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Career
Day A great success!
The Career Services Office kicked off the year once again
with two successful Career Fairs. On February 11, the automotive
bay area was a hub of activity with the 2004 Automotive Technology
and Auto Body Technology Career Fair. "Best turnout we've
seen!" was the statement from the Sullivan Tire and Auto
Service representative in response to the attendance of NEIT
students and graduates. The 17 employers who attended this event
were from a diverse group of automotive and collision providers
within the New England area. Some of the employers present were
Bridgestone/Firestone, BOCH Enterprises, AAA of Southern New
England, Clair Collision Center, Inskip Auto Mall, and Fiore
Pontiac.
Career Fair 2004 was held on March 4 in the CT Building for
all the remaining technology programs. Over 50 New England based
companies attended to meet enthusiastic, well rounded, and prepared
students. Potential employers welcomed the opportunity to talk
with New England Institute of Technology graduates and future
graduates about technical careers and opportunities. Cox Communications,
Mohegan Sun, FAA, Clear Channel, and GTECH Corporation were
a few of the many companies that contributed to the overall
success of this year's event. Representatives from the companies
that attended commented on how prepared students were, and how
very impressed they were with the overall quality of candidates.
"We were very impressed with the level of candidates, they
were everything we were looking for," stated a representative
from Cox Communications. Thank you to everyone who helped to
make these two important days a huge success. |
NEIT
provides AUTOCAD training at Johnson & Johnson
The
Center for Technology and Industry at New England Tech is
currently conducting AutoCAD 2000 training for Codman &
Shurtleff, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company. (AutoCAD
is the world's largest selling computer assisted drafting
software.) Cindra Drowne-Walsh, a Certified Autodesk Instructor
and graduate of NEIT, is the instructor for the program
being held at Johnson & Johnson's facilities in Raynham,
MA.
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. develops and markets a wide
range of diagnostic and therapeutic products for the treatment
of central nervous system disorders. They also represent
a premier line of surgical instruments for all specialties
in the operating room. Codman produces and distributes over
7,000 different products.
The training is being provided to engineers who have had
limited experience using AutoCAD. Upon completion of the
training the participants will be able to create a basic
2D drawing utilizing AutoCAD.
NEIT's Autodesk Premier Authorized Training Center is the
only training center in southeastern New England authorized
by Autodesk, Inc. to offer training in AutoCAD.
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Student's
externship fufilled dream
When
Dilayda Arias began the Clinical Medical Assistant Technology
(CMA) program she became interested in research and pathology.
While doing some research on her own on the topic of autopsies
she became interested in why we die. So when it came time
for her to select her externship site it was her dream to
complete her clinical experience in a hospital pathology laboratory.
As luck would have it, she happened upon a site where the
pathologist needed an assistant to help with his research
and lab duties. Dilayda was not discouraged when she found
out that these positions usually go to medical students. So
she prepared herself well for the interview, ready to impress
her interviewer. Soon thereafter, she got the position as
a Pathologist Assistant to Dr. Halit Pinar, Director, Division
of Perinatal and Developmental Pathology at Women & Infant's
Hospital in Providence.
She began slowly, observing everything from placentas, to
products of conception, to autopsies. She said the first time
she saw an autopsy she was nervous - but at the same time
fascinated and intrigued. She was exposed to many different
procedures in the first three months of her externship, and
finally was allowed to progress to direct examinations that
she completed herself. It was then Dilyada doing the dictating
during the procedures!
During the next three months she prepared, measured, examined
and weighed all types of specimens, and dictated cassette
after cassette of gross findings, always looking for abnormalities.
"At first I felt I may have been out of my league, especially
since there were no other medical assistants at my site -
only medical students. I soon realized my education really
did assist me to get through each day," She says she
got a chance to use all of her skills that she learned in
the CMA program and acquired some new ones through her clinical
experience.
Dilayda excelled during her externship and truly became a
member of the team.- She started a full time position at the
hospital the Monday after completing the CMA program. "I
give my clinical experience at Women & Infant's a 10 -
being the best thing that could have happened in my 18-months
that I was at New England Institute of Technology."
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