Throughout college and career: Keep these ideals in mind

A poster outside the departmental office reminds information systems students of the 10 ideals that can lead to a great career in IT. Developed by the department’s executive advisory board, this mantra could be adopted as a ready-made set of resolutions.

What to expect when 2013 logs in

2012 will log out in a few weeks, so the time seems right for reflection -- even prognostication.

hpE BDay Texting: Bginin of www of fings

According to SlashGear, there were half a trillion of them sent last year, but in 2010, there were 6.1 trillion – 193,000 per second. They are the reason many people have thumb injuries, and now there are warm-up exercises to help prevent those injuries.

Driving sales home: Alumnus uses IT in real estate business

Tyson Lund is one of the more successful real estate professionals in San Diego County. He credits his CIS coursework at the W. P. Carey School with giving him a distinct advantage over his competition.

Remarkable journey: Satisfying research, career opportunities

Matt Sopha and Yen-Chun Chou are putting the finishing touches on their dissertations and are on track to receive their PhDs in the spring of 2013. "The number of postings and job opportunities has really gone up for faculty positions in information systems," Goul said.

Sounds of success at Fender and the Society for Information Management

Recently several CIS students in their capstone information systems project course were invited by the Society for Information Management (SIM) to a special event held at Fender’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, to learn how and why IT matters to the company.

IT, supply chain and business analytics: Preparing for an exploding field

The department of information systems and the supply chain management department have joined forces to launch an accelerated and specialized master's degree program in the fast growing field of business analytics.

Outstanding Graduating Senior fuses CIS, accounting and mathematics

It’s not every day that you meet a graduating college student who looks forward to graduation so he can go back and reread portions of his text books -- a student with a rare combination of steadfast focus and passion.

News: IS achievement and fun

The department of information systems played a leadership role in organizing the CIST 2012 information systems research conference that was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of INFORMS in Phoenix last month … Our student-led DISC club collected honors again this year from the Associatio

BYOD: Bring your own device or breach your own data?

Chief information officers and others familiar with the Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, trend say organizations need to think through the advantages and the challenges of allowing employees to access corporate data with personal devices.