Articles by Cheryl Reed

Challenge capped off with presentations to Governor Eric Holcomb Thousands of college students across the U.S. have lost on-site summer internships due to COVID-19, but 500 Indiana students are getting a lifeline thanks to a new TechPoint program that begins June 15, and poses a real-world challenge to solve. The Summer Opportunities for Students (S.O.S.) […]

Editor’s Note: This series began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to the pandemic will have a significant impact on the number of students taking online courses and how schools are using technology to make coursework available. Indiana institutions like Ball State University are well positioned to adapt to this new normal. Ball State’s first response […]

Leaders from Infosys and Jobvite have joined the TechPoint executive committee members and changes to the overall Board of Directors have also been made to reflect 2020 membership. The 2020 executive committee includes: Sherry Aaholm, chair of TechPoint board and vice president and chief information officer, Cummins; Scott Dorsey, managing partner, High Alpha and former […]

Nearly 90 tech executives took part in a call Tuesday with U.S. Senators Mike Braun and Todd Young designed to help them get direct answers about federal COVID-19 relief programs. Organized by TechPoint, the gathering is part of the organization’s ongoing effort to help the Indiana tech sector successfully navigate through the pandemic and to […]

Editor’s Note: This series began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to it will have a significant impact on the number of students taking online courses and how schools are using technology to make coursework available. Indiana institutions like Purdue University are well positioned to adapt to this new normal. In response to the pandemic, Purdue […]

Editor’s Note: This series began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to it will have a significant impact on the number of students taking online courses and how schools are using technology to make coursework available. Indiana institutions like Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are well positioned to adapt to this new normal. Rose-Hulman cancelled all in-person […]

When organizers at TechPoint Foundation for Youth (TPF4Y) decided in 2016 to help address Indiana’s need for more workers in the tech sector, they made a strategic decision to start young and cultivate robotics programs for elementary and middle school students. That decision has paid off as evidenced by the third annual VEX State Robotics […]

American consumers’ demand for convenience has changed the way retailers and restaurants deliver, the way talent is recruited and how just about every business operates. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone to know there’s a digital transformation afoot in the education industry too. More than 6.6 million postsecondary students in the U.S. were seeking their degrees […]