Engineering College Central

1:46 p.m. — Albertson College of Idaho trustees to be given honorary degrees (The Idaho Statesman)
Two trustees for Albertson College of Idaho will be given honorary degrees Sunday at the school’s annual convocation.

Poll: College education worth the cost (Rochester Business Journal)
Rochester Business Journal August 31, 2007 Eighty percent of RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll respondents count their investment in a college degree as a good value, but slightly fewer than half say they are working in a field they thought they would be in.

• Location: Burlington, VT
• Departments and Programs: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering Management…

More Vermont Engineering Colleges listings…

• Location: Provo, UT
• Departments and Programs: Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, Industrial Design, Information Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Technology Engineering Education
• Engineering Degrees Offered: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

More Utah Engineering Colleges listings…

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Departments and Programs: Architectural and Facilities Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, Aeronautical and Industrial Technology
• Engineering Degrees Offered: B.S., M.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.

More Tennessee Engineering Colleges listings…

• Location: Rapid City, SD
• Departments and Programs: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Geology and Geological Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering and Management
• Engineering Degrees Offered: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

More South Dakota Engineering Colleges listings…

• Location: Clemson, SC
• Departments and Programs: General Engineering, Bioengineering, Biosystems Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Graphics, Engineering and Science Education, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering Degrees Offered: B.A., B.S., M.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.

More South Carolina Engineering Colleges listings…

Mayor Has High Hopes For Pittsburgh Promise College Fund (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
Those who attend public school in Pittsburgh and steer clear of trouble will have no reason not to attend college, especially financially. The Pittsburgh Promise, which is set to send city students to college if they graduate and stay out of trouble, was announced last year by Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and city schools superintendent Mark Roosevelt.

South Africa: Girls Encouraged to Study Engineering (AllAfrica.com)
Girls of school going age should be groomed for careers in engineering, by encouraging them to study mathematics and science, says the Deputy Minister of Education.

Mentor Graphics and the College of Automotive Engineering of Tongji University Create Joint Lab and Technical Training … (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today announced an agreement with the College of Automotive Engineering of Tongji University, China to set up a Joint Lab and Technical Training Center for Auto Electronic System Design in Shanghai. Mentor Graphics will donate over US$16 million (about RMB123 million) worth of software to Tongji University in order to support Tongji’s teaching and …