Academic Alliance Members

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Wake Forest University

https://www.wfu.edu/

Wake Forest is a distinctive university that combines a liberal arts core with graduate and professional schools and innovative research programs. The University embraces the teacher-scholar ideal, prizing personal interaction between students and faculty. It is a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in the classroom and the laboratory are paramount.

Natalia Khuri

Wake Technical Community College

https://www.waketech.edu/

Wake Tech is North Carolina’s largest community college, serving over 74,000 adults annually, with six campuses, three training centers, multiple community sites, and a comprehensive array of online learning options. Wake Tech is accredited and offers more than 240 associate’s degrees, diplomas, and certificates that prepare students for university transfer or immediate employment. The college offers non-credit continuing education programs that include customized workforce training, small business support, public safety officer training, basic skills courses such as English as a Second Language and high school equivalency preparation, and other courses for personal enrichment. Wake Tech also serves high school students at the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, the Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, and North Wake College and Career Academy in partnership with Wake County Public Schools.

Carolyn DeSimone, Matthew Henry

Washington State University - Pullman

http://school.eecs.wsu.edu/

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science offers an outstanding education, providing first-rate preparation for careers in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science. EECS consistently ranks among the top 70 electrical and computer engineering schools nationally by U.S. News and World Report. They also rank WSU's Electrical Engineering (EE) graduate program 60th among nearly 180 Ph.D.-granting EE programs in the U.S.

To rank in the top 50 programs nationally by providing an experience-enhanced education and conducting groundbreaking interdisciplinary research in engineering and computing.

Sakire Arslan Ay, Shira Broschat, Rebecca Dueben, Ananth Kalyanaraman, Jessica Lynch, John Schneider, Behrooz Shirazi, Gina Sprint, William Warfel

Washington State University - Vancouver

https://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/

As a public, land grant and research institution of distinction, Washington State University enhances the intellectual, creative, and practical abilities of the individuals, institutions and communities it serves by fostering learning and inquiry in all forms.

WSU Vancouver is an engaged research university committed to increasing access to higher education in Southwest Washington. The university is dedicated to offering world-class undergraduate and graduate degrees via student-centered, relevant education; advancing knowledge and creativity; and engaging with the community.

Sarah Mocas

Washington University in St. Louis

http://wustl.edu

Situated at the confluence of two great North American rivers - the Mississippi and the Missouri - the St. Louis region has been a favored destination since Lewis & Clark began their historic westward "Corps of Discovery" here in 1804. Today, the pioneers of St. Louis are the engineers, scientists, business leaders, educators, artists and other innovative and creative professionals who are working at the forefront of a multitude of fields and endeavors. Thanks in large part to Washington University, other regional universities and key Fortune 500 corporations, St. Louis has developed into a national hub for important research and business development, especially in the fields of biotechnology and plant science. Consistently ranked among the nation's most affordable and best places to live and raise families, the St. Louis region offers many opportunities to watch or participate in a wide range of sports, recreational activities and cultural events.

Ruth Miller

Waukesha County Technical College

http://www.wctc.edu/programs_&_courses/business_&_IT/index.php

Waukesha County Technical College is the leader in workforce development, preparing learners for success within the regional and global economy. WCTC provides accessible career and technical education to strengthen their community through life-long learning. The WCTC Business & IT Center of Excellence offers student's paths to careers that are as diverse as the options of employers. The need for highly skilled specialists in areas such as computer technologies, marketing and management, and general business is pervasive through all industries. WCTC attracts and retains diverse students with a range of talents and needs by offering services and educational opportunities focused on student learning. WCTC provides skilled, flexible, conscientious and employable graduates by maintaining high standards and offering a variety of courses within future-focused programs that prepare learners for the changing labor market. WCTC provides a dynamic learning and work environment that is inviting, safe and flexible.

Kim Ehlert, Cyndi Kaye Lambach

Wayne State University

http://wayne.edu

Founded in 1868, Wayne State University is a nationally recognized metropolitan research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students. Wayne State is dedicated to preparing students to excel by combining the academic excellence of a major research university with the practical experience of an institution that by its history, location and diversity represents a microcosm of the world we live in. Reflecting its location and the excellent international reputation of its graduate schools, particularly in the sciences, Wayne State boasts the most diverse student body among Michigan’s public universities. As an urban research university, our mission is to discover, examine, transmit and apply knowledge that contributes to the positive development and well-being of individuals, organizations and society. Wayne State University is a national research institution dedicated to preparing students to excel in an increasingly advanced and interconnected global society.

Monica Brockmeyer, Ashley Lumpkin, Sally Roberts

Weber State University

http://www.weber.edu

Weber State University provides associate, baccalaureate and master degree programs in liberal arts, sciences, technical and professional fields. Encouraging freedom of expression and valuing diversity, the university provides excellent educational experiences for students through extensive personal contact among faculty, staff and students in and out of the classroom. Through academic programs, research, artistic expression, public service and community-based learning, the university serves as an educational, cultural and economic leader for the region.

Brian Rague, Faith Satterthwaite

Wellesley College

http://cs.wellesley.edu

Wellesley is known for the excellence of its education, the beauty of its setting, its gifted faculty, and the uniqueness of its campus culture. But most of all, Wellesley is known for the thousands of accomplished, thoughtful women it has sent out into the world for over 100 years—women who are committed to making a difference. The CS department is made up of faculty with a range of research interests and a dedication to teaching undergraduates. They have developed a broad and complete curriculum that covers the "big ideas" of computer science from hardware to software and from application to theory. Their goal is not to teach students how to use current computer applications, but rather to educate them so that they understand how these applications work and can design and build the computer applications of the future.

Ellen Hildreth, Stella Kakabouli, Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Eni Mustafaraj

Wentworth Institute of Technology

http://www.wit.edu

With fifty colleges in fifty square miles, Boston has the highest concentration of students in the world, along with all the conveniences of a major metropolitan area. The city provides an ideal setting for learning and living, serving as an extended classroom for the beginning of lifelong education. As a modern hub for design, technology, construction, business, medicine, and engineering, Boston offers career and co-op opportunities that students just don't find elsewhere. At Wentworth, students enjoy the best of both worlds: small college comforts and big city excitement. Boston provides Wentworth with an expanded learning laboratory. Engineering and construction students engage with the city's sophisticated culture of technology and its infrastructure. The campus is only steps away from one of the world's most important medical research centers, the Longwood Medical Area. At Wentworth, students will be encouraged to learn from all Boston has to offer.

Ryan Rogers, Durga Suresh