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Fox IT awards video and pictures
Check out the short edited video and pictures featuring the live ice sculpture and PECO building signage from the Fox MIS and IBIT IT awards – 10th anniversary celebration.
Fox MIS community site showcased at WordPress.org
The ground breaking Fox MIS community site has been selected to be showcased at the main WordPress.org site.
Take a look and make sure you leave a rating!
Learn more about the Fox MIS community site and view a short video.
MIS summer courses
Are you looking for a way to get a jump start on your MIS classes? The MIS department is now offering summer classes!!! Taking courses in the summer will allow you to make progress on your coursework and for many of you this will mean being able to graduate in time.
Summer I
- MIS 3581 Co-operative Experience in Management Information Systems
Get college course credit for working! This course is an easy way to get elective credit while you work in an internship, it has very simple requirements, all you need is to submit a PowerPoint of your experiences. - MIS 2101 Information Systems in Organizations
This course is a pre-requisite for every other course in the MIS program, if you take it in the summer, you will have much more flexibility in the fall. - MIS 3580 Special Topics: Information Systems Assurance: Security and Risk Management
This new course can dramatically increase your job prospects and increase your marketability in this difficult job market – there are many firms who are hiring in the security area - MIS 2502 Database Management
A key pre-req for many of the courses in the MIS program.
Summer II
- MIS 2101 Information Systems in Organizations
Steven Johnson, Mart Doyle, and Laurel Miller receive teaching innovation awards
Steven Johnson, Mart Doyle, and Laurel Miller will be honored with the Fox School’s “Innovation in Teaching” award for 2010. The award will be presented on May 4th at the annual Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning award ceremony.
Sondra L. Barbour appointed Executive-in-Residence
Sondra L. Barbour, BBA ’85, CIO, Lockheed Martin Corporation, VP, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Business Services has been appointed “Executive in Residence” at the Fox School’s Management Information Systems (MIS) department and the Institute for Business and Information Technology for the 2010 year. Ms. Barbour was selected as Executive in Residence because of her stature in the field and her continued support for the Fox School. As part of the appointment, Ms. Barbour will be spending several days through the year interacting with Fox School MIS students and faculty.
Barbour will be visiting Fox in April 2010 to start the program. “We are fortunate to have Sondra Barbour, one of our most successful and committed alums as our Executive in Residence” said Munir Mandviwalla, associate professor and chair of the management information systems department at the Fox School of Business.
“As a proud Temple and Fox School alum, this opportunity is particularly meaningful,” Barbour said. “I am looking forward to working closely with Fox School MIS students and faculty and contributing to the Temple community, especially given the Fox MIS department’s national stature in information technology (IT) education and research.”
[Read more…] about Sondra L. Barbour appointed Executive-in-Residence
The Fox Update – MIS special issue
Check out the March 2010 edition of the Fox Update newsletter which focuses on MIS. Read about the MIS community site, a message from Dean Porat about our 10th anniversary, new courses, AMIS as a national model, Fox IT awards, and new research on online retailing and experiential computing.
Tenth anniversary celebration and tenth annual IT awards
Please join the MIS department, IBIT, and AMIS at the tenth anniversary celebration and tenth annual Fox IT awards reception, on April 13, 2010. To attend you must register on the special site at: http://ibit.temple.edu/itawards. Be sure to check out and contribute your tenth anniversary comments on this site!
e-portfolio contest
Win a $100 Amazon gift certificate!
Submit your entry to the foxmis e-portfolio contest! The deadline for entry is Wednesday March 31st, 2010 at Midnight. The top two entries will receive Amazon gift certificates. The winner will be highlighted at the Fox IT Awards reception. For additional details and contest rules, please visit the new Fox MIS e-portfolio site and click on the e-portfolio contest page.
New course on social media
MIS 3580: Innovating with Social Media: Facebook, Flash, Blogs and Wikipedia. Tues., Thur., 12:30pm-1:50pm. Learn the concepts and principles related to new business models supported by innovative use of Web 2.0 and social media while gaining hands on experience in social media applications. For more information contact, Dr. Steven L. Johnson (steven@temple.edu).
