Representatives from leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, Goldman Sachs - visited the Faculty of Science and Technology for the 2nd annual Engineering Workshop where students from the Department of Computing, FST and from the Faculty of Engineering participated in a HackerRank and a culminating networking event at the Pegasus Hotel.
Last year, Michael Calloo - a recent past student of the Department of Computing - was the first student to be selected for the internship in Hong Kong and his high performance and adaptability, yielded him an opportunity to join the staff in Hong Kong which he will occupy this year. Michael was also selected as the faculty's Valedictorian for the 2019 graduating group.
Dr. Carl Beckford, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing at FST gives instructions while students were afixed to their computers during Goldman Sachs HackerRank
From left, Dr. Adrian Lawrence, Acting Dean at the Faculty of Engineering; Daniel Fokum, Senior Lecturer (FST); Mrs. Elecia Myers, Resource Mobilization Coordinator (FST); Mr. Kerion King and Ms Subrina Thompson, Vice Presidents, Engineering at Goldman Sachs; Prof. Michael Taylor, Dean at FST; and Dr. Carl Beckford, Senior Lecturer (FST).
Article posted on: November 8, 2019
Published on 08 Nov, 2019
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