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Milestone		Who	Status	Comment
New Grant Proposal submission		Project Staff	April 2009	The new proposal to NSF was sent on April 28. Our goal for this new project is to redesign the role of computing within the engineering programs at MSU and LCC to develop CT competencies - informed by industry needs - by infusing Computational Thinking learning opportunities. Thank you to the AB members for the letters of support.
Industry Report		Project staff	April 2009	The industry report was completed and sent to the AB members. It can be downloaded following the link.
Industry Report		Project staff	March, 2009	We have completed the employer interviews. We have received almost 200 employee survey responses to date (more are still coming in.) We are analyzing the interviews and surveys for preparation of the report.
Interview and Survey		Project staff	Nov 08- Jan 09	We are finishing the last set of employer interviews and completing the employee surveys.
NSF Meeting		Mark and Jon	Nov 13, 14 2008	Principal Investigators meeting at NSF headquarters Washington.
Advisory Board meeting		Project Staff Advisory board	October 30, 2008	Thanks to the AB members. We had a great meeting and important feed back. Please follow the links to find complete meeting summary including results and materials used during the meeting.
Interview and Survey		Project staff	July- Nov 2008	The revised interview protocol will be used for the next step which is to engage engineering and technology stakeholders in the region to conduct interviews and to connect with employees for surveys.
Pilot interview and survey instruments		Project Staff/AB members	May- July 2008 Completed	Completed the pilot part of our employer interview process. Excellent response from our advisory board members who facilitated the pilot interview process by allowing us to interview them. The data that we have obtained from the pilot process has helped us refine the interview protocol and also inform the development of the employee survey. The advisory board members have provided us with an extended list of employers and members of professional engineering societies for further engagement.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) process:		Project Staff	May 15, 2008 Completed	At MSU, all human subject research must be reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to protect the rights and safety of the participants before research can begin. The IRB has been approved our research proposal as exempt because it entails no risk for the participants.  We may now begin pilot testing our interview and survey protocols.
Review Interview and Survey protocols		Advisory Board	May 8, 2008 Completed	Thank you to our Advisory Board members
Advisory Board Meeting		Project Staff Advisory board	April 24, 2008 Completed	Great turnout and terrific feedback from our Advisory Board members. Thank you! * Materials, minutes, etc for the meeting here.