Education Briefs

Cornell University selects De Anza as origination site

Cornell University professor John Nesheim has chosen De Anza College as the origination site of a Cornell distance learning class, "Converting Good Ideas to World-Class Startups."

Nesheim will conduct the Web-based class live from De Anza's Television Center for more than 120 students in Singapore. The lectures began Jan. 20 and are scheduled to include guest appearances by Silicon Valley professionals to help illustrate the intricacies of launching a high-tech start-up.

The system gives a remote user at De Anza complete control over the classroom computer at the University of Singapore. The feed is both audio and video, allowing students in Singapore to be seen and heard by Nesheim. The program is part of Singapore's government-sponsored program, "Techopreneurship 2100", designed to help the country join the Internet Age.

Daimler Chrysler delivers auto program grant

The Daimler Chrysler Motors Corporation on March 1 gave De Anza College's Automotive Technology Program a welcome boost by presenting a $10,000 check to buy equipment and supplies for use in the college's Chrysler Dealer Apprenticeship Program.

The funds will be used to purchase a five-gas analyzer used in exhaust emissions testing and engine performance diagnostics. The remainder will help purchase miscellaneous items that have been on the ATD wish list for a long time.

For more information about De Anza's Auto Tech Program or the apprentice program, call 408.864.8508.

Homestead FBLA repeat as contest champions

A team of Homestead High School Future Business Leaders of America students captured first-place honors at the 2000 Bay Section Competition. The win represented three consecutive wins top the team in the past three years of competition.

The following students placed first in a least one event:

Jennifer Yen, Jonathan Chong, Wanye Chang, Jennifer Chao, Angel Chao, Aprina Goel, Jonathan Lowd, and Michael Lee.

Students also swept the top five honors in the Business Law competition. Overall, 35 Homestead students qualified for the FBLA State Competition in Irvine, which will take place May 4-7.

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