PMI College Relations - RIT Student Competition

Update from College Relations Officer - Amy Valente, PMP

The Rochester chapter is committed to student involvement in our chapter to groom our project managers of the future. One of the goals of the Rochester Chapter is to increase student involvement in PMI®. A student competition event was held at RIT in February 2005 for those students currently taking a Project Management class. As part of their curriculum, students were required to complete a team project. This project involved selecting a "real world" project, analyzing it, and presenting their findings at the end of the quarter. This quarter’s event featured 14 student teams who presented to our PMI rating committee. The PMI rating committee watched the presentations, rated each student team, and selected the best overall student team for the quarter.

We are pleased to congratulate the first place winners of the Winter 2005 quarter from the College of Engineering:

Annalis Hall, Sarah McManus, Christopher Rees, John Spalding

They evaluated a project from Bausch and Lomb and did an outstanding job in the analysis and presentation. The first place team was presented with a trophy that will be displayed in the College of Engineering.

PMI would like to thank Chuck Koster and Tom Bachmann, professors at RIT, who helped make this event possible. The PMI Board of Directors would also like to thank the PMI volunteers who judged the student presentations: Cathy Dinoto, Daniel Morris, Barbara Stoner, Charles Hall, Jill Saehloff and Heidi Mook.

This winning student team is invited to present their team project at our June special event, being held on June 15 at the Newport House.

Stay tuned for more information on this event.

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