Looking for Work & the Party is Almost Over

If any recent graduates are looking for jobs the following former students are looking for people.

Creo Agency - in Klamath Falls, OR (www.creoagency.com) - contact Marcus Blankenship at marcus@creoagency.com

Integra - in Portland, OR - contact Tom.Koster@integratelecom.com

There are also a number of openings in Austin, TX for both hardware and software folks according to Jarrod Levulett. If interested, please contact Jarrod at jzlevule@marvell.com.

Tom, Marcus, and Jarrod are very excited about their respective company and feel that these positions would be a great opportunity for an OIT graduate.


BTW - CLASSES START ONE MONTH FROM TODAY :-) We look forward to seeing many of you soon!

Lab Update - Purvine Hall

Below is an update on the labs from Troy, Matt, Art, and Josh:

Things are busy for the labs this summer. We are giving all the machines a thorough going through and repairing all the problems. The biggest change you will see this fall is the deployment of DeepFreeze by Faronics. With this software we are going to be able to solve a lot of the problems we were having in the labs. Students will now have Administrative Privileges to the machines to try out new things. When the machines reboot they will go back to a known state. Anything on the local hard drive will be wiped out if its not part of the image. ALWAYS PUT YOUR DATA ON Z DRIVE.

The other change is that roaming profiles will also go away. This is due to all the problems we had with them last year. Hope you all are having a great summer and see you in the fall.

Alumni & Faculty Barbeque

The 5^th Annual Alumni & Faculty Barbeque in Reno was held this past Saturday at Mark Bansemer’s house. It was great seeing so many of the IGT people, our IGT alumni along with alumni from Sacramento and other places. The OIT group included President Chris Maples, Erin Foley - VP for Student Affairs, Tracy Ricketts - Alumni Relations, and Ralph Carestia – Professor CSET were able to attend this year’s annual event.

Thanks to all the alumni that were able to attend and spend some time with their former colleagues along with the OIT faculty and administrators.

We look forward to hopefully seeing you all again next year, along with those folks that weren’t able to make it this year!

Welcome New Students

This past Friday during the third ROAD event 12 new students registered for classes in our department. They join the other 32 new and transfer students who registered at the previous ROAD. The next ROAD event is scheduled for August 12th.

We look forward to seeing you all in a couple more months. Hope you are enjoying the summer and be safe!

Services for Dana A. Nelson

The services for OIT SET alumni Dana Nelson have been set for Saturday, July 30th at 1:00 pm at Ward's funeral home (1945 Main Street), Klamath Falls, (541) 882-4404.

There will be a 2:00 pm reception / get together at 230 North 10th Street (Methodist Church) in Klamath Falls (541-884-4053).

The family would appreciate donations to any of the following charities: Rocky mountain elk foundation, NRA, Human Society (preferably the Klamath County one), and the American Diabetes Association.

Condolences to the Nelson Family

I am sad to report that one of our alumni, Dana A. Nelson Jr. passed away a few days ago. Dana graduated in August, 1999 with a degree in SET.

He is survived by his wife Linda (who had worked in the OIT Library) and his son Dana A. Nelson III, also a SET alumni. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Nelson family.

Article in Oregonian on Intel Interns

There is an interesting article in the Oregonian about an internship program for Freshmen based upon an interview with our very own SET alumni and a great supporter of our department and OIT, Tavish Ledesma from Intel.

This summer there are TWO interns from the CSET department who were hired by Tavish as part of this new pilot program he initiated. You can read the entire article here: http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2011/07/intel_and_nike_interns_face_off_in_first_cross-company_sport_challenge.html

Hope you are all having a great summer!

Commencement Ceremony Pictures - 2011

If you want to see some really nice high quality pictures of some of our graduates from this years commencement check out the link below on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregontech/sets/72157626837000969/show/

Johnny Su - make sure you notice the last picture :-)

Enjoy!

Welcome New Students

Welcome to the 19 new students that registered for classes in our department this past Friday. They join the other 13 new and transfer students who registered two weeks earlier at the first ROAD event of the summer.

We look forward to seeing you all in a couple more months. Hope you are enjoying the summer!

Congratulations to Jim Long - Professor Jim Long

Please join us in congratulating Jim Long on his recent, well deserved promotion to full Professor!

Immediate opening for a software intern in Southern Oregon (Grants Pass)

Today I spent some time visiting with a number of key managers and developers at a company in Grants Pass called Pharmacy Computer Services, Inc.. They are doing some exciting things in relation to Web based applications, cloud computing, HCI, testing, etc. If you happen to live in the Grants Pass area and are interested in working THIS SUMMER in an exciting company of about 30 employees please let me (randal.albert@oit.edu) know ASAP and I will provide you with some additional information and a contact name. After visiting with them about our program it appears it would best if you had completed at least the sophomore year of the SET program and had taken CST 236 - Software Systems Testing.

If you have already graduated and are looking for full-time work or would like to return to southern Oregon they would love to talk with you too. I will visit with Jan Goodyear in our career center early next week and she too will be able to provide you with some additional information.

We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable 4th of July!

The Oregon Tech Foundation SUMMER Scholarship Application

If you are not currently receiving an Oregon Tech Foundation scholarship and have not been awarded one for the 2011-12 academic year you are invited to apply during the summer process. This online application allows you to apply for up to ten scholarships with one application.

· Application opens: June 27, 2011

· Application deadline: July 9, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.

Bookmark the application now! www.oit.edu/otfscholars

If you have any questions about the scholarship applications contact the OIT Financial Aid Office at 541.885.1280 or dollars@oit.edu.

Good luck!