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Dean's Weekly, March 14

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G&EnE STEM Outreach II:  CDT Samuel discusses airborne imagery with STEM participants.Cadets Sallena Samuel and Leyla Baggson, along with members from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, helped support the inaugural “STEM for Girls” Workshop held at West Point. The workshop provided an opportunity for high school-age girls to interact with cadets and USMA faculty while exploring STEM activities.

Cadet Derrick Hall - GEM Fellowship:  Cadet Derrick Hall '14 has been awarded the MS in Engineering Fellowship by the GEM Foundation. He has been accepted to the College of Science at Purdue University to pursue a Masters in Chemistry.

Cadet Seth Harbol - ACS College Recognition Award:  The Mid-Hudson Section of the American Chemical Society announced that Cadet Seth Harbol, Class of 2014, has been chosen as a recipient of the College Recognition Award for 2014.

Castle Lecture with Meg Whitman:  Meg Wihtman answers cadet questions after the Castle lecture.Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard, was the guest speaker at the James C. and Dorothy P. Castle Lecture Series.  Her talk was entitled “Leadership in the Digital Age”.   Highlights of her comments included her insights into where technology is going and how that might impact the military, what leadership challenges are impacted by technology, and how she has managed her career.

EV482 - Military Geography Lecture:  Cadets enrolled in EV482 received a lecture by Dr. Jack Clarke titled “Armed Forces in Civil Security.” Dr. Clarke is a Professor of Defense Management and Strategic Studies and the Director of the Program on Civil Security at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany.  From this discussion, Cadets learned how their counterparts, particularly in NATO countries, are often assigned roles and missions that differ greatly from how the US Army is employed domestically.

The Role of the System Architect:  Cadets from the Department of Systems Engineering attended an evening lecture titled “The Role of the System Architect.” Dr. Jeffrey Poulin '82 presented the lecture and is the Master Architect for Lockheed Martin and a subject matter expert.  He discussed where the system architect fits in the development of highly complex and technologically advanced systems such as automated mail sorting systems and helicopters.


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