“Promoting Change in Corporate Learning” will be the topic of a presentation by Dr. Joe Carlisle, director of employee development at Fujitsu Network Communication (FNC), at the fall 2001 UTD Professional Development Forum Sept. 6.

Dr. Carlisle, who also heads FNC’s online corporate university system, directed corporate training for Quaker State Corporation as well as Specialty Oil Company before coming to Fujitsu.

The forum’s breakfast will begin at 8 a.m., with the presentation scheduled from 8:30 to 10 a.m. There is a $10 charge that covers the events, both of which will be at the UTD Conference Center, Room 1.212. To register, please contact execdev@utdallas.edu or call Ken Gilliam at 972-883-2204 by Aug. 31. For location information, please see https://www.utdallas.edu/map (visitor parking between Conference Center and Drive H).

The UTD School of Management presents the Professional Development Forum on the first Thursday of each March, June, September and December at the UTD Conference Center. The forum series promotes training and development as an integral, bottom-line function in organizations and presents current trends and issues in employee training and professional development.

About UTD

The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor, enrolls approximately 7,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students. The school’s freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The university offers a broad assortment of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UTD, please visit the university’s web site at www.utdallas.edu.