When Branden Lau arrived on campus as a first-year student, he knew he would major in business, but beyond that the details were still sketchy.

There was a time not so long ago that Blockbuster stores were everywhere … then along came Netflix, fundamentally changing the video rental business.

Homework assignments over the holidays are despised. Nevertheless, I have an assignment for you. It’s one you can carry out whenever you are talking with a career-minded young person who has a business interest and a technical acumen.
Talk about careers in information systems.
 

How to build a career from scratch is bound is bound to be a conversation topic at the spring Association for Information Systems student conference, which will be hosted at W.P. Carey this year!

Finding your footing immediately after graduation can be a daunting task, but Katie Golen moved gracefully from classroom to career. Golen (BS Computer Information Systems ’10) has lived and worked in New York City since she graduated.

The rise in “open innovation” contests has helped companies broaden their research and development while reducing their cost and risk of failure.

At a recent conference of information systems department chairs, there was frequent discussion of the emergence of new analytics degree programs, minors, certifications and specialties.

Organizations such as DISC and Beta Alpha Psi enable students to experience the role of community service in a rich life. This month they paired up with KPMG to enliven the library at an area elementary school.

This fall the Department of Information Systems accepted a surprise gift – boxes of current best-selling books about data analytics -- donated by the Teradata University Network.

Academic success specialist Maria Chomina has “uncanny insight into a person’s personality, background and current state of thinking – an innate understanding of where a student is coming from,” says information systems department chairman Michael Goul.