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Stevens Institute of Technology

This review is biased because of my experience in this particular department; it is not an overall reflection of Stevens as a great academic institution. The job description and the promises made to me by my manager during the recruitment process were false. Once you get there, even though you are at a rather senior level, you are made to feel like a glorified intern, and frankly, you begin to feel badly that you are costing them the salary "commensurate with your experience" when they could be hiring TWO assistants to do the tasks that the manager throws at you haphazardly and without giving you much context. Yes, they say they are a "lean" university with limited staff and resources, but that is never disclosed to you up front, and not even when you begin working there. You find out the hard way, and in a very chaotic fashion. I also had somewhat of a shock to notice that, in the directory, I was not listed under the department that hired me but under a completely different office that did not exist and that I was never told about - another red flag. I do not fare very well when offered false expectations and treated in an underhanded manner, so I resigned within a month. My advice: question every aspect of the job description, and keep your eyes very open before AND after you start.

As a international students in United States, my experiences at Stevens helps me a lot. 

Typically, I will coordinate my supervisor's working. Collect and analyze feedback from students and optimize future activities’ arrangement, organize orientations. Train student club officers, ensure all the clubs and our activities satisfy most of students’ needs. Explore and organize the office’s activities for students, plan campus-wide activity schedule for each semester. 

From these experiences, I practice my English first, and I also improve my communication skills. I learned how to work with various people from different cultures. I also practice my professional skill in the field of Systems Engineering, because I treat the school's working as a system and try to optimize and utilize my knowledge base to help my office and myself working better.

The management of Stevens was very flexible, so I can finish a lot of work on my own, which was very crucial for me. Because I could do more training on myself and apply more skill and knowledge into my working, which would help me know more about myself and my skills.

Working as a TA at Stevens is a very rewarding experience. It covers normal expenses and more when taking a graduate program. The students in most courses taught respond well to feedback and take their work seriously.

This is not a review of degree programs, just working as a Teaching Assistant. The work environment can vary significantly depending on who you work with, but the workload is very manageable to accommodate students taking courses and doing research at Stevens.  Even during my toughest weeks grading assignments or studying for exams, I can say that I still never felt truly overwhelmed at any point. The schedule is inconsistent so there may be several days or specific weeks that are very busy, but they tend to be balanced out my more lax work weeks and the occasional break. 

From the limited time I worked in the position for a year, I feel that my skills working in labs, grading assignments, and communicating with students and professors have greatly improved. There were certainly tough times in the job or occasions I made mistakes when starting out, but I would not take back the time I spent as a TA for anything.

I was hired to teach in the fall of 2012 and was given 3 classes of almost entirely Chinese students to teach College-level English.  The students were wonderful graduate students,eager to learn and for the most part, quite serious about learning. I enjoyed my position and had every expectation of continuing, however, around December a fellow teacher informed me that Stevens often drops teachers before the Spring semester because of lack of enrollment. I couldn't believe it was true so I tried to called the Esl department head to confirm and she never returned my calls or email messages.  She simply dropped me(along with several other new teachers) when she didn't need us anymore. This alone was very upsetting as I had relied upon the position and assumed I was employed for at least the year. However, if she had the basic humanity to call and let me know the status, I would not have been so bitter.  I had to scramble for employment at the last minute This has been the worst treatment I have ever had from  an employer.

As I was a student receiving a stipend on a DHS fellowship while attending for my Master's degree, it was a fairly relaxed environment. Outside of classes there were dozens of learning opportunities. Along the way, I met and learned from leading minds in the areas of unmanned systems, radar, acoustics, oceanography, maritime commerce, sensor technologies, additive manufacturing, and so many other areas. The professors went above and beyond in their willingness to help students learn in every conceivable area. Management tended to want graduates of the program to stay in the area and work nearby, and became less helpful when I demonstrated a desire to work elsewhere after graduation. Hardest part of the job was living in New Jersey. The most enjoyable part of the job was the learning opportunities available to me. One of the internships allowed me to spend a month on an icebreaker, an amazing learning experience I would rate 12/10, highly recommend.

While actively working on process modeling since last two months, I have built various financial workflow models and Research Tasks models with information I gained from Mr.Christopher Klesges. My objective in the project is to provide you suggestions that aims to reduce resource consumption and increase cost efficiency for which I require certain information like how much time does each task performer takes and how frequent the task is performed. I have scrutinized two simple step which can help me gain progress in the process. 

1) By building a questionnaire for each task performer with respect to the work culture.
2) And by object tracking in which I will track all tasks in the workflow process. 

In addition to this I'm involved in data analysis project with Mr.Christopher working on hospital outcomes in the state of Tennessee using data analysis tools like R, Mplus and STATE 14.

•	Leveraged Slate, a CRM tool to enter student documents, updated their statuses and navigated them across stages of the applicant life cycle. Provided a high level of personalized service to inquiries and applicants. Gathered information on graduate inquiries and input them into the database for mailings and communications
•	Conducted calling campaigns to prospective students at various stages of the admission cycle and prepare timely status reports
•	Maintained accuracy & integrity of all graduate admission databases and student files; Assisted with scheduling and registration of various marketing & recruiting events like information sessions, open houses and webinars
•	Assisted in maintaining the Stevens Corporate Center database and prepare analytical reports from the feedback received for the visiting faculty from the corporate lecture series

The best part about this job is that it made me familiar with my work environment and it challenged me to think outside of the box. My supervisor was one of the best in the company and knew all the intricacies of all the buildings being managed. All in all, a great opportunity to learn about all the new technology being pursued for installation into new buildings, including but not limited to, solar power (with energy buy-back programs), wind power, co-generation heat plants and state of the art heat-loss prevention systems and energy rectifiers.

It's very rewarding when you see technology at work.

The daily work here is to receive all the packages that come in for the students and staff. The packages are scanned for a record and further sent to respective departments. I learned to be better organized and work calmly  in most unfavorable conditions too. Since a lot of physical work is involved, that gets difficult to do sometimes. But my managers and co-workers being quite understanding makes it easy to do. I share a good relation with them and we work with proper coordination. I really got to learned the importance of team work.

Daily duties include: 

•	Developed improved data management and calendar systems.
•	Routing vital documents promptly to ensure no issues arise.
•	Maintain utmost discretion when dealing with sensitive topics.
•	Planning complex events and project meetings.
•	Created expense reports, trend analysis, and presentations that facilitate executive decision making. 
•	Trained two administrative assistants during a period of company expansion to ensure attention to detail and adherence to company policy. 
 
Most enjoyable part of the position is the student involvement and management.

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