October 1997, Volume 3, No. 10
DataWorks Launches
Education Initiative
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October 1997, Volume 3, No. 10 DataWorks Launches |
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DataWorks first Initiative partnership is with New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, N.M.). New Mexico State University and its Advanced Manufacturing Center uses DataWorks' software in classes for manufacturing science and engineering students at the Bachelor, Master and Doctorate levels and they have created a number of innovative programs involving the software. The Advanced Manufacturing Center, a functioning, student-run manufacturing business, uses DataWorks software in all areas. It was for these reasons that New Mexico State was chosen as the pilot university in the new program. Both two- and four-year colleges and universities are eligible for enrollment in the Initiative and a second program, DataWorks Masters in Manufacturing. The Masters program currently has 33 schools that use DataWorks software in a traditional teaching environment. A true partnership, the DataWorks Education Initiative provides participating schools with appropriate ERP software, on-site instructor training and continuing support services while the schools agree to document their training methodologies and innovations for use by other institutions. Working closely with the DataWorks Education Department, instructors are creating a curriculum for teaching manufacturing management that can be distributed to other schools free of charge, DataWorks also offers assistance to instructors seeking to publish results of their research in ERP education and other topics related to use of ERP software. Plans are being made to create a DataWorks Fellowship for the instructor who develops the most innovative use of ERP software in education. The DataWorks Education Initiative requests that participating Schools devote a percentage of their class openings to qualified students who are currently receiving government assistance or welfare. DataWorks will subsidize these students by providing books, materials and other resources for use in classes involving the company's software. By providing them computer literacy and knowledge of modern applications such as ERP and its various modules, the program will help move recipients off assistance and into industry. To complement DataWorks' contribution, software giant Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, Wash.; www.microsoft.com) is donating thousands of dollars worth of Microsoft Windows NT Server, Windows 95 and Office Small Business Edition to New Mexico State University. |
