Special outreach to our new colleagues at OHSU
The summer quarter
will be MST's first as a department of Oregon Health & Science University.
The department offers many courses of interest to students, faculty,
clinicians and researchers in the health fields. If you have responsibilities
for management, leadership, or technology commercialization at OHSU,
this is a special invitation to enroll in MST courses. If you are at
OHSU and receive this newsletter, please post it for your students and
colleagues to share.
All summer OGI courses
are listed at http://www.ogi.edu/schedule,
where you will find simple steps for registering. Check http://www.ogi.edu/MST/courses.html
for links to MST syllabuses and schedules. Registration is open now!
MST
502 Financial Management for Science & Technology. Prof. Mike
McLean
MST
502D Financial Management for Science & Technology. Prof. Jack
Raiton
MST 512 Project Management.
Mr. Ken Anthony (meets Tuesday nights)
MST
514D Issues in R & D Management. Dr. Gene Weissman
MST 520 Managing in Science
and Technology. Dr. Niki Steckler
MST
521D Human Resource Management in Science & Technology. Dr.
Marianne Koch
MST 531 Software Commercialization.
Dr. Rick Goldgar
MST 540 International Management
in Science and Technology. Dr. Deirdre Mendez
MST 550 Capstone Project.
Dr. Alvin Tong
MST 580 Advanced Modelling for Supply Chain Management. Prof. Thoi Truong
MST 590 Effective Business
Writing for Management. Dr. Jill Kelly (meets weeknights)
MST
590D Effective Business Writing for Management. Mr. Rick Fournier
Classes designated
"D" are online. Note that MST580, SCM Advanced Modeling, will
be listed in the future as MST517.
We hope you will
take advantage of this opportunity offered by our newly expanded university.
MST, in turn, looks forward to working with our new colleagues in medical
informatics, nursing, and other OHSU schools and divisions that offer
courses complementary to ours.
Did we mention door prizes?
MST students: We
know your school spirit is enough reason to call right now to register
for the department's 5th Anniversary Celebration on June 23. Not to
mention the great networking opportunity and the fantastic roster of
speakers. And now, in addition, a number of local restaurants have donated
gift certificates that we will pass on to you in random drawings.
A few local companies
have offered to underwrite some of the event's costs. We will announce
their names after all the sponsorship opportunities have been taken;
call Fred Phillips at 503-748-1353 or Jack Raiton at 503-748-3075 to
find out about sponsorship perks.
Register for the
Celebration by calling the department at 503-748-1308, or return the
form that accompanied your invitation by fax at (503)748-1268.
The speakers? Chuck
Lillis, Peter Kohler, Bill Lattin, Duane Schulz, Rick Wills, Barbara
Gaffney, John Harker, Mohan Nair, and Fred Phillips. Hear what they
have to say and get to know them in person on the 23rd!
Merger Takes Place On July 1, 2001
On July 1, Oregon
Graduate Institute became the OGI School of Science & Engineering
at Oregon Health & Science University. The merger is the major point
of excitement in higher education in the Northwest, and is an extraordinary
opportunity for MST to better serve its traditional constituents and
add new ones.
Lou Gerstner, CEO
of IBM said a few months ago, "The future of this company is in
the life sciences." And this from the June 4 EE Times interview
with Intel's Gordon Moore :
EET: What core
technologies excite you?
Moore: In electronics,
it seems like more of the same. The area that I think will be really
exciting will be some of this biotech stuff. What we're learning to
do in biology has phenomenal opportunities for good and bad, and it
will be fun to watch.
As a leading technological
institute, OGI believes it should lead its constituents in the electronics,
semiconductor, and software industries in the directions that will be
important to them some years hence. There is no doubt that the convergence
of life sciences and information sciences will be of great concern to
your company and to YOU.
At the MST 5th Anniversary
Celebration on June 23, MST department head Fred Phillips will unveil
plans to leverage the OHSU merger to increase the value of your MST
degree. Meanwhile, several MST students and other stakeholders have
sent email with concerns, kudos, and some really good ideas about the
merger and its implications for MST. If you have comments in any of
those veins, please do communicate them to Dr. Phillips at fphillips@admin.ogi.edu.
MST is committed to making the merger a great success for our traditional
industry constituents - so let us know how you think our new affiliation
can benefit your company and your career.
"Life of a CFO" a resounding success
May 10th's symposium
"The Life of a CFO" drew 160 financial professionals to the
Greenwood Inn. A highlight was a luncheon talk by US Bank Economist
John Mitchell. "Who says economists don't have charisma?"
Proceeds from the
symposium added over $15,000 to MST's Jim Hurd Endowment for Entrepreneurial
Leadership.
Again, many thanks
to the American Electronics Association for their splendid assistance,
initiative, and generosity.
Enrichment opportunities for MST students
CSLU projects
OGI's Center for Spoken Language Understanding (CSLU) is one of the
top three research centers for computer speech recognition and synthesis.
CSLU produces a wide variety of advances with commercial potential.
CSLU Director Dr. Jan van Santen encourages MST faculty to regard
the Center as a source of projects for students.
Under the supervision of MST faculty, MST students may pursue projects
with CSLU for term papers in existing classes, as independent study
courses, or, under certain circumstances, as research assistants on
grant-supported work. Students should inquire to MST faculty if working
with CSLU is of interest.
Summer Japanese
Language Study - HURRY!
"From: Bill Wiitala <wwiitala@yahoo.com>
Subject: Exchange: Japan's summer language program at Bryn Mawr College
To: fphillips@admin.ogi.edu
I would like to inform you of a last-minute scholarship offer for
students interested in Exchange: Japan's summer language program,
Japanese Language: Oral Concentration. The course is an excellent
opportunity for intensive Japanese language study. And given that
our scholarships are so generous this year, it is an opportunity that
is very affordable. Plus, we have a few openings left for this summer.
Japanese Language: Oral Concentration is an 8-week course for beginning
and low-intermediate students. It is from June 11th til August 3rd
and involves 5 hours of class each day plus language lab work. Dr.
Eleanor Jorden, author of the textbook, Japanese: The Spoken Language,
is the director of the program, which is held at Bryn Mawr College,
just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tuition is $2,900--BUT if a student audits the course there is a $2550
scholarship available, so they would pay only $350 for the course.
If the student wants college credit (8 semester credits or 2 Bryn
Mawr College units) the scholarship is for $1,500, so they would pay
only $1,400. Books and materials are another $45. Room and board at
Bryn Mawr College, if necessary, is $2300.
Please tell anyone interested to contact me immediately by telephone
at 313-875-2521 or email at wwiitala@yahoo.com."
Dr. Bill Newman
of ORTDA (Oregon technology development Account) asks for MST
students interested in working on a marketing plan for products of
the Oregon Medical Laser Center. Contact Bill at whn@alum.mit.edu.
PICMET! http://www.picmet.org
This is the newsletter of the Department of Management in Science and
Technology at OGI School of Science and Engineering, ©2001.
