News & Events
News & Events
Career Fairs
Career Fair Success Tactics
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July 28, 2008: The Job Fair of Minneapolis will be held on Monday, July 28, 2008, from
3 – 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 7901 34th Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55425.
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July 15, 2008: Minneapolis All Professions Career Fair. Targeted Job Fair (a Dice company). Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Edina, MN from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pre-registration is requested.
Employers recruiting for IT positions include Enbridge Energy Company, IKON Office Solutions, Minnesota Army National Guard, Park Nicollet, United States Border Patrol, Verizon Wireless, and more. -
June 10, 2008: PSI Professional and Executive Diversity Job Fair. Minneapolis Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration is not required.
Employers seeking IT candidates include Ameriprise Financial, Blue Cross Blue Shield,
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Comcast, Forest Pharmaceuticals, IBM, Medica, State of Minnesota, Northwest Airlines, Prudential Financial, St. Jude Medical, Target, Verizon Wireless, Walgreens, and more.
Professional Meetings and Events Sponsored by GPS
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IEEE Computer Society Meeting, June 24, 2008, 6 - 8:30, O'Shaughnessy Science room 313. Dinner provided, membership required. Contact Jonathan Lord, jdl@ieee.org for details. Sponsored by GPS.
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MnIPS (Minnesota Information Professional Society) 2008 Education Seminar, 4/23/2008. Open for Business: Best Practices in Open Source. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at UST McNeely Hall 100 Great Room, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration required. UST students $68. GPS alumni $98 before April 11th. Sponsored by GPS.
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OTUG (Object Technology Users Group). Free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. Contact Markus Silpala for details, markus@silpala.com . Sponsored by GPS.
January 15, 2008: Why Middle Management Matters: Managers' Role in Agile Adoption featuring speaker Esther Derby. McNeely Hall, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Free books and dinner for all attendees.
April 15, 2008: Business Agility Principles and Architecture: Lessons From the Punch Card Era featuring speaker Tom Evans. 3M Auditorium, Owens Science Hall 150, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Free dinner to follow.
May 20, 2008: The Busy Developer's Guide to Scala, featuring speaker Ted Neward. 3M Auditorium, Owens Science Hall 150, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Free dinner to follow at Davanni's near campus.
June 26, 2008: "Actors Make Better Observers," by Dale Schumacher. O'Shaughnessy Science Hall room 313, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Free dinner to follow at Davanni's near campus.
August 19, 2008: Topic TBA. O'Shaughnessy Science Hall room 313, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
UST Meetings and Events
GPS Communicator (Newsletter)
Archived News
Spring 2007: Ray Kurzweil, inventor and futurist speaks at GPS 20th Anniversary Celebration; Graduate Programs in Software and the Opus College of Business merge; Cristian Domnisoru, Chih Lai and Brad Rubin faculty research; Mini IT and professional development seminars; Open Source Fridays; Career Services available for GPS students and alumni; career fair; MS in Software Engineering cohort in Rochester, MN; William C. Norris Institute; updated curriculum.
