A presentation was made to the Graduate Operations Council (GOC)—the associate deans of graduate studies for each of the ten colleges—August 2 and members had an opportunity to ask questions about the degree proposal for Analytics. Follow-up meetings were held individually with several associate deans to provide them with further details about the proposal, including Jo-Ann Cohen (Physical and Mathematical Sciences), Kenneth Esbenshade (Agriculture), Neil Olson (Veterinary Medicine), and Sarah Rajala (Engineering).
NC State, SAS to Collaborate
At an executive breakfast this morning, North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger and Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced an initiative to create a new graduate degree program in the rapidly expanding field of data analytics. Continue reading “NC State, SAS to Collaborate”