Spring Break
Alumni go back to school
Phil Bennett
Issue date: 10/17/06 Section: News
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The Alumni College, presented by the SJSU Alumni Association, held its third annual meeting Saturday morning.
"Alumni College was set up as a way for alumni to 'go back to college' when they return to campus - in this case, during Homecoming," said Stephen Kwan, chair of the department of management information systems.
According to SJSUAlumniCollege.com, this is a day when alumni, friends and community members can come back to campus and participate in any three discussions of the 30 discussions offered. Members of the SJSU faculty participated in this year's college.
Emily Wughalter, the associate dean of first-year experience, kicked off the discussions by leading one titled "What is the First-Year Experience?"
"I spoke about what has been done by SJSU to recruit first-year students, bring them onto campus and orient them to the university, and provide college-based and universitywide academic programs to help students adjust and assimilate to the expectation of students at SJSU," Wughalter said.
Kwan led a discussion covering how free and open-source software represents a disruptive technology that has changed the software industry landscape as well as the purchasing pattern of enterprise buyers.
"Free and open-source software has made some in-road in the industry and is now gaining mainstream and venture-capital interest," Kwan said.
Chi-Hsiu Weng, a kinesiology lecturer, introduced a fitness solution that integrates aerobic exercise methods and self-defense principles into one package. This progressive learning approach lets consumers design their own workout routines using a basic set of rhythmic self-defense movements as building blocks that can be set to music.
"Cardio tai chi is an exercise system designed to improve cardiovascular health by using a simplified set of movements from traditional tai chi," Weng said. "It combines low-impact aerobic movements with tai chi principles to promote overall physical fitness."
"Alumni College was set up as a way for alumni to 'go back to college' when they return to campus - in this case, during Homecoming," said Stephen Kwan, chair of the department of management information systems.
According to SJSUAlumniCollege.com, this is a day when alumni, friends and community members can come back to campus and participate in any three discussions of the 30 discussions offered. Members of the SJSU faculty participated in this year's college.
Emily Wughalter, the associate dean of first-year experience, kicked off the discussions by leading one titled "What is the First-Year Experience?"
"I spoke about what has been done by SJSU to recruit first-year students, bring them onto campus and orient them to the university, and provide college-based and universitywide academic programs to help students adjust and assimilate to the expectation of students at SJSU," Wughalter said.
Kwan led a discussion covering how free and open-source software represents a disruptive technology that has changed the software industry landscape as well as the purchasing pattern of enterprise buyers.
"Free and open-source software has made some in-road in the industry and is now gaining mainstream and venture-capital interest," Kwan said.
Chi-Hsiu Weng, a kinesiology lecturer, introduced a fitness solution that integrates aerobic exercise methods and self-defense principles into one package. This progressive learning approach lets consumers design their own workout routines using a basic set of rhythmic self-defense movements as building blocks that can be set to music.
"Cardio tai chi is an exercise system designed to improve cardiovascular health by using a simplified set of movements from traditional tai chi," Weng said. "It combines low-impact aerobic movements with tai chi principles to promote overall physical fitness."
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Jacob Wang
posted 10/17/06 @ 3:33 PM PST
I didn't enjoy the Alumni College as much this year, but only because many of the offerings didn't interest me at first glance, and the 9am session was TOO EARLY. (Continued…)
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