri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, respectively. Red Hat said this years Getting The F-1 Visa Made EasyMost students are sweating it out trying to get admission into premier colleges across the country, but 16-year-old Abhishek Narayanan has a different aim. Abhishek is still already planning what he wants to do after his Class XII, even though he has year to go before he starts college. He plans to go to the United States for engineering, as he is almost certain he would not make it to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The American Center gives information about how to get a student visa to students like Abhishek, who wish to study in US. Meanwhile, there has been an Homecoming for another batch of IIT-K alumniHomecoming for another batch of IIT-K alumni MORE THAN 200 alumni of the 1982 batch reached the Indian Institute of Technology (II-K) here today to participate in the silver jubilee celebrations at their alma mater. Most of the alumni, settled in the USA and other countries, came with their family, and expressed surprise at the changes on the IIT campus. The alumni took a tour of the old hostel building and shared memories with their family. The convenor of the 35th meet of the alumni, Dr Rajiv Shekhar, has made elaborate arrangements for the guests at the institute. The IIT looks forward IIT Teachers Join Protest Against Proposed Reservation PolicyThe protest by the students of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) against Union government's proposed policy of reservation in central educational institutions has further strengthened with the teachers of the institute joining the fortnight-long stir. Over one dozen teachers of IIT Kanpur today supported the anti-reservation agitation by the students under the banner of Forum of Indian against Reservation (FIR). This apart, about 125 teacher of IIT Kanpur have written a letter to Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh, appealing him not to take any decision on reservation. H C Verma, a teacher of IIT Kanpur, said that the country Test of skill for IIT aspirantsTest of skill for IIT aspirants Students appearing for the Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year have to appear for two papers only instead of three papers which was the case last year. The restructured JEE would have two papers of three hours each instead of three papers of two hours each. The examination is likely to test the skills of candidates in a different format this year what with a mixed bag of questions from all three subjects — mathematics, physics and chemistry — appearing in both papers. Last year, the papers were separate for all M P Birla School Makes Foray Into JEE Topper ListMonday morning was special for M P Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School in Kolkata with one of its students ranking high in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations for the first time in history. Abhinav Gupta, who passed out this year from the school managed to fit himself in the elite group of ten in this year’s JEE with a ranking of eight. After the spotting his own name in the list, a jubilant Abhinav told Newsline, “I was expecting to be in the top 50 but this is just amazing. I want to go to IIT Kharagpur.” Abhinav had IIT Campus News Briefs University CalendarIIT Campus News Briefs University Calendar Kennedy appointed Vice President for Community Affairs and Outreach Programs Leroy E. Kennedy was recently appointed Vice President for Community Affairs and Outreach Programs for IIT by President Lewis Collens. His leadership and respect in the community have been integral to the evolution of IITs relationship with community organizations, local elected officials and the City of Chicagos educational, planning and human service agencies, Collens said in the announcement. More : technews.iit.edu Armada Readies for Home OpenerWaves of problems smashed into the Long Beach Armada (1-5) as the team raised anchor and headed into its sophomore season of the Golden Baseball League (GBL). Despite a few rough patches comprised of kinks in the team roster, a poor record and front office changes, the organization plans on navigating through the wreckage as they head into their home opener at Blair Field on Monday, June 12. “It’s been hectic,” said new General Manager Jared Florin, who recently replaced Gus Sampras, brother of retired tennis star Pete. “There’s a lot we have to get done.” Shortly after Sampras’ departure and the Motorola ties up with IIT MumbaiMotorola Inc. today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, to strengthen its research and development (R&D) initiatives in India and support its vision for the emerging markets. This MoU will allow Motorola researchers to work with the Institutes faculty to boost R&D initiatives on application of Next Generation Technologies. Motorola has also established a post-doctoral fellowship through the Motorola Foundation, U.S.A, which will help Motorola attract a cross-section of talent to develop architecture and applications to realize seamless mobility and a converged world. Firdose Vandrevala, chairman Motorola India and |
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