Stevens’ Weatherall to speak at conference in Beijing

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Maureen Weatherall, Vice President for University Enrollment and Academic Services at Stevens Institute of Technology, will deliver a talk to a gathering of global university presidents at an international education conference in Beijing this month. Weatherall’s lecture will be given on October 16 at the International Forum of University Presidents (IFUP-ICT 05), held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the founding of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). She will report on the academic aims of Technogenesis ® , the school’s entrepreneurial approach to higher education.

According to Weatherall, “Stevens’ graduate and undergraduate curricula emphasize the creation of new technology, industrial and government policy and technological management.” In her talk, she outlines how the school merges “technological innovation and real-world research application to build economic and social development.” She concludes, “Technogenesis, along with the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit it creates, prepares students to excel in the global economy.”

Stevens recently signed a memorandum of understanding with BUPT to launch several programs for Chinese graduate students in technology and management for delivery next year. Stevens’ first master’s students in China graduated with a degree in Telecommunications Management in January at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), one of China ’s highest-ranking engineering schools. Another graduate program in Photonics and Optoelectronics is currently underway at BIT. Stevens’ graduate program in Project Management will start this fall at Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), also in Beijing. Graduates of CUFE often fill high-level positions in China ’s burgeoning telecommunications industry. Stevens is also expected to offer two more graduate programs at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), often called the MIT of China.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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