Business classes put graduate on a path to success
Like many first-year students, Julie Harr saw so many career options when she began college that she wasn’t sure which path to take.
Finishing touch: Capstone projects
The capstone project is the crowning moment of our degree programs. Students work in teams to apply the knowledge and skills learned in virtually all of their classes to a project in a real business.
Preparing our children for the digital society
Information Systems Department Chair Raghu Santanam delivers his message.
Taming the Wild West of embedded analytics
The compound annual growth rate for big data is expected to be 26.4 percent through 2018, creating governance challenges for organizations.
Students volunteer in Millennium Girls event
Increasing the percentage of women in technology — including leadership positions — is one of the challenges schools and companies face today.
MSIM accelerates careers
Alan Simon says that three scenarios cover the objectives of most students who enroll in the Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) program. Some hope to advance in their companies. Others are looking for something different from their current career path.
MSIM adds big data to curriculum
A new cohort of the Online MSIM starts next week with on-campus orientation, and students in the Evening MSIM will begin August 20. When the students graduate, they will find plentiful career opportunities.
Agile manager keeps IT running at ExxonMobil
35 years ago, Joe Killalea had just graduated from the University of West Florida and was hired as an entry-level systems analyst by Exxon Company USA. Since 1980, his role has evolved from programmer to project manager within the ExxonMobil Information Technology (EMIT) organization.
How forums and photos sell goods online
A small percentage of online shoppers were willing to click “add to cart” when it came to buying clothes, according to a survey performed by Gallup researchers in 2015. As of 2014, a Nielson study found nearly half of online shoppers are willing to buy their wearables via the internet.
Masterful teaching: Flipping the classroom
Uday Kulkarni was honored with the W. P. Carey School’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. He was one of the first professors to adapt classes from the Master of Science in Information Management program to online delivery — recording his lectures and creating new types of discussion boards.