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	<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Industry Being Invested in Future Engineers’ Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Engineering firms are facing the challenge of filling positions, but not finding enough engineers with experience or attracting young engineers to apply. “Engineering firms need to invest more in educating engineers, if only for the selfish benefit of increasing the number of experienced, young engineers many firms are searching for,” says Gust Gianos, author of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2012/01/10/the-importance-of-industry-being-invested-in-future-engineers%e2%80%99-education/</link>
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		<title>Make a difference sooner: Find a coach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More and more students at Illinois want to make a difference sooner in the world with their careers.  Students are starting companies earlier, working to change the world sooner, and generally taking a more active approach toward the world of work.  A post here discusses the way in which leadership/executive coaching can help  students(1) bootstrap [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/12/18/4035/</link>
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		<title>Student Leaders Want to Make a Difference. Now.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a recent post on IBM&#8217;s blog &#8220;Student Leadership for a Smarter Planet&#8221;.
As a long time faculty member at a major research university (here),  I’ve seen many students in action on campus for over 30 years.  Over  the last few years, it seems to me that more students come to campus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/12/08/student-leaders-want-to-make-a-difference-now/</link>
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		<title>So you want to be an education change agent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[iFoundry started as an educational incubator in 2007 with precursor activities going back to 2006.  Some of the lessons learned over the last five years are posted here.  15 rules are posted and one is reproduced below:
Move quickly, boldly, broadly, and well enough. The cadence of educational institutions is slow, cautious, narrow, and risk averse. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/12/06/so-you-want-to-be-an-education-change-agent/</link>
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		<title>David Goldberg speaks about Supporting Innovation in Engineering Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch this new video produced by Olin College, featuring iFoundry Co-Founder David E. Goldberg. He talks about the partnership with the University of Illinois and Olin College, and how innovations pioneered at Olin can and are being applied at Illinois. It&#8217;s a great 2-1/2 minute video worth watching!

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		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/12/01/david-goldberg-speaks-about-supporting-innovation-in-engineering-education/</link>
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		<title>Emerging Student Leaders Workshop a Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emerging Student Leaders Workshop with David Goldberg
by Sathvik Vasam, Engineering Student at Illinois

&#8220;What do engineers actually do during the day?&#8221; This was the first question posed to the audience during the Emerging Student Leaders Workshop: Stories, Success, and You. It doesn&#8217;t sound like any other engineering workshop, does it? That&#8217;s because it wasn&#8217;t. The audience, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/11/21/emerging-student-leaders-workshop-a-success/</link>
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		<title>New York Times article talks about iFoundry efforts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article that calls out iefx and iFoundry&#8217;s efforts at the University of Illinois to add more design, projects, and teamwork in the first year, and our  initiatives around supporting aspirations and leadership development.
New York Times, Nov. 4, 2011
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		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/11/21/new-york-times-article-talks-about-ifoundry-efforts/</link>
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		<title>Redesign of Engineering Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to watch this video of Richard K. Miller, Ph.D.- President, Franklin E. Olin College of   Engineering:
From the Ground Up: A Comprehensive Systems Approach to the Redesign of Engineering Education
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		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/11/21/redesign-of-engineering-education/</link>
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		<title>Thanks to our Presenters at the iFoundry Friends and Fellows Luncheon!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creativity, wit, and thoughtful commentary was the hallmark of the October 22 iFoundry Faculty lunch.  Sharra Vostral, David Lange and Stephen Levinson presented a series of remarks on the topic – Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of iFoundry.   Each presenter had 6 minutes to deliver their remarks.  Running through the remarks was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/11/16/thanks-to-our-presenters-at-the-ifoundry-friends-and-fellows-luncheon/</link>
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		<title>Engineering Student Town Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Wednesday, November 9, 5:30 – 6:30pm, 151 Loomis Lab
RSVP via DSAC Facebook Event: Engineering Student Town Hall or reply to this email
Questions? Email Amy Koester at akoester@illinois.edu or call 244-1816
 PIZZA!
Student action, ideas, observations, and aspirations are central  to transforming the educational experience in Engineering. Join us for a townhall session to help generate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2011/11/04/engineering-student-town-hall/</link>
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