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Crafting More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University; M.S., Williams said some faculty members become such experts in their field that they forget what it is like to learn as novices. Karen Smilowitz, who needed an undergraduate student to work on a problem in public school transportation.

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Teacher-Researcher Crafts More Efficient Transportation Systems

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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MYRA BLANCO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Myra Blanco Myra Blanco has been appointed senior faculty fellow for the Office of Research and Innovation. She served as director of advancement, partnerships, and outreach at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Blanco received her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.

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CCS Students Collaborate With Industry Professionals on 17 Sponsored Projects and Competitions During Fall Semester

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Students from Product Design and Illustration to Communication Design and Transportation Design were able to partner with local and global brands to work on a specific project tailored to meet the needs of our industry partners. ” You can learn more about CCS’s Office of Partnerships here: [link].

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The College for Creative Studies (CCS) Receives Epic MegaGrant for Entertainment Arts and Transportation Design Programs

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CCS’s Transportation Design Graduate program and the Entertainment Arts undergraduate program, received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games to enhance the learning experience for students, after working with CCS departments on a sponsored project. It’s forward thinking. Learn more about CCS’s experiential learning, here.

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Five Questions That College Leaders Should Be Asking to Improve Student Success in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Programs also should award certificates of value , such as embedded industry-validated credentials— which can improve employment rates and median incomes for those who hold them — and offer multiple on- and off-ramps so learners can easily move back and forth between school and work. Programs should start monthly and be as short as possible.

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CCS’s Transportation Design Students Envision the Future of Farming with John Deere Sponsored Project

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These are the types of profound questions John Deere asked a group of CCS Transportation Design students to contemplate. During the Winter semester, Transportation Design Professor Thomas Roney guided students with the task of creating and presenting their thought-provoking work to John Deere.