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ISAT selected as a member of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance (MDAA) Program

Stephen C. Shih has written a successful proposal that has helped garner SIUC membership in the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance (MDAA) program and capture a substantial "gift in kind" (GIK) of software and technical support to SIUC's School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies within the College of Applied Sciences and Arts. Only a small number of universities across the nation are selected as MDAA members. With a fair market value of $725,773, the GIK received by SIUC includes an extensive collection of enterprise systems software packages: Microsoft Dynamics NAV, GP, and AX.

Those packages feature a collection of enterprise business programs in financial management, analytics, supply chain management, and customer relationship management. The cutting-edge software programs will enable our students to develop, design and manage enterprise systems pertaining to finance, human resources, healthcare management, manufacturing applications and much more. Those tools will provide our graduates with a competitve edge as they prepare to enter the job market.

This GIK will mark a very positive change in the IST program and help guide the future of ISAT. There are three progressive implementation phases of Microsoft Dynamics software adoption in the IST curriculum. In Phase I, the Microsoft Dynamics packages will be integrated into IST 334, IST 412, and IST 415. As an important groundwork, an instructional and learning laboratory environment will be established in Fall 2008.



Phase II involves a full-blown implementation of Microsoft Dynamics software via creating new coourses in the IST program. Finally, the three-to-five year goal is to develop a new "integrated Enterprise Systems" program that will be launched through building the new curriculum around the Microsoft Dynamics solutions.

ASA 2007 Research Paper of the Year Award

Professor Diane Davis (left) and Assistant professor Belle Woodward were recognized for the ASA 2007 Research Paper of the Year Award. The paper, titled The Relationship Between Decision Making and Ethical Reasoning appeared in the Journal of Information Systems Education.   The award was given at this year’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts Research Colloquium. Overall, 2007 was an excellent year of research productivity for ISAT’s faculty. Collectively, the faculty’s work appeared in 14 journal articles and 9 refereed proceedings. The faculty presented their research at 4 international 12 national, and 2 regional conferences. In addition, chapters were published in two books and invited presentations were given at universities in Germany, Taiwan, and China.

State Farm Donations

The State Farm® Companies Foundation donated more than $44,000 to update and enhance technology programs at SIUC.  Paul Sarvela, dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts and Department of Management chair, Greg White accepted a symbolic check from State Farm a representative Pete Oglesby at a news conference and lab tour Tuesday, April 15.  The School of Information Systems received $23,600 of the donation to purchase equipment to enhance the network and network security laboratories.  ISAT director, Will Devenport, said his school is "very appreciative of the continued support of the State Farm Companies Foundation. For years our partners at State Farm have provided internship experiences for our students, hosted company visits for faculty and students, served on our advisory committees, hired our graduates and provided much-needed financial support for scholarships and equipment. Their generous donation this year has given a very good boost to our network security laboratory curriculum." Click link for the full story. http://spotlight.siu.edu/04162008/StateFarmdonation.html

Alumnus Endows ISAT Scholarship

Ms. Camelle Wilson Logan, a 1989 graduate of Computer Information Processing and Advanced Technical Studies, has generously established an endowed scholarship to the School.  The scholarship will be in her name and in memory of Ms. Sonia Veronica Phelix.  Since 1989, the programs she graduated from have evolved into today’s Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Technologies.  Criteria for the Camelle Wilson Logan and Sonia Veronica Phelix Scholarship are being finalized and will be posted on the web.  It is predicted that this annual scholarship will be approximately $1,000.  The first application deadline will be February 1, 2008 and awarded at the 2008 Honors Day Celebration on April 6 .    Pictured above from right to left are:  Assistant Professor Linda Preece, Darnell Logan, Camelle, ASA Dean Paul Sarvela, Doug and Margaret Phelix (parents of Sonia), Camelle and Darnell’s three children – Hanna, Kyle and Sherman, and ISAT Director Will Devenport.

Camelle W. Logan, ISAT Alumna to speak on Friday, October 5

Camelle W. Logan, President and Chief Executive Officer of KC Management Group will give two presentations to students on Friday, October 5 at 10 a.m. & noon in room ASA 111. Camelle W. Logan is founder, president and CEO of KC Management Group (KCMG), which helps implement large-scale adaptive and original technology solutions for clients nationwide, including large urban school districts, state and local governments, nonprofits, and companies in the transportation and utilities industries. Exceeding client expectations for 20 years, Ms. Logan brings to her work an exceptional ability to analyze each client’s needs, identify and apply cutting-edge technological solutions, and establish and maintain client satisfaction via responsible follow-up. Throughout the process, she and her KCMG team are devoted to communicating effectively with clients in lucid, non-technical language. Read more about Camelle...

ISAT Student/Alumni Homecoming Tailgate

Come Tailgate with ISAT Date: Sat., October 6, 2007 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Football game starts at 2:30) Place: Saluki Row Between the Arena and Tennis Courts Look for the Green Canopy! View the Flyer

CNNS Certification

ISAT is happy to announce that the Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) Review Committee has certified that Southern Illinois University Carbondale courseware maps 100% to the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) National Training Standards 4011 (for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI-4011) and 4013 (for System Administrators SA). The IACE Program provides consistency in training and education for the information assurance skills that are critical to our nation. SIUC certification will be valid through June 2009. The official signing occurred during the June 2007 CNSS Awards Ceremony in Boston .

The six-course curriculum is available to both IST and EST majors. Students successfully completing this training will have a true advantage over others in competition for state and federal positions. The courses include: ISAT 121-3 Installing and Upgrading Computer Systems ISAT 224-3 LAN Installation and Administration, ISAT 316-3 Ethics and Security in Information Systems , ISAT 335-3 WAN Network Installation and Administration; IST 360-3 Network Security; and ISAT 415-3 Enterprise Network Management.

Honors Day 2007

Michael David Olsen
Harriet V. Ross Endowed Scholarship

Cheryl May Stewart
Outstanding Information Systems Technology Online Student

Aaron Gross
CASA EST Tuition Waiver

Regina D. Farr
Melvin & Denise Clark Rail Transportation Scholarship and
Outstanding Woman in Electronic Systems Technologies Scholarship

Megan E. Hoene
CASA New Student in Technical Resource
Management Tuition Waiver Award

Jarod Jackson
Information Systems Technologies Award

Pictured with recipients are ISAT Director Will Devenport and CASA Dean Paul Sarvela

ISAT Technology Camp 2007

Martin Hebel, Ralph Tate, and Sharon Walters donated two days of summer break to give presentations to 38 southern Illinois 7th, 8th, and 9th graders through the Shawnee Community College’s “Technology Camp”. The camp introduces young people to current technologies and technological the career fields. Mr. Hebel and Mr. Tate presented a hands-on workshop in embedded control and robotics. Ms. Walters presented web multimedia technologies. The event is the second year for the event coordinated by ASA’s Beverly Shelton and Carolyn Kindle of Shawne Community College.

Elaine Atwood new IST/EST advisor

ISAT is proud to introduce the new IST/EST advisor, Ms. Elaine Atwood.  Ms. Atwood comes to the School with 12 years of advisement and field representative experience.  Ms. Atwood replaces six-year veteran advisor, Tamara Workman.  Tamara was promoted to the position of ASA Chief Academic advisor.  The School congratulates Tamara and wholeheartedly welcomes Elaine.   

Illinois Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

The ICCDC was held at SIUC's School of Information Systems and Applied technologies from February 23 - 25. The teams placed in the following order: DePaul University, Southern Illinois University, Moraine Valley College. Illinois State University, and an alternate team from Southern Illinois University also participated. Visit the competions website at ICCDC. Click on any picture to see it full size.

DePaul University took 1^st place this year with Faculty Advisor; Jacob Furst, referee; Tony Zoko, team co-captains; Apneet Jolly and Marcus Taite, team members; Anthony Jacobin, Todd choryan, Kevin Nassery, Vijay Avarachen, Leigh Hollowell, and Tony Castiglione.

SIUC came in 2^nd with Faculty advisor; Belle Woodward, Team referee; Adam Litteken, and team captain; Michael Sanders.  Team members were Shanda Owens, Jesse Adams, Robert Heren, Timothy Davis, Daniel Booth, and Jeremy Lawler.

Moraine Valley Community College took 3^rd place.  Members of that team included faculty advisor, Erich Spengler, Referee; Lou Balek, Team Captain, Matt Ulm with Ed Baker, Russell Cygan, Bo Krupa, David Martinez, Justin Senese, Ricardo Sanchez, and Badr Loumari.

The Illinois State University team included faculty advisor; Doug Twitchell, referee; Tal Parmenter, team captain; Chris Wilerson, with members; Ramakanth Gajjela, al-Saydi Abdal-Zize, Akash Sharma, Vinod, Bobba, Ryan Patula, Divja Manduva, and Deepti Eyunni.  Because the ISU team included more graduate students than the competition allows they took advantage of the opportunity to participate but were unable to place in the competition.

When the University of Illinois team cancelled at the last minute SIUC put an alternate team in their place for the privilege of the experience.  The SIUC Green team included Michael Whitney as faculty referee, and team captain; CJ Range.  Team members were Aaron Ragusa, Brian Snow, Nicole Schaeflein, Jeff Hoak, Marchall Riley, Mike Olsen, and Shawn Weccele.

The Gold/Red Team (non-competitive support teams):
Front row (L- R) Brent Dederding, Sr. Firewall Engineering with SecureWorks serving as Chief Judge, Chris Byrd, Sr. Security Engineer from SAVVIS, Inc. was on the Red Team, Mark Buchanan, Lead Security Engineer from SAVVIS, Inc. was on the Red Team, Todd Goro, Network Specialist from School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies at SIUC, Michael Shelton, Network Engineer with SIUC Information Technology, Curt Wilson, Information Security Officer with SIUC Information Technology

Back Row (L-R) Gi Vania, Network Engineer IV with SIUC Information Technology, Lee Hosselton, IST Student with SIUC Information Technology, Leon Hale, EST Student with SIUC Information Technology, Scott Smith, Network Engineer IV with SIUC Information Technology,
Chet Langin, Technical Associate with SIUC Information Technology

 

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