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In this issue of Dragonfire:
- News Flash: Engineering Management Program Directors to Visit Sacramento Next Week
- Sacramento Graduate Center Called "Classroom of the Future" by National Magazine
- Act Now or Miss Out: Free GMAT Prep Course Being Held July 18 and 19
- New Company Started by LEAD MBA Students Named among "Most Promising Life Science Companies"
- Drexel Building Now Easier to Find
- Drexel Ties a Yellow Ribbon Around One Capital Mall
- Reach Higher — Start by Attending an Information Session
- Join a National Network — Become a Dragon
- College of Engineering Professor Receives Fulbright Award
- Drexel Helps Produce National Clean Energy Jobs Report
- News from the iSchool
News Flash: Engineering Management Program Directors to Visit Sacramento Next Week
Professors
Morton Rabinowitz and Joseph Martin will be coming to Drexel's
Sacramento Campus next week, and will be available to speak or meet
with potential students from 4:00–6:00 pm on Tuesday, July 14
or Thursday, July 16. They will also be hosting an informal group session
on Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Graduate Center. This is a unique opportunity
to learn about a unique program: one by which you can obtain specialized
knowledge about Infrastructure Engineering Management or Power Engineering
Management and receive an academic certificate within one year, then
have three years to go on to complete your master's degree — and
have it all qualify for Drexel's scholarships as well as federal
financial aid programs.There is nothing better for the professional
in many fields who is involved in large public works or power-related
development projects. Reserve your place online or email sacramento@drexel.edu for
details.
Sacramento Graduate Center Called "Classroom of the Future" by National Magazine
College
Planning & Management is a monthly magazine distributed to 30,000 college administrators across the U.S. In its June 2009 edition, the magazine features the Graduate Center in an article titled "Cutting-Edge Technology Revolutionizes Learning." Featuring our dean and our chief technology officer, it documents how our Graduate Center has become the region's most high-tech conference space, offering students a unique chance not only to benefit from the $1 million in technology we have here, but to master it as well. In a second article about Drexel, the magazine also applauds the University's sustainability initiatives.
Act Now or Miss Out: Free GMAT Prep Course Being Held July 18 and 19
This is our last call! On July 18 and 19, Drexel's LeBow College of Business will offer an intensive two-day prep course taught by nationally acclaimed educator Frank Allegra. Only those who have applied by July 13 for admission to the LEAD MBA program starting in September will be eligible for the program. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is required of each applicant because Drexel's LEAD MBA is AACSB accredited and ranked. The prep session is ideal for those who have been out of school or have not taken standardized exams in a while. This intensive course will cover:
- Arithmetic and algebra problems
- Word problems and math shortcuts
- Geometry problems and graphs/chart questions
- Data sufficiency problems
- Sentence correction questions
- Reading comprehension/critical reasoning questions
- Test-taking skills and strategies
- Hints and shortcuts on how to answer the questions
Because the number of seats in this course is limited, admission will be selective. To learn more about this event or to seek admission, please visit the LeBow College of Business Sacramento GMAT Prep Session page. Information about the LEAD MBA is provided at every Information Session offered by the Center for Graduate Studies.
New Company Started by LEAD MBA Students Named among "Most Promising Life Science Companies"
Stabiliz Orthopaedics was named one of the most promising life science companies at the 8th Annual Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Life Science Venture Forum in Houston, Texas, where life science companies showcased their new ventures for an audience of more than 400 attendees, including investors, venture capitalists, industry representatives, business leaders, advisors/mentors, service providers, and entrepreneurs. Stabiliz Orthopaedics was formed by Drexel University's LeBow College of Business LEAD MBA students, Doug Cerynik MD, Bradley S. Grossman, Michael Adelizzi, and Mark Seltzer. For more information on Stabiliz Orthopaedics, email contact@stabilizorthopaedics.com.
Drexel Building Now Easier to Find
It's hard to miss our sign atop the building at One Capitol Mall. But now, thanks to the city of Sacramento, new Drexel University directional road signs are in place at the exit from I-5 and at the intersection of 3rd and L Streets! We're just a minute away from both places, with the city garage right next door, between Tower Bridge and Old Sacramento. Now there's no reason not to come visit us — our next Information Sessions are at 6:00 pm on July 21 and August 12. You can also stop by our Center at almost any time and meet with our Director of Recruitment, Nancy Thompson.
Drexel Ties a Yellow Ribbon Around One Capital Mall
On August 1, the Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 becomes effective. Called the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008," it gives those who have served in our armed forces for 36 months or more (and those honorably discharged because of a service-related injury) since September 11, 2001, significant tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate programs, plus a book allowance and monthly living stipend. Drexel has signed up to be one of a few universities in the nation to ensure that any and all qualifying veterans who are admitted to Drexel will not have to pay a penny in tuition. If you are a veteran who has served since 9/11, visit our Yellow Ribbon Program page.
Reach Higher — Start by Attending an Information Session
You may have seen the photo in the Sacramento Bee of the woman scaling the side of a mountain and reaching for the summit. That's how we view what we are offering — the opportunity to reach higher and move up in your career by giving you the substantive knowledge and practical skills you need to succeed. Check out the 11 graduate degree programs we are offering this fall, each one carefully chosen to help power this region to a first-tier economy. They are time tested, state-of-the-art, and top ranked.
Register for one of our upcoming Information Sessions on July 21 or August 12.
Join a National Network — Become a Dragon
You may not know this, but Drexel has 120,000 alumni, and they can be found all across the United States — including 239 Dragons in the six-county Greater Sacramento region! Visit our interactive alumni map to see where the Drexel Network can take you. Thanks to all the recognition we have received and to the excellent students in our inaugural classes, we are confident that the Drexel Dragon will soon be a well-established symbol of excellence in the Greater Sacramento community.
College of Engineering Professor Receives Fulbright Award
Dr. Richard Cairncross (CBE) was awarded a Fulbright Lectureship Award to spend four months at the Universidad de El Salvador in spring 2010. The topic of the lectureship will be "Sustainable Engineering – A Multidisciplinary Curriculum for Training the Engineers of the Future." While in El Salvador, Dr. Cairncross will teach a course on renewable energy and collaborate with faculty to develop a sustainable engineering curriculum incorporating perspectives from both industrialized and developing countries. Dr. Cairncross also serves as one of the faculty co-chairs for Drexel Green, the University's sustainability initiative.
Drexel Helps Produce National Clean Energy Jobs Report
In a presentation before national policymakers and analysts on June 24, leading clean energy CEOs, venture capitalists, and academics unveiled the Gigaton Throwdown, an assessment of the nation's clean energy potential that identifies 7 industries capable of creating 5 million clean energy jobs and reducing CO2 emissions by 5–7 gigatons by 2020. The report was a collaborative effort between leading researchers at Drexel, Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, and the University of Michigan. Together, they challenged Washington policymakers to remove obstacles that keep billions of capital investment dollars sitting on the sidelines.
News from the iSchool
In
a peer assessment ranking conducted last year by U.S.News & World
Report, Drexel's College of Information Science and Technology,
the iSchool, was rated fifth in the nation in Information Systems,
sixth in Digital Librarianship, and 11th overall for Library and Information
Studies. This year, the news was even better — in the new U.S.
News rankings, only three MS(LIS) programs in California were ranked:
UCLA, San Jose State, and Drexel. Of them, Drexel took top honors, placing
7th in the country! No wonder we've received such an enthusiastic welcome
from state and local professional associations of librarians.
The iSchool will have representatives at the next Graduate Center Information
Session on July 21, so register for it now.
Here's other news from the iSchool:
Highlights
Institute for Healthcare Informatics Launches New Site
Learn about how Drexel University's Institute for Healthcare Informatics
explores the use of information technology and information systems in the
healthcare environment. The IHI is supported by the iSchool, the
College of Nursing and Health Professions, the School of Public Health,
and the College of Medicine. It is based at the iSchool at Drexel.
Learn more about the IHI.
Save the Date for the iConference 2010
Please mark your calendar for the iConference 2010, hosted by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The conference is scheduled for February 3–6, 2010. The event will take place at the I Hotel and Conference Center. Visit the iConference website for updates.
Faculty News
Dr. Carbo Co-chairs SLA's New Advisory Council on Information Ethics
Dr. Toni Carbo, Sacramento Campus program leader, co-chairs SLA's new
Advisory Council on Information Ethics, which met for the first time
at the SLA (Special Libraries Association) 2009 Annual Conference in
June in Washington, DC. She is the convener of the ASIST (American Society
for Information Science and Technology) SIG on Information Ethics for
which she will moderate a session at the annual conference in November;
and she is the SIG Cabinet Representative for SIG III (International
Information Issues). Dr. Carbo is also the ALISE (Association for Library
and Information Science Education) Chair of the Task Force to Develop
a Code of Ethics for LIS Educators.
NBPTS Appoints Dr. Delia Neuman to Library Media Standards Committee
Dr. Delia Neuman, associate professor and director of the School Library
Media program at the iSchool at Drexel, will serve on the
Library Media Standards Committee of the Certification Council of the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). The committee
was selected from a pool of over 425 applicants, and Dr. Neuman looks
forward to joining in its review of the standards that experienced
library media specialists must meet to earn national recognition. As
Dr. Neuman said, "First published in 2001, the NBPTS Library
Media Standards set high benchmarks for effective library media professionals.
Looking at these standards in light of the past decade's developments
in information, in technology, and in education will prove both challenging
for the committee and, ultimately, rewarding for the profession." Read
more about Dr. Neuman's appointment.
The iSchool at Drexel and the Math Forum Well Represented at CSCL Conference
The iSchool at Drexel and the Virtual Math Teams (VMT) research
project of the iSchool and the Math Forum were well represented
at the international conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
(CSCL) in Rhodes, Greece, which was held June 6–14, 2009. The VMT
research group had four papers and several events accepted to the highly
competitive conference, giving it high visibility. Representing the project
were iSchool Associate Professor Gerry Stahl, iSchool Assistant
Professor Sean Goggins, VMT Post-doc Murat Çakir, VMT Research
Assistant Nan Zhou, VMT Lead Developer Baba Kofi Weusijana, and VMT Technical
Manager George Mathew. Read more about the iSchool's participation
at this event here.
The iSchool at Drexel will be exhibiting at:
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
Booth 4553
July 11–14, 2009
Chicago, IL
iSchool Alumni Networking Reception at ALA
July 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Gioco Restaurant
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