2013-2014 AIS Student Competition Finalists

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Congratulations to the 2013-2014 AIS Student Competition Finalists, we look forward to seeing you at the onsite presentations!

IT Security

University Team Members
Utah State University Vishal Patel and Divya Reddy
Brigham Young University Anna Maksimkina, Brittany Coon, Ian Jones, Zach Ennis
Bentley University Mackenzie Segura-Cook, Alina Usmanov, Brendan Colford
Arizona State University Diego Ortiz-Monasterio, Steve Truong, Michael Loper

 

IT Security Management

University Team Members
Georgia State University Nicole Nixon, Marvin Dacosta, Darrell Hareford
Temple University Brittany Hafer, Gabrielle Lopez, Thomas Patterson, Veer Patel
University of Akron Sean Blasko, Johnny Gless, Mark Mast
University of Michigan – Dearborn Joshua Hohner, Zachary Townsend, Richard Maurer and Joseph Rushing
Villanova University Marc Leprince and Tung Ngo

 

Social Innovation

University Team Members
University of North Texas Andrew Guiloreza, Adam Thiel, Keith Chamberlain, Pavia Cooper
Temple University, Fox School of Business Horatio Thomas, Ryan Boyce, Tatsuya Emoto, Stephen Lauver
Georgia State University Nicole Nixon, Joshua Goforth, Jenae Butler

 

IT Video

University Team Members
Utah State University Chad Williams. Conner Sorensen, Allan Follett
University of Michigan – Dearborn Joseph Rushing, Zac Townsend, Jacob DiMaria
University of Alabama Neeti Thakral and Lila Azerf

 

Preparing Students for the Future – Professional Development

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A firm handshake, a steady gaze, clear answers and a well-written resume. Professional development covers a lot of things, but ultimately it’s career and personal development. Today’s post covers some of the professional development that Student Chapters at the University of Toronto, the American University in Cairo, and the University of Pittsburgh are doing.

The Student Chapter at the University of Toronto fosters professional development through a variety of means, but perhaps its most successful is its wide range of professional speakers. Topics and speakers ranged from teamwork and communication to more technical topics such as usability testing and coding. One such presentation was given by Dr. Leo Marland, IBM’s Global Business Services Canada Chief Technology Office (CTO), on information systems and what the future might hold for them.

AIS Student Chapters at the American University of Cairo put their knowledge into action by creating a GPA calculator to simulate grades based on future expectations. In order to make their program accessible to others, they placed it on the web. (http://my.aucegypt.edu/GPACal.html) In addition to collaborative projects, AIS AUC also hosts what they call the “IT Forums.” Bringing in a panel of professionals from the IT Sector in Egypt and MENA region discussions include Entrepreneurship in IT and business practices. The IT Forums were about an hour each and time for Q&A was given at the end of the presentations.

Stopping by at the University of Pittsburgh, AIS Student Chapters are developing soft skills in a ‘Resume and Interview Workshop’. The Resume Workshop was a combination of peer review and tips to improve the quality of member’s resumes. To top it off, there was a recruiter from Level 3 helping reviewing resumes and suggesting improvements on an individual basis. The Interview Workshop, as the name suggests, focused on teaching the soft skills needed for a good interview. Talking about how to have a good interview wasn’t enough though – AIS UPB had volunteer ‘recruiters’ who were either professors or local business managers to provide mock interviews for its members. You can’t get any more prepared than that!

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