Portnoy, Messinger, Pearls Rita DiStefano Facilitates the Long Island STEM Hub Professional Development Day
Summary
“The primary goal of Professional Development Day and LI STEM Hub is to fill that gap by increasing the interaction between industry and education.We want to stimulate interest in high growth careers while adding industry relevancy to the existing curriculum.” Professional Development Day included a panel of corporate executives whose expertise ranged from Human Resources, to Accounting/Finance, to Marketing, and Technology/Manufacturing.Academic relevance serves as the major theme by making it easy for businesses to engage with school and university systems, and integrating non-academic settings such as museums, research labs, and not-for-profit programs.We want to stimulate interest in high growth careers while adding industry relevancy to the existing curriculum.”Professional Development Day included a panel of corporate executives whose expertise ranged from Human Resources, to Accounting/Finance, to Marketing, and Technology/Manufacturing.Academic relevance serves as the major theme by making it easy for businesses to engage with school and university systems, and integrating non-academic settings such as museums, research labs, and not-for-profit programs.