Students

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.

Brad Westfall knew from a young age that he would someday pursue a career in business. He created his business, AZPixels LLC, while still a student, and has continued to operate it over the years even while working for other companies.

Seven new faculty members, each with experience in business analytics, joined the W. P. Carey School’s Department of Information Systems this semester, adding depth to an already strong faculty lineup in the emerging field.

Professor Raghu Santanam has focused much of his research on healthcare IT and consumer information systems.

Marketers are starting to harness location-based mobile technology to send text messages to customers who are nearby their clients’ businesses. These promos are usually designed to spur impulse buys, but businesses that use the one-day coupon could be missing out.

There’s a cloudy forecast ahead for corporate IT shops, and it’s getting cloudier fast. Analysts at Gartner predict that Infrastructure-as-a-Service, or cloud-based computing, will reach a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent through 2016.

Take a quick look at T.J. Wey’s schedule and the first question that comes to mind is “how does she do it?” Top students at ASU are fully engaged, but even by Barrett Honors College standards, T.J. is busy. This spring, T.J.

Among the many differences between college and career is the simple matter of neatness. In class the questions and answers are usually straight forward, but on the job it’s a different situation.