Doing it better: Matt McCarthy wins award for classroom innovations

Last month, the school awarded Lecturer Matt McCarthy the Huizingh Award for Classroom Innovation -- an honor given annually to a faculty member who develops creative methods of delivering educational content. McCarthy's achievement was moving the lab portion of CIS 105 online.

Getting deliberate about recruiting women for IT management

It's a fact. Women as a percentage of the IT workforce are dramatically underrepresented. Groups that are concerned about the low numbers of women in IT advocate for deliberate action.

Preparing students for the new normal: Cyber readiness and disaster recovery

It may seem bizarre that early summer discussions in the halls of academe have turned to warfare — cyber attacks and cyber counter-attacks to be exact.

Ajay Vinze: How IT impacts nations in the midst of change

Professor of Information Systems Ajay Vinze is on the roster of Fulbright senior specialists. Chosen by their peers and vetted by the U.S.

The MSIM curriculum part one: Preparing students for the line-of-business ladder

Part 1: MSIM students come from a variety of backgrounds, but what they have in common is a desire to learn how to harness IT to create competitive advantages for their companies.

Outstanding Graduating Senior: Joshua McCoy

Senior Joshua McCoy can remember getting his first computer when he was seven or eight years old. Just logging on and browsing websites for cartoons fascinated him. Now, McCoy is graduating from the W. P. Carey School of Business with an undergraduate degree in Computer Information Systems.

Innovative approach: American Express technologies points the way to opportunity

When students think of American Express, finance normally comes to mind, but that is not true for Computer Information Systems majors involved with the Department of Information Systems Club (DISC).

Student profile: Josh Valdez Elizetxe

Computer Information Systems major Josh Valdez Elizetxe first explored a computer at the branch library where his dad dropped him every day after school. Now just 19, Josh is an entrepreneur with a track record of success.

The real world couldn't wait: Outstanding Graduating Senior Robert Mckay

For many students, college is the place where they can prepare for the real world. For information systems major Robert Mckay, the real world couldn’t wait for him to graduate. Mckay, 26, is the information systems Outstanding Graduating Senior for the fall 2011 semester.

Tech in the palms of their hands: Students building apps

Students in the introductory course in information systems experienced how technology affects business by creating a prototype smart phone app for the Barrett Honors College. Working with Windows smart phones on loan from Microsoft Corp., they used AppMakr software in the project.