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| Bill Riddick (left), president of Computer Service Partners Inc. ¤ a new corporate ePartner ¤ is welcomed by Kenneth M. Tate, director of the ePartners Program at NC State University. | |
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The Department of Computer Science at NC State University announces the addition of four new corporate partners to its expanding ePartners Program during the first quarter of 2002. The corporations are JHP Consulting, Telesyn and Computer Service Partners (CSP) as ePartners and Progress Energy as a Super ePartner.
Launched in fall 2000, the ePartners Program provides a formal and structured framework for fostering collaboration between the global business community and NC State’s Department of Computer Science. The program, which recognizes its corporate sponsors with an extensive portfolio of benefits, has grown steadily since its inception and now totals more than 30 companies at the Corporate Friends, ePartners and Super ePartners levels.
Kenneth M. Tate, director of the ePartners Program, said the program has been a “win-win” for the university and corporate partners. He explained, “Our ePartners Program not only provides unrestricted funding to help the department deliver the highest quality educational experience possible for our students, but it also serves as a means for building strong and collaborative relationships with the corporate community. Because the benefits can be structured to meet a company’s unique and specific needs, no two experiences are the same. Some of our partners are very interested in research and project sponsorship, while others are more focused on talent development and acquisition.” Regardless of the motivating factor, all ePartners enjoy a special bond with the department and NC State University, awarding them unique communications, networking and engagement opportunities.
Dr. Alan L. Tharp, head of the Department of Computer Science, stressed the broad positive impact such corporate partnerships have on the overall educational experience by saying, “The extent of our ePartners’ impact goes beyond funding. Perhaps the most valuable outcome of these relationships has been the engagement and dialogue between faculty and corporate executives resulting in ongoing enhancements to our research, curriculum development and evolution of our strategic goals.” Tharp concluded, “We are extremely appreciative of the generosity, support and collaboration we have with our ePartners, as strong and active partnerships between the university and members of the global business community are core to our mutual success. We welcome Progress Energy, Telesyn, CSP and JHP Consulting as new ePartners.”
About NC State’s Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University was established in 1967 and is among the nation’s largest and fastest-growing computer science departments. The department’s student enrollment has grown 83 percent since 1996 and now includes approximately 1,085 undergraduates and 325 graduate students. More than 14,000 students take courses provided by the Department of Computer Science at NC State annually. Twenty tenure-track computer science faculty have joined the department over the past eight years, possibly the largest influx of new tenure-track talent for any computer science department in the United States during this period. Eleven of these faculty members have received the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (Career) Award for outstanding young faculty in the U.S. Faculty and staff now occupy space in nine different buildings spread across multiple campuses, but plans are being finalized that will consolidate the department in a new $41 million facility on Centennial Campus by 2005. The department continues to strengthen its curriculum, having recently completed a comprehensive curriculum update by adding courses in artificial intelligence, human-computer interface design, data and computer communications networks, multimedia technologies, ecommerce technologies, XML, network security, gaming and data warehousing.
About NC State’s ePartners Program
Launched in fall 2000, the ePartners Program providesaformal and structured frameworkfor fostering collaboration between the business community and NC State’s Department of Computer Science. The programprovides its growing list of corporate partners an extensive portfolio of benefits including
Specific ePartner benefits are structured according to membership level. For more information about NC State’s ePartners Program, visit the program website at http://epartners.ncsu.edu/ or call Ken Tate, director of the ePartners Program, at (919) 513-4292.
About Progress Energy
The newestSuper ePartner, Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN), is a Fortune 250 diversified holding company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, with more than 20,000 megawatts of generation capacity and $8 billion in annual revenues. The company’s diverse portfolio includes two major electric utility companies, CP&L and Florida Power, as well as NCNG, Progress Rail, Progress Telecom and Progress Ventures, which manages fuel extraction, manufacturing and delivery; merchant generation; and energy marketing and trading. These companies serve 2.9 million customers across the Southeast, providing electricity, natural gas, energy services and broadband capacity. For more information about Progress Energy, visit the company’s website at http://www.progress-energy.com/. Progress Energy has long been committed to improving the communities in which they serve, and the Progress Energy Foundation has provided significant support to NC State University, the College of Engineering and the Department of Computer Science over the years.
About Computer Service Partners Inc.
ePartnerComputerService Partners, Inc.is consistently recognized as one of thefastest-growing technology companies in the Triangle and the state of North Carolina. CSP’s extensive portfolio of services includes IT and eBusiness consulting, network integration services, security solutions, applications training and support, hardware maintenance and hardware/software sales. CSP is headquartered in Raleigh but maintains service centers and personnel throughout the state.
About Telesyn
ePartner Telesyn is creating complete network solutions to allow its customers to meet the ever-increasing demands for rapid deployment of highly reliable Ethernet-based services. Telesyn’s products deliver and manage Ethernet services. Telesyn is the most recent addition to the Allied Telesyn global family of companies. In existence since 1987, Allied Telesyn is a market leader in data networking equipment and has achieved impressive year-over-year growth. With 42 percent revenue growth in 2001, Allied Telesyn is now a $500 million corporation. Telesyn is located locally on NC State’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh.
About JHP Consulting
ePartner JHP Consulting is a Triangle area start-up that offers a wide variety of Internet application development services focused on technology innovation and integration. They are experts at designing and implementing technology-based solutions to meet their clients’ business needs and goals.
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Media Contact: Ken Tate (919) 513-4292, tate@csc.ncsu.edu
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