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| | Career Center News | | A Word From The Library | | General Announcements | | Information From The Faculty | | Opportunities For Undergraduates | | Events | | Announcements From Student Organizations | | Study Abroad | | Competitions |
Career Center News | | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | CTI Undergraduate Students
The DePaul Career Center will be offering two major events you will not want to miss next quarter. The Careers in Technology Networking Event will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2006, giving you the chance to practice your networking skills, make new contacts and possibly meet your future employer. You are sure to meet professionals eager to share their career experience and valuable tips on staying current and marketable.
The other exciting event to put on your calendar is the Diversity Job and Internship Fair. This event will provide you with the opportunity to meet and network with employers who are dedicated to hiring without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disabilities. This important event will be held Thursday, February 16, 2006. Be sure to bring copies of your resume and dress professionally to make the right impression.
One of the many ways you can jumpstart your search for a job or an internship before the Winter Break is to attend the workshops offered by the Career Center:
Job Search Strategies
Thursday, November 10
Richardson 400
10:00 – 11:30 am
Career Changers forum
Saturday, November 12
150 Warrenville Road, Naperville Campus
12:00 – 4:00 pm
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Monday, November 14
Richardson 400
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Negotiation Skills
Thursday, December 1
DPC 9500
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Skills and Accomplishments
Tuesday, December 6
Richardson 400
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Interviewing Skills
Wednesday, December 7
DPC 9500
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Thursday, December 8
DPC 9500
12:00 – 1:30 pm
To learn more about these and other events and career workshops check out our website:
http://careercenter.depaul.edu/student/events/index.aspx
Current Opportunities on eRecruiting
INTERNSHIPS
- Web Application Tester - Epazz
- Software Technical Writer & Technical Quality Assurance Analyst - Doculex, Inc
- Software Technical Support – Patronworks
- I/S Junior Technician – Apogee Strategies LLC
JOBS
- .Net Developer – Accenture
- Entry level Business Analyst – Diversity Quest
- Entry level Programmer – Computer Information Systems Inc.
- Graphic Designer – AdaptiGroup LLC
- Data Entry Analyst – Hedge Fund Research Inc.
If you are unable to attend the Career Center workshops but would like assistance with your resume, cover letter, interviewing skills or other aspects of your job search you may contact the Career Center front desk at (312) 362 8437 and set up an appointment with the CTI Career Advisor, Mel Caliwliw Johnson.
For those of you who are fortunate enough to have a job offer or have already accepted a job offer (Congratulations!), please help your fellow students by completing a salary survey through the Career Center. As you receive salary offers from employers you may report your data at: http://apps.cc.depaul.edu/extforms/nace_survey/nacejoboffer.asp
By doing so, you are helping DePaul students gain accurate information about salaries that relate to their degree. Please note that the information you provide will be kept confidential.
Please be advised that the Career Center will be closed for the Winter Break between Friday, December 23, 2005 and Tuesday, January 3, 2006.
We hope you enjoy your break and the festivities of the season!
| | For more information, please send an email to Mel Caliwliw Johnson |
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A Word From The Library | | ONCE YOU GRADUATE: ACCESS TO RESEARCH SOURCES | Congratulations to this year's graduates!
For those of you finishing your CTI programs this year, you should be aware of your Alumni library privileges and other sources for quality information in your field. If you ever need to research technologies, industries or vendors, you may sometimes need to go beyond the free Web to find in-depth, reliable information.
With your DePaul Alumni ID, you can still use DePaul’s online resources such as Books 24 X 7, ACM Digital Library and Gartner, but you need to access them from a DePaul library or campus lab.
Obtain your DePaul Alumni ID by contacting Alumni Relations:
- Online: [Requires DePaul alumni username and password]
- In person - Loop Campus DePaul Center Room 9400
- By telephone - (800) 4DP-1898
If you’ll be relocating to another city, be aware that most public universities allow on-site public access to online resources, since they are funded by taxpayers.
More information about Alumni library privileges is available at the Library Web site.
| | For more information, please send an email to Courtney Greene |
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General Announcements | | ARE YOU COMPLETING YOUR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS THIS QUARTER? | If you are a CTI student planning to finish your degree requirements this fall quarter, you may have noticed already that our online application for graduation is not available. We are revising the online application and hope to have it available again before winter quarter.
In the meantime, please note that you still need to tell us if you plan to finish your degree this quarter.
If you will complete your degree this quarter, or if you would like to get a head start and apply to finish your degree in winter quarter, please send an email notice to CTI Advising today. We will not be able to award your degree if you do not initiate this process, so please contact us soon.
| | For more information, please send an email to CTI Advising |
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Information From The Faculty | | NIH MOLECULAR SCREENING LIBRARY GRANT FOR $2.4 MILLION AWARDED | DePaul University, at the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI), will participate in an NIH funded project for Molecular Libraries Screening Instrumentation entitled "MALDI-TOF for high throughput signal transduction inhibitor screening." DePaul is collaborating with several institutions including the University of Chicago Ben May Cancer Institute and Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. The Ben May Cancer Institute is the leading organization. The leading researcher at DePaul CTI is Dave Angulo.
For this project, high throughput screening will be performed utilizing mass spectrometry, which allows using the change in mass of peptide probes as a screening assay with a tremendous ability to multiplex and increase throughput. If an assay follows a chemical change in some organic molecule, its mass shift can be detected along with dozens of other organic molecules in a single pass. The mass pattern of the test sample will be compared to controls, and databases, tandem mass spectrometry, or both will be utilized to determine what kind of chemical modifications were made.
The group of researchers are planning on assaying extracts from cells treated with individual compounds from a library of small molecules for
multiple signal transduction pathways in a single experiment. Software will be utilized to recognize changes in the relative abundance of different mass species so that any small molecules that affect one or more signaling pathways can be flagged for further analysis. The group has
demonstrated capability to screen 10,000 compound libraries by this assay. Their initial work will involve screening tyrosine kinase inhibitors and will target relevant signaling pathways, such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, stress, metabolism, etc. These high throughput screening assays may help researchers investigate cancer and other diseases.
This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant R01 HG3864. Information on the Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative can be obtained from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/molecularlibraries/
| | For more information, please send an email to David Angulo |
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Opportunities For Undergraduates | | COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS | DePaul is helping to place CTI undergraduates in extended internships through the Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program. Co-op is an educational approach which enables students to integrate classroom study with periods of supervised, paid work experiences related to their major, concentration, and professional goals. Students work year round (48 weeks) at 20-25 hours/week with the same employer for a minimum of 1 year and up to 3 years.
Benefits of Co-op positions include:
- Graduate with one to three years of professional work experience
- Earn income to offset college expenses
- Earn academic credit while fulfilling your Junior Year Experiential Learning Requirement
- Build a career oriented work record to increase your marketability upon graduation
- Explore career options and develop a professional network within your major field of study
- Have your work placement indicated on your official DePaul University transcript
Currently, there are CTI related Co-op positions available with Panasonic, JP Morgan Chase, Befreer.com, Village of Buffalo Grove, and Argonne National Laboratory. Students who are interested in these positions can learn more by logging into Erecruiting and search by selecting the “Co-op” box. For information about the CO-OP program and eligibility requirements, students may contact Leigh Berkowitz, Assistant Director Co-op or Dr. James T. Yu at CTI.
| | For more information, please send an email to Leigh Berkowitz |
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Events | | THE FIRST IT CAREER FORUM IN HCI, ECT, AND IS | | The HCI, ECT, and IS PCs hosted the first IT Career Forum in HCI, ECT, and IS event on Friday, November 4, 2005. John Fisher, CIO at Smith Bucklin Corporation and the Chair of CTI Leadership Council, welcomed all the participants and kicked off the networking event. Programs in human computer interaction, e-commerce technology, and information systems prepare students for in-demand skills of the new economy. Graduates from these programs enjoy high employment rates (above 90%) and successful careers at corporations such as IBM, Motorola, and Hewitt Associates. IT executives, employers, alumni, and faculty members met with students and provided one-on-one exchanges with them about career development. The event was an overwhelming success -- interest in HCI, ECT and IS is stronger than ever. The feedback from students and alumni is extremely positive. A total of 135 people participated in this event. Faculty members in these three areas (HCI, ECT, and IS) are planning to host a similar event in Spring 2006. | | For more information, please send an email to Xiaowen Fang |
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Announcements From Student Organizations | | EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN PAKISTAN | An earthquake struck South Asia on October 8 ruining entire villages in northern Pakistan and parts of Kashmir, India, and Afghanistan. Over 2 million have been left homeless; these figures include thousands of children. The hardest-hit areas are mountainous regions that have harsh winters. Many villages in this region are inaccessible by land. Helicopters are being used, but funding is inadequate to continue delivering relief goods where they are needed most. The cold weather has already set in leaving millions of people stranded with no shelter and, in some cases, no food or water.
Money is desperately needed to provide assistance. The Pakistani Student Association at DePaul urges you to donate to help the earthquake victims before more lives are lost. Every dollar you give will help the victims re-build their lives. Please donate generously!
A box for donations is located in the fourth floor reception area.
Mizsha Ali
Pakistani Student Association
| | For more information, please send an email to Evelyn Lulis |
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Study Abroad | | OVERSEAS STUDY TRIPS SCHEDULED FOR SPRING BREAK 2006 | GlobalCTI is pleased to announce two exciting destinations scheduled for this coming spring break in March 2006: Brazil and Italy. Professor Olayele Adelakun will be leading the group to Brazil - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo - from March 17 through 26, 2006, while Professors Gian Mario Besana and Lucia Dettori will be leading the group to northern Italy - the Lake Como region near Milan – from March 17 through 26, 2006. CTI overseas study trips have traveled to each of these two popular destinations in the past and you can see the results of those past trips, as well as get the details of the upcoming trips, at http://www.cs.depaul.edu/news/globalCTI.asp.
If you want to explore the effects of globalization on the IT industry “in situ” and learn firsthand rather than remotely, you should consider adding a GlobalCTI overseas study trip to your schedule this academic year. Look for the picture of the globe as your link to GlobalCTI and start expanding your horizons!
Contact: globalcti@cti.depaul.edu
| | For more information, please send an email to GlobalCTI |
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Competitions | | GAMES FOR GIRLS PROGRAMMING COMPETITION | Win $1000 in Games for Girls Programming Competition
ChicTech, an outreach program of the University of Illinois’ Department of Computer Science, extends an open invitation for college women to participate in the second annual Games for Girls Programming Competition (G4G). Applications must be submitted by December 23, 2005 and completed projects are due by March 13, 2006.
G4G was conceived in response to research indicating that boys enjoy a relatively greater degree of confidence with computers because they spend more time as children playing computer games. The research suggests that this difference in confidence contributes to the gender imbalance seen in the field of Computer Science.
Designed to encourage the development of computer games that appeal to middle- and high-school aged girls while fostering the development of communities of college women majoring in computer-related disciplines, G4G is a contest that invites teams of women to design and implement a computer game for younger girls.
The competition is sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. G4G will award each member of the winning team $1000. Other prizes will be presented to second and third place teams.
The winning entry will be a collaborative effort involving approximately four college women. It will be created using GameMaker, a game design platform that supplies design flexibility and requires minimal programming. Projects will be evaluated on technical merit, entertainment value, and creativity.
The competition is open to all college women currently residing in the United States. Each student team must submit an on-line application by December 23, 2005. Visit the web site to complete an application:
http://g4g.cs.uiuc.edu.
| | For more information, please send an email to Raffaella Settimi |
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