ITWS and RPI Mentioned on the Today Show

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RPI and the ITWS program was mentioned on the Today show.  Fast forward to 1:25 to see the clip.  

 http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49256526#49256526 

 Transcript of the portion related to RPI:

RPI, our nations oldest technological university and it's a great pick for students who are budding engineers, scientists, architects, and IT and web specialists.  Major corporations come to recruit on this campus.  Like Boeing, Amazon, and Apple and it's also ranked number 20 for return on financial investment. Those graduates have some of the highest entry level salaries at just over $60,000.

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