Generation SAS

Let's go to PharmaSUG!

Julie Petlick — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:28:20 +0000

In my role, I get to meet lots of students with a variety of SAS skills and career aspirations. For those of you studying in fields associated with the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry, you definitely want to consider coming to the PharmaSUG 2012 conference. You will learn how you can apply [...]

Students need to develop skills related to working with unstructured text data

Julie Petlick — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:15:01 +0000

It used to be so simple. Pick a major, take lots of courses in the major and take several other courses to ensure your educational experience is well rounded. It’s not that simple anymore. Now days, the courses you take can have a huge impact on your employability after graduation. [...]

SAS hosts high school students for a day of good old fashioned programming fun

Julie Petlick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:40 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, SAS offers a SAS Programming for High Schools curriculum that is taught in several schools here in North Carolina and schools across the US. Every summer, a group of high school educators are hosted at SAS headquarters in Cary, NC where they spend a week [...]

Is SAS visiting your campus?

Julie Petlick — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:08:19 +0000

The SAS Global Academic Program team may be coming to a campus near you! One of the best things about being part of this team is getting to visit colleges and universities and hearing from the students and professors first hand. I just got back from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [...]

SAS is offering free workshops in Advanced Business Analytics or Data Mining to educators again this summer!

Julie Petlick — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:51:20 +0000

Organizations today are dealing with diverse issues, a wider range of regulations and heightened global competition. Insights gleaned from data about customers, suppliers, operations and performance will provide companies an edge in solving complex business problems. The market demand for professionals with data management, analytical and problem solving skills is [...]

The Institute for Advanced Analytics discusses the importance of students earning SAS certifications

Julie Petlick — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:59:32 +0000

I am frequently contacted by students who are nearing graduation, have SAS skills, and are interested in working here at SAS or for one of our customers. In my conversations with these students, they are eager to point out any SAS certifications they have earned. Likewise, I am often contacted [...]

Students are you ready for a great semester?

Julie Petlick — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:41:18 +0000

2012 is off to a great start here at SAS. I have already talked with several students this year and the semester is just getting started! If you are a college student and have just returned to campus, then you probably already have a pile of course syllabi and are in [...]

Teaching SAS this semester and need some teaching materials?

Julie Petlick — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:04:47 +0000

SAS is widely used for both teaching and research in universities around the world. As part of the SAS Global Academic Program team, one of the questions I’m frequently asked by those teaching is “does SAS have any materials such as slide decks, data sets, or exercises they can make [...]

Institutional Research and SAS!

Tom Bohannon — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:57:09 +0000

College campuses have emptied out as final exams are completed and commencement ceremonies have now passed. But, in just a few short weeks campuses across the nation will be brimming with students, faculty and staff and the daily activities of a college campus will be in full swing once again. Making everything operate efficiently [...]

Mining With Trees?

Tom Bohannon — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:12:57 +0000

I first was exposed to decision trees several years ago when working on a predictive modeling project for Baylor University. At first glance the graphics resembled an organizational chart and the terminology associated with trees was different and strange. These were terms such as root, branch, leaves, pruning, splitting, random [...]