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Intern Spotlight: Conner Paulson
Conner Paulson knows firsthand that you should never underestimate an opportunity to get your resume out there and network. Due...
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Creating New Opportunities Through Sports Analytics
When the worldwide pandemic hit in March 2020, countless students found themselves battling with the uncertainty of the future. As in-person internships were no longer an option, some companies began to offer replacement virtual internships while others cancelled their programs altogether. Many students were left without internships and scrambling to find replacements.
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Escaping Finals
Every student is familiar with the standard multiple-choice final exam given at the end of almost every course. While these exams can measure the level of understanding of a student to a certain extent, it is easy to wonder if the material covered will really apply to life after college. Dr. Jeff Jenkins took this problem and created an interactive, hands-on final to prepare students for the future. In Fall 2019, he created an escape room for the final exam of his course.
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Dr. Greg Anderson Receives the Cherrington Faculty Service Award 2019
If you have taken IS 303 or been in the IS Core, then you have probably taken a class from Dr. Greg Anderson. Due to his excellence and contributions to the IS Department, Dr. Greg Anderson was awarded the Cherrington Faculty Service Award for 2019.
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Dr. Steve Liddle Named New IS Department Chair
BYU Marriott Dean Brigitte Madrian recently announced that effective May 18th, Dr. Steve Liddle has been named the new chair of the Information Systems Department.
Students
Improving Deception Detection
PROVO, Utah – Jun 28, 2018 – In 2001, news of the Enron scandal broke, revealing that the energy company had misrepresented its income. Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that conducted audits of Enron, failed to detect the fraud; neither company recovered after the scandal.
Intern Spotlight: Nathan Turner
2nd Year MISM student Nathan Turner has discovered that whether on a normal day or during a global pandemic, Adobe...
Intern Spotlight: Ching Tong
As a second year MISM student, Ching Tong was offered her dream job as a consultant for Pariveda Solutions. She...
AIS
Domo Data Analytics Hackathon Recap
On February 21-22, AIS partnered with Domo and Weave to host the Domo Data Analytics Hackathon. Participating teams were provided a dataset and analytics challenge by Weave Friday afternoon. Each team was given 24 hours to work on their analytics utilizing Domo software and presented Saturday morning to a panel of judges, who then selected the winners.
BYU Marriott Students Win Big at AIS Competition
PROVO, Utah – Nov 06, 2019 – BYU Marriott information systems students, supported by faculty and armed with experiential knowledge, took home first- and second-place finishes at the tenth annual Association for Information Systems Student Chapter Leadership Conference.
Collecting Hardware
Hard drives and motherboards weren’t the only hardware at the annual Association for Information Systems Student Chapter Leadership Conference: BYU Marriott School of Business information systems students took home one second-place and two first-place trophies as well.
Alumni
Tanner Skousen Wins Best Theory Paper at ICIS
Just days after his son’s birth, BYU MISM alumnus Tanner Skousen and his co-authors received an award for Best Theory Paper at ICIS in Munich, Germany.
MISM Alumnus Kyle Mathews Helps Gatsby Raise $15 Million in Funding
Ten years after graduating with an MISM degree from BYU, Kyle Mathews (CEO and founder of Gatsby) announced that Gatsby has raised $15 million in Series A funding. This is a huge accomplishment for this open source software company. Their funding was raised by CRV and other investors including Trinity Ventures, Fathom Capital, and Dig Ventures.
BYU IS Alumna Opens First J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Utah, Excited to Give Back
PROVO, Utah – Feb 7, 2019 – After working in Texas for a decade, BYU Information Systems alumna Rachelle Morris has come back to Utah as a Vice President, Client Advisor for the newest J.P. Morgan office.
Faculty
Ashlyn Lewis Receives the SAERA Award
Anytime someone enters the IS department office with a question or needing help, Business Manager Ashlyn Lewis has a solution. Nominated because of her respect for sacred resources, Ashlyn was awarded BYU’s SAERA Award in January 2020.
How Did the IS Faculty Spend Their Summer?
The professors in the Information Systems department spend the school year teaching and mentoring students to help them prepare for the professional world. But, when students leave town for internships and full-time job offers, how do the faculty spend their time? Here are just a few of the exciting places that were explored during the summer of 2019.
Are Siri and Alexa making us ruder? The answer is...
Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two BYU information systems researchers decided to ask.