Microsoft MVP Mentor Blog
This blog provides information about the MVP Mentor Program as well as student resources and success stories
Tell me everything a student wants to know about Microsoft!
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Microsoft Technical Evangelist Susan...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/14/2015
Successful women share top tips for finding (and keeping) a mentor
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Stephanie Walden, and first appeared on...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/30/2015
Announcing Visual Studio Code – Code editing redefined. Mac OS X, Linux & Windows.
At the sold out Microsoft Build Conference it was announced that developers can now build and debug...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/29/2015
Curious about switching to a career in tech? Here’s how I did it!
Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Paul Olenick. Thanks Paul! Over the...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/27/2015
Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference!
Hello students, I wanted to let you know about a great free event that Microsoft and the MVPs...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/17/2015
Microsoft joins forces with GitHub to offer students more free developer tools
If you’re a student developer who is passionate about open-source development, then we have...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 03/03/2015
Mathematical thinkers are key to our future: Microsoft is applying machine learning to all major applications
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Michelle Feder and first appeared on the...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 01/15/2015
How To Make Your Internship Experience Sound Like A Real Job
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Andrea Landis, appeared on the Fast...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 01/14/2015
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before and During My IT Education
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Andrea Landis, first appeared on the Levo...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 01/13/2015
My Personal Mentoring Story, Career Choice in IT and Path to Microsoft – Part 4
Editor’s Note: The following article is written by me! With the New Year upon us, I thought...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 01/12/2015
My Personal Mentoring Story, Career Choice in IT and Path to Microsoft - Part 1
Editor’s Note: The following article is written by me! With the New Year upon us, I thought...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 01/05/2015
Doing Some Reading Over the Winter Break? These FREE eBooks will Help Increase your Technical Knowledge
Editor’s Note: MVP Mentors can help high school and college students develop and improve their...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 12/23/2014
Top Shared Blog Post in 2014: How to Get on a Recruiter’s Radar: 3 Ways to Get Noticed
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Travis Scott, Veteran Recruiter and...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 12/23/2014
8 Questions Every Candidate Should Ask In A Job Interview
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Jerome Ternynck and first appeared on...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 12/23/2014
10 Professional-Development Tips for Programmers
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Rich Hein and first appeared on CIO.com....
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 11/24/2014
From Imagine Cup and Microsoft Research: Student Code Hunt Challenge!
Sign up for the Imagine Cup Newsletter 2015 Code Hunt Challenge Competition Year: 2015 Active...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 11/11/2014
Special Offer for Students: MCP Exam Discounts and Practice Test
Educators, great news for your students. Now through December 31, 2014, your students can take...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 11/10/2014
Welcome to the US Imagine Cup 2015 Season. Submit Your Ideas!
Editor’s Note: Our MVP Mentors can help students with your Imagine Cup projects. And...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 10/30/2014
Q&A with the SharePoint MVP Experts Chat On Oct 29th @1pm EST or 10am PDT
Hello everyone We are launching our SharePoint MVP Expert Chats again! Do you or someone you...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 10/28/2014
SharePoint MVPs Talk About Careers Working in IT
SharePoint MVP Rob Foster hosts a weekly podcast called The SharePoint PodShow. By special...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 10/06/2014
Ask These Four Interview Questions
Melissa Travers: Often college students are prepared to answer questions about their...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 10/03/2014
Jobs Of The Future: Where They Are, How To Get Them
Editor’s note: This article was originally written by Lydia Dishman for the Fast Company....
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 09/22/2014
On the last day to apply to be a Microsoft Student Partner find out how Alec Crow Leveled up his Programming Skills as an MSP.
Editor’s note: This article was originally written by s.t. johnson for the Student Developer...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 09/15/2014
Gearing Up For a Career in Tech: Why Justin Wunder Became a Microsoft Student Partner
Editor’s note: This article was originally written by s.t. johnson for the Student Developer...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 09/02/2014
MVP Mentors Imagine Cup Team Estimeet to Big Win
34 teams from all over the world met in Seattle for the 2014 Imagine Cup World...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 08/28/2014
Free OpenCourseware at MIT
Students be sure to check out this great resource! There are several Introductory to...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 08/27/2014
Meet John Scott Tynes, Microsoft Imagine Cup
Previously a game designer with Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade, John Scott Tynes, Microsoft...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 08/19/2014
Imagine Cup 2014 World Finals: July 29–Aug. 2
Microsoft is celebrating the twelfth year of Imagine Cup, Microsoft’s global student technology...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 07/21/2014
Why I dropped out of Computer Science & what I would tell my 19-yr-old self
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Alexa Glick, Staffing Program Manager,...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 07/16/2014
Microsoft Student Partner Shares His MVP Mentoring Experience
The following article was written by Microsoft Student Partner Avirup Basu The Microsoft Most...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 06/24/2014
How Students Can Better Position Themselves in the Job Market
The following article was written by L.M. Sixel / Houston Chronicle I recently shared job-search...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 06/09/2014
Functional vs. Chronological Resume
The following article was written by Travis Scott, Staffing Consultant, Microsoft OS Services...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 06/03/2014
Apprentice v Graduate – Who’s right for your business?
Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Alan Richards Background When...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/29/2014
Aligning Skills with Real World Business Benefits
Editor’s note: The following post was written by SharePoint MVP Steve Smith This article...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/27/2014
English Students: Join Us on May 21st for a Live Webinar on "Windows (Phone, Apps, and Azure)"
Please join us on Wednesday May 21st where Client Development MVP and student mentor Karthikeyan...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/15/2014
Rescheduled for May 19th: Encore Webinar in English: "Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript"
Please join us on Monday May 19th where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/14/2014
English Students: Join Us on May 15th for a Live Webinar on "Developing Windows 8 Apps"
Please join us on Thursday May 15th where Visual C++ MVP and student mentor Angel Hernandez from...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 05/13/2014
Encore Webinar in English: "Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript"
Please join us on Monday April 28th as SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/26/2014
German Students: Join Us on April 21st for a Live Webinar on Building SharePoint Apps Using JavaScript
Please join us on Monday April 21st where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Thorsten Hans will be...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/17/2014
French Students: Join Us on April 18th for a Live Webinar on Working with the Cross Domain Library in SharePoint 2013
Please join us on Friday April 18th where SharePoint MVP and student mentor Mamhoud Challouf will be...
Author: Melissa Travers Date: 04/16/2014