SIUE School of Business - CMIS

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STEM Designation

Both the undergraduate and graduate CMIS programs achieved STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) designation this year. This designation allows us to better compete for top students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Read more about STEM designation. 

NSF Grants Under Review
Our faculty stay engaged in the MIS field not only by teaching, but also through research. CMIS faculty currently have two grants under review with the National Science Foundation (NSF). Both submissions address the topic of gamification in the information systems curriculum. Funding would support the addition of gamification software into the CMIS 342 - Information Systems for Business course that is taken by all business majors. The utilization of the software would be studied in relation to learning outcomes, students’ perceived and actual learning, as well as student motivation. If funded, the grants would support a three-year project.

Senior Portfolio Fair
Every semester our seniors enrolled in CMIS 470 - Structured Systems Design, participate in a Senior Portfolio Fair. During the Portfolio Fair, our seniors have the chance to showcase what they have learned and what they hope to do with their degree to both faculty and industry partners. This event helps our students put together their resume and focus on what they want to do post-graduation, and it gives our industry partners a chance to get a sneak peek at our soon-to-be graduates. Many industry partners use this event as a recruiting tool for their company. If your company is interested in participating in the Senior Portfolio Fair, please contact Department Chair Anne Powell at apowell@siue.edu.

Association of Information Technology Professionals
The student organization for CMIS majors, Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), continues to provide valuable industry connections through guest speakers and educational technical workshops. Current AITP president, Daymion Haggard, has presided over many of the technical workshops this year including resume building, LinkedIn profile management, and website creation for students' SIUE webspace. Recent CMIS graduate and former vice president of AITP, Joshua House, returned to campus to deliver a technical workshop to AITP members focused on Intrusion Detection Systems. We would also like to congratulate Dr. Andrea Hester, AITP faculty adviser, on her second win of the Enterprise Holdings Adviser of the Semester award for fall 2015.

Society for Information Management
Every April, the Society for Information Management awards five MIS scholarships. Students from SIUE, as well as SEMO, SLU, UMSL, Washington University and Missouri S&T compete for the scholarship. In April 2015, SIUE student Renae Scheeler was awarded one of the five highly competitive scholarships. Congratulations to Renae.

Scholarship Luncheon
At the School of Business Scholarship Luncheon on March 23, 2016, the following scholarships/awards were presented to CMIS students:

• Rotary Scholarship: David Epperson, Senior
• Mary R. Sumner Information Systems Scholarship Award: Miranda Haeuber, Senior
• Hortica Corporation Scholarship Award: Kristen Godar, Senior
• SyllogisTeks Scholarship: Kayla Haddock, Junior
• John F. and Diane L. Schrage Scholarship: Christopher Cook, Junior
• The Hagemann Scholarship: Kayla Haddock, Junior
• R. Marty Burns Memorial Scholarship: Lucas Whitehead, Sophomore
• Robert A. and Margaret K. Schultheis Scholarship: Greg Williams, Junior
• Jerry Frances Sitek Information Systems Award: Denae Davis, Junior
• Marian and Boulton Miller Award: Elizabeth Hylla, Sophomore
• 2016 Outstanding CMIS Senior Award: Renae Scheeler, Senior

The CMIS department would like to recognize past CMIS Outstanding Seniors:

• 2015 Joshua House
• 2014 Jeremy Mintun
• 2013 Joseph Randazzo

Isaac Abramowitz graduated in 2009 with a BS in computer management and information systems from the School of Business. Since graduating, he has taken the skills he learned at SIUE and added hard to work to become a business analyst at one of the largest and oldest ad agencies in Chicago: FCB Chicago. Read more about Isaac.

Professor Jo Ellen Moore has been working to formally inject project management into the SIUE School of Business curriculum since 2006. Two things happened in 2006: a task force identified project management as an important skill that all School of Business undergraduates need; and a specialization in project management was developed for MBA and MS CMIS graduate students. Yes, Moore had a hand in both of those. Read more about Dr. Moore.