Pathevo® Highlighted at 2012 Innovations Conference: "Guiding Under-Represented Students to Successful STEM Career Paths"

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Owen Software, producer of Pathevo®, the leading education and career planning software-as-service (SAAS) solution for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines announced today that it will join a panel of Community College STEM experts at the League of Innovations 15th annual conference in Philadelphia March 6, 2012 at 12:30 pm to discuss the national mandate for STEM education. Featured speakers include Dr. Richard Cerkovnik, Professor at Anne Arundel Community College and Executive Director of the National STEM Consortium and Bart Sheinberg, Director of the West Houston Center for Science and Engineering, Houston Community College. Facilitating the discussion will be Julia Ridgely, Director of Product Management for Owen Software.

Community Colleges face both challenges and opportunities amid escalating demand for STEM talent nationwide.  While they strive to produce more STEM graduates to meet the demand nationwide, high dropout/transfer rates among STEM majors persist.  Education and career planning technology such as Pathevo can play a vital role in helping students plan and achieve STEM education and career success. During this session, Dr. Cerkovnik and Mr. Sheinberg will address key issues facing Community Colleges and propose steps educators can take to address these challenges.  Presenters will also highlight the role that technology such as Pathevo ® can play in helping students overcome obstacles.  Pathevo® (www.pathevo.com) will be on display throughout the conference in the exhibit area in Franklin Hall at booth #121.

About Owen Software

Owen Software Corp. develops intuitive software technology and web-delivered software services to help individuals easily explore and create personalized education, career and employment pathways -- starting as early as middle school and continuing throughout their academic careers through achievement of professional careers.  Copyright c1999-2012, Owen Software, all rights reserved.  Pathevo™-Engineering 1.0 and Pathevo®-STEM are registered trademarks of Owen Software. For more information about Pathevo® or Owen Software, please contact [email protected].

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