New Jersey Institute of Technology

 

Dear Capstone Class of Spring  2008,

Happy new year and welcome to the capstone experience!

Thanks to our highly motivated capstone teams and well-selected sponsors, the CCS capstone program at NJIT has become a shining star with over 350 projects and 250 sponsors in the last six years with a very high rate of success. In a relatively short period of time, the capstone program has grown exponentially to become one of the highest on-demand and most talked-about programs in the university and beyond. In 2007, our capstone program was featured in the Daily Record, the Start Ledger and on News 12 NJ in addition to many press releases and publications.

Starting as a 3-credit-hour new course in 2002 to introduce senior level college students to some real world experiences, the program has evolved over the years into a complex learning organization that took undergraduate education, graduate education and high school education to a whole new level that integrates real world practices with every curricula and learning activity. Today, the capstone program is expanding even further to include new learning communities such as middle school students, community colleges students and state-wide, national and international collaboration and partnership opportunities with current international student and sponsor partnerships forming.

The capstone program today extends in a real world global open university, a fast career development program, an entrepreneurship track, a research and development track, a university-wide multidisciplinary project course, an alumni and industry advisory board as well as a project management and leadership training program. We are also in the process of expanding our program to include post-capstone support to help our clients beyond the formal duration of the semester.

To learn more about the capstone program, please visit our evolving new website at: www.capstoneprogram.com

Important Course Instructions:

Please find attached:

1- A snapshot of our candidate Spring 2008 projects will be available at:

http://capstoneprogram.com/spring2008projects.aspx

2- Our capstone quick start guide for Spring 2008 that includes:

a. Your First Introduction Assignment  Due Sunday Jan 20, 2008 on Webct as a homepage using the homepage tool.

b. Our schedule for the Spring 2008 semester with all deadlines at: TBA about Jan 15th, 2008

 
c. Team Formation Process.

Sponsors Showcase Wed Feb 6th, 2008:

Ø Please mark your calendar on Wed Feb 6th, 2008 for a major, important and mandatory event where Spring 2008 sponsors will present their projects to you and meet with students from 2:30-6PM. This event will take place at the Campus Center Atrium.

On Wednesday Feb 6th, 2008, you will be able to meet with most of our Spring 2008 sponsors, listen to their brief presentations, explore and navigate their projects via face –to- face round table meetings, make connections and reservations in this very important event.

Urgent Call for Project Managers applications:

Ø This message is also an urgent call for project managers’ applications due Friday Jan 11, 2008. If you would like to become a project manager, you need to apply online by clicking on the following link and complete the application ASAP: The earlier you apply the better your chance to get approved – if you qualified.

 

After your apply, one of our advisory team members will conduct a phone or F-T-F interview with you.. I have attached a document to this email that explains project managers’ responsibilities.

 

Project managers do extra world but also receive substantial extra credits- if they lead their teams successfully and attended project managers meetings and training. Project management in our course is about true leadership in real world challenges and we do provide special certificates for successful project managers. If you are interested, I highly

http://fs11.formsite.com/caspstone/form180494997/index.html

Online Resources:

Ø Please note that Webct (webct.njit.edu) is used for three main purposes in this course: Students homepages, students evaluations and collection of deliverables. Our informational resource will be our website at www.capstoneprogram.com