The following meeting announcement is from Dr. Peace:
Updated 4/3/2012

MISA Folks,

We are pleased to announce that our next MISA meeting will be on
Thursday, April 12, 4:00pm, room 126 Ming Hsieh Hall. Our special guest
will be Allan Meltzer, an alumnus of WVU and an expert consultant in the
ERP area. PLEASE try and attend, as Allan is flying here form Houston
just to visit with our students. He wants to give back to the
University, and he has some excellent experience and advice to share
with you.

We will also have FREE PIZZA!! :)

Here are the details on the presentation and our guest:

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems – An overview of a class
of commercial software that is widely used by private sector,
governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Allan Meltzer is an independent consultant specializing in providing
implementation and project management services for clients adopting ERP
systems. These services have been performed for a wide range of
businesses and clients located in the United States, Canada, Mexico and
Europe. Prior to his consulting career, Allan held various financial
management positions in the private sector including Controller of an
energy sector company.

Education:
BA – West Virginia University - College of Arts and Sciences
BA – University of West Florida - College of Accounting and Finance
MBA – University of New Orleans

Certifications:
CPA
PMP – Project Management Institute

Please try and attend! :)

Graham

The following is an announcement from Dr. Peace:

MISA Folks,

We are pleased to announce that IBM will be visiting with us on Thursday, February 9, 5:00pm-6:30pm. We are working on a room and will let you know, when we have something arranged. They are looking to hire graduates, so I strongly urge ALL MIS students to attend.

They are also attending the CEMR career fair on that day. The flier is attached.

Please put this on your calendar! More information to follow.

Graham

Link to flier:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=1l7M2UnjcHID_IWYWkYXoE3uhi8uolgjm9crj0_h...

A message from Dr. Peace:

MISA Folks,

Vince Dobilas, an IT executive with Citi, will be talking to my Database Management Systems class on Friday, January 27, 8:30am-9:20am, in 242 BUE. Anyone with an interest in MIS is welcome to attend! Just come on by (dress is casual, btw). If you haven't heard Vince speak before, he is usually very interesting!

If you do plan to attend, please reply to this email and let me know (if you find that you can make it at the last minute, please feel free to just turn up, even if you haven't emailed). Thanks!

I know 8:30am is early, but it will be worth your while! You should take every opportunity possible to meet with industry professionals!

Graham

MISA Folks,

A message from Dr. Kleist...

Dear MIS Students:

As a rising junior or rising senior MIS student, you may be qualified to apply to a program for a Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship. The program is described as follows: "Information assurance (security) is considered so important to our national defense that a formal DoD IASP was established by the National Defense Authorization Act for 2001 (Public Law 106-398). The purpose is to promote the education, recruitment, and retention of rising junior and senior undergraduate and graduate/doctoral students in information assurance, information technology, and cybersecurity (IA/IT/cybersecurity) studies and of students seeking graduate certificates in information assurance disciplines. The DoD is seeking rising junior and senior (third and fourth year) undergraduate and graduate/doctoral students who are interested in full-ride scholarships for concentrated studies in information assurance. Students selected for the program will receive full scholarships. This requires the student to agree to serve one year of service to the DoD, upon graduation, for each year of scholarship received, in addition to the internship identified below. An opportunity also exists for scholarship payback through military service. Individuals choosing to enlist or accept a commission to serve on active duty in one of the Military Services shall incur a service obligation of a minimum of 4 years on active duty in that Service upon graduation. The Military Services may establish a service obligation longer than 4 years, depending on the occupational specialty and type of enlistment or commissioning program selected. During breaks in their academic studies, Information Assurance Scholars will receive progressive, hands-on experience in information security internships."

Applications must follow a certain procedure. Deadlines for applications are due to Dr. Kleist by the end of the week, so please see Dr. Kleist Wed. afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 or Thursday to learn more about the program and how to apply. Thanks!!

Dr. Kleist

Gino DeGregori will be discussing how his company uses and does development with SharePoint 2010 during the MISA meeting this evening. The meeting will be in the computer lab from 5:30 (for about an hour). There will be food at the meeting (probably pizza, unless someone has a suggestion for an affordable and healthier alternative).

We will have the first meeting of the year on Monday, September 26, from 5:00pm-6:00pm in room 459 B&E. We will be doing elections and planning for the year. Invite your friends!

Hank Burton, President of Literati Information Technology, will be giving us a question and answer session about IT consulting on Monday, Feb. 21st at 6:00 PM. It will be held in 348 B&E.

If you have any questions about the IT consulting field, this will be a great opportunity to have your questions answered!

Learn more about Literati Information Technology at www.literati.com

Vince Dobilas, Executive Vice President, Global Enterprise Architecture, Citigroup, will be visiting on Monday. This will be an excellent opportunity - we highly recommend that you attend!

The event times are as follows:
Monday, February 7:
- 9:00am-10:00am: room 348 B&E
- 1:30pm-3:00pm: room G21 MHH
(1 hour presentation followed by 30 minutes of informal meet and greet)

The following is an event announcement forwarded from Dr. Peace

MISA Folks,

BNY Mellon is hosting an event on February 23, 5-7pm, that you might be interested in. All B&E students are invited, and the flier is attached.

I really don't know much else about it, to be honest!

Graham

There will be an officer meeting on Wednesday, January 19th at 2:30. Location TBD, check B&E near Dr. Peace's office.