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=About Rhea Liaisons=
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= About [[About Rhea|Rhea]]'s Liaison Program  =
  
Liaisons provide links between Rhea and the "real world". Liaisons are displayed in boxes on the right hand side of rhea pages. By clicking on the picture in a liaison box, one gets to a web page containing the information pertaining to that particular liaison. There are different types of liaisons.  
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Rhea's Liaisons provide links between academia and the "real world". Liaisons are displayed in boxes on the left-hand-side of Rhea pages (such as this one). There are different types of liaisons.  
  
*'''Alumni Liaisons''' are for Purdue alumni to share messages with Purdue students. For example, an alumnus who found a particular class helpful in his career could use a liaison to share this fact with the students currently taking that class. See an example [https://kiwi.ecn.purdue.edu/rhea/index.php/ECE438_(BoutinFall2009) here]. If you are the instructor of a course presently using Rhea as a course wiki and would like to have some specific specific liaisons displayed next to your page, please contact the Rhea development team (kiwi.ecn.purdue dot you know what). Otherwise, we may simply choose the liaison at random from a subject appropriate list, or leave the field blank.
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*'''Alumni Liaisons''' are for Purdue alumni to share messages with current and future Purdue students. What was the most important thing you learn while at Purdue? What do you recommend students focus on? In retropect, is there something you should have done differently when you were a student? You can discuss all this and more with current students through the Alumni Liaison Program.  
*'''Technology Liaisons''' are for connecting relevant technology to the material discussed on Rhea.  
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*'''Industry Liaisons''' allow industry to build a meaningful connection with students by posting educational messages on our website. If desired, the message can be targeted to a specific student population. For example, a company can explain the cool things they are making and how they relate to what is being taught in certain programs at Purdue. It could also encourage students to take certain classes or develop certain skills in order to be able to join them upon graduation. Note that we will be happy to advertise campus events sponsored by a company or participation in industrial round tables.  
*'''Industry Liaisons''' are for connecting industry to certain groups of students using Rhea. For example, a company organizing a presentation on campus for engineering students could use a liaison box to advertise this event to a specific class.
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*'''Employment Liaisons''' are for companies/institutions seeking job applicants with a certain expertise. We are particularly interested in job offers emphasizing the importance of certain academic subjects in the real world.
*'''Employment Liaisons''' are for companies seeking job applicants with a certain expertise. These liaisons allow them to post a targeted message containing an employment offer relevant to students taking a specific class on campus.  
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== <span style="color:red"> ** New initiatives! **</span>  ==
  
People/industry interested in being displayed on the liaison boxes should contact kiwi@ecn.purdue dot you know what. Note that Rhea is an educational website and that liaisons cannot be used to display ads of a mere commercial nature.
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We are introducing new initiatives as part of Rhea's Liaison Program. You can learn more about it [[New Initiatives Example|here]].
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== How to participate  ==
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Participating is easy and requires no long term commitment. Just send us your liaison message along with a picture/logo to kiwi@ecn dot purdue dot edu, and allow us to post these on Rhea. The message can contain hyperlinks, pictures, videos, ... in addition to text. Note that [[About Rhea|Rhea]] is an educational website and that liaisons cannot be used to display ads of a mere commercial nature.  
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== What is the cost?  ==
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There is no cost for participating in Rhea's Liaison program, but [[Donations|donations to our project]] are appreciated.
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 21 July 2011

About Rhea's Liaison Program

Rhea's Liaisons provide links between academia and the "real world". Liaisons are displayed in boxes on the left-hand-side of Rhea pages (such as this one). There are different types of liaisons.

  • Alumni Liaisons are for Purdue alumni to share messages with current and future Purdue students. What was the most important thing you learn while at Purdue? What do you recommend students focus on? In retropect, is there something you should have done differently when you were a student? You can discuss all this and more with current students through the Alumni Liaison Program.
  • Industry Liaisons allow industry to build a meaningful connection with students by posting educational messages on our website. If desired, the message can be targeted to a specific student population. For example, a company can explain the cool things they are making and how they relate to what is being taught in certain programs at Purdue. It could also encourage students to take certain classes or develop certain skills in order to be able to join them upon graduation. Note that we will be happy to advertise campus events sponsored by a company or participation in industrial round tables.
  • Employment Liaisons are for companies/institutions seeking job applicants with a certain expertise. We are particularly interested in job offers emphasizing the importance of certain academic subjects in the real world.

** New initiatives! **

We are introducing new initiatives as part of Rhea's Liaison Program. You can learn more about it here.

How to participate

Participating is easy and requires no long term commitment. Just send us your liaison message along with a picture/logo to kiwi@ecn dot purdue dot edu, and allow us to post these on Rhea. The message can contain hyperlinks, pictures, videos, ... in addition to text. Note that Rhea is an educational website and that liaisons cannot be used to display ads of a mere commercial nature.

What is the cost?

There is no cost for participating in Rhea's Liaison program, but donations to our project are appreciated.


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Alumni Liaison

Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and Purdue Alumni

Prof. Dan Fleetwood