Professional Development
Our Professional Development program focuses on the professional and personal growth of our members.
Activities include technical presentations and tours, personal growth topics and charitable projects.
The program is supplemented with networking and social gatherings with members and other local professional societies.
News on SWE society annual conference LIFE'S VARIABLE SWE'S YOUR CONSTANT Oct 27 - 29 in Philadelphia can be found here: http://we16.swe.org/
RECENT ANNUAL JOINT ENGINEERING COUNCIL EVENT
◊ ASME New London, ASQ Thames Valley Section, SWE –NESS, ASNT Connecticut Yankee Section◊
Joint Meeting March 16th, 2016
Speaker: Joseph W. Madaus, Ph.D., Campus Interim Director
The University of Connecticut at Avery Point
Subject: College Students with Disabilities: Supports and Transition to Career
Place: Groton Lodge of Elks, 700 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT
Doctor Madaus is also the Director of the Center on Post-secondary Education and Disability at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Connecticut, he was Director of the Learning Resource Center at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, and was Director of the University Program for College Students with Learning Disabilities at the University of Connecticut. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Mary Switzer Fellowship program and he serves on multiple journal editorial boards. In 2007, Dr. Madaus received both the Teaching Promise and Teaching Innovation Award from the University of Connecticut Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. In 2008, he was named as a University Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching honor at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Madaus' speciality is the transition of young adults with disabilities to college. In addition to speaking about the Avery Point campus, he will be speaking about his research on college programs for students with disabilities and their transition into the workforce.
Activities include technical presentations and tours, personal growth topics and charitable projects.
The program is supplemented with networking and social gatherings with members and other local professional societies.
News on SWE society annual conference LIFE'S VARIABLE SWE'S YOUR CONSTANT Oct 27 - 29 in Philadelphia can be found here: http://we16.swe.org/
RECENT ANNUAL JOINT ENGINEERING COUNCIL EVENT
◊ ASME New London, ASQ Thames Valley Section, SWE –NESS, ASNT Connecticut Yankee Section◊
Joint Meeting March 16th, 2016
Speaker: Joseph W. Madaus, Ph.D., Campus Interim Director
The University of Connecticut at Avery Point
Subject: College Students with Disabilities: Supports and Transition to Career
Place: Groton Lodge of Elks, 700 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT
Doctor Madaus is also the Director of the Center on Post-secondary Education and Disability at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Connecticut, he was Director of the Learning Resource Center at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, and was Director of the University Program for College Students with Learning Disabilities at the University of Connecticut. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Mary Switzer Fellowship program and he serves on multiple journal editorial boards. In 2007, Dr. Madaus received both the Teaching Promise and Teaching Innovation Award from the University of Connecticut Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. In 2008, he was named as a University Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching honor at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Madaus' speciality is the transition of young adults with disabilities to college. In addition to speaking about the Avery Point campus, he will be speaking about his research on college programs for students with disabilities and their transition into the workforce.
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For questions on any of these programs, or if you would like to help us with one of these, please contact Professional Development Chair, Elizabeth Peterson.
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