Pathevo STEM solution featured: "From passive to active: tying the STEM educational pathway to a STEM career"

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Owen Software, producer of Pathevo®, the leading education and career planning software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines announced today that it will be highlighted with Anne Arundel Community College at the  STEMtech 2012 national conference to be held October 27 through October 31 in Kansas City, MO.

Community colleges face significant challenges recruiting, retaining, and transitioning students into STEM programs.  Dr. Richard Cerkovnik, Professor at Anne Arundel Community College and Director of the AACC Regional STEM Center will join Owen Software in presenting "From passive to active: tying the STEM educational pathway to a STEM career".   During the presentation, college, university and community college faculty and administrators will hear first-hand how students, parents, and advisors are using innovative solutions such as Pathevo® to interactively identify their aptitudes, explore satisfying STEM careers, create and monitor STEM career pathways and enhance academic advising processes to fuel STEM student success. The Pathevo® STEM solution will also be on display in booth#614 of the exhibit hall throughout the conference to enable guests to see first-hand how Pathevo® is changing lives.

"We are delighted to bring together truly innovative educators and technology solutions that are finding ways to successfully attract more students to pursue STEM education and career pathways" said Chris Hennessey, Director of Marketing, League for Innovation.  "There has never been a greater need for STEM talent in this country and we are excited to join our partners Anne Arundel Community College and Owen Software" in bringing attention to this outstanding solution."

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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