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10/23/2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES-Dr. Thomas Hall, head of the Department of Engineering Technology at Northwestern State University, presented a paper on conducting electronics engineering technology labs over the Internet at a four day colloquium hosted by the Technical University of Berlin. Hall represented the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) at the conference.

This was the first time representatives from the ASEE met with representatives from the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI).

"The main purpose for having the colloquium was to get these two societies together and come up with ideas on how to work together better," said Hall.

The three topics covered at the colloquium were accreditation and licensing among countries, distance education and entrepreneurship.

According to Hall, discussions on accreditation and licensing benefit the NSU faculty going through their own accreditation procedures.

"We are expected to maintain currency in our field. Attending these conferences are a way of doing just that," said Hall. "We are able to get good ideas from being around other people and we get to bring those ideas back to the department and the classroom."

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