Fortune 500 leadership to join together in supporting new technology business degree
Stevens Institute of Technology to unveil innovative "E-Business" undergraduate program.
HOBOKEN, NJ – Representatives of three industry giants – AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Bell Atlantic – will gather at Stevens Institute of Technology on March 10, to lend their support to a revolutionary new business program that promises to solve skills shortages within the Information Technology industry.
The new program, a Bachelor of Science in E-Business, will equip students for success by integrating science and technology competencies with core business requirements while pairing students with a sponsoring company for work study programs. The new program will benefit the business community by providing highly skilled graduates, ready to meet the shifting challenges of the IT industry.
Representatives on hand will be Rick Roscitt, CEO of AT&T Solutions, Larry Babbio, president and COO of Bell Atlantic, Carol Spurier, vice president, Lucent Technologies, James Walsh, managing director of SG Cowen Securities Corporation and Regis McKenna, chairperson of The McKenna Group.
Event Information
WHAT: Launch of Stevens' E-Business Degree
WHEN: 11 a.m. - Noon, March 10, 1999
WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, Bissinger Room, Fourth Floor, Wesley J. Howe Center, Hoboken, N.J. (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)
Contact: Joe Orlando (973) 267-8500, ext. 228, email: joe@imedianet.com
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.
Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world. Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.
