{"id":473,"date":"2007-09-26T20:35:31","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/advancedmedialab.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/26\/ibm-ncsu-pathfinder-mentoring-program\/"},"modified":"2007-09-26T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T20:35:31","slug":"ibm-ncsu-pathfinder-mentoring-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onebitpixel.com\/aml\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":"IBM-NCSU PATHFINDER MENTORING PROGRAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/mentoring.php#industrial\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/advancedmedialab.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/26\/ibm-ncsu-pathfinder-mentoring-program\/ibm-ncsu-pathfinder-mentoring-program\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-443\" title=\"IBM-NCSU PATHFINDER MENTORING PROGRAM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onebitpixel.com\/aml\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ibm.png\" alt=\"IBM-NCSU PATHFINDER MENTORING PROGRAM\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Pepper from IBM&#8217;s <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/pathfinder\">NCSU Pathfinder Mentoring Program<\/a><\/b> stopped by to talk about this great opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like a great, no pressure opportunity that is a low-key, informal way to network with the <i>&#8220;real world&#8221;<\/i>. A perfect chance for students to meet with working professionals in their &#8220;<i>domain expertise<\/i>&#8221; and talk about projects, problems and practice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide students some insight into professional life to better prepare themselves while at school<\/li>\n<li>Professionals meet with students approx. monthly to discuss career experiences, technical job trends, answer questions, provide insight to engineering profession<\/li>\n<li>One semester duration &#8211;  the student and advisor can continue the relationship longer if they choose to<\/li>\n<li>Potential IBM visits and lab tours to give student a view of what goes on at IBM<\/li>\n<li>Two-way feedback &#8211; hear from student how to improve the program<\/li>\n<li>For students in Electrical Engineering , Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Human Factors, Technical Communications, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/mentoring.php#industrial\" target=\"_blank\">Industrial Design <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/mentoring.php#graphics\" target=\"_blank\">Graphics Design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><b>Send your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/PathfinderMentoringProgramInfoSheet2007.doc\" title=\"Download DOC File\" target=\"_blank\">completed enrollment form <\/a>and your resume to Linda Brown at <a href=\"blinda@us.ibm.com\" target=\"_blank\">blinda@us.ibm.com<\/a>  or Chris Pepper at <a href=\"mailto:rcpepper@us.ibm.com\" title=\"rcpepper@us.ibm.com\" target=\"_blank\">rcpepper@us.ibm.com<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/designtour.php\" title=\"Pathfinder\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/designtour.php<br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/pathfinder\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/pathfinder\" target=\"_blank\">www.ibm.ncsu.edu\/pathfinder\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Pepper from IBM&#8217;s NCSU Pathfinder Mentoring Program stopped by to talk about this great opportunity. 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