Student scholarship programs available at SAS users group conferences

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|March 22, 2012

Chances are you have at least one paper or research project this semester. If you are using SAS as part of a project, there are some great opportunities for you to attend a SAS users group conference this year. You can present your work and build your CV or resume. [...]

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SAS is offering professional development opportunities for high school educators!

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|February 29, 2012

The SAS Programming 1 for High School summer workshop provides educators an opportunity to expand their expertise and provide a new offering to their students.  It’s no secret careers in STEM fields are some of the best paying and offer great potential.  The development of knowledge and skills related to STEM [...]

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

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|February 10, 2012

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 [...]

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Is SAS visiting your campus?

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|February 2, 2012

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 [...]

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

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 26, 2012

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 [...]

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

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 19, 2012

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 [...]

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Students are you ready for a great semester?

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 13, 2012

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 [...]

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Teaching SAS this semester and need some teaching materials?

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|January 6, 2012

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 [...]

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Mining With Trees?

Tom Bohannon
Tom Bohannon|December 14, 2011

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 [...]

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The SESUG student scholar experience

Julie Petlick
Julie Petlick|November 8, 2011

The SESUG 2011 conference was filled with top notch presentations, interesting posters and lots of great people. I had the pleasure of spending time with several first time attendees who also happened to be student scholars.  SESUG offered a Student Grant Program as a way of supporting students who were using SAS in their studies or who were interested in [...]

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