Association of Management Information Systems http://www.temple-amis.org Temple University Association of Management Information Systems Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Bake Sale http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/11/06/bake-sale/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/11/06/bake-sale/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 dailevy http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=217 Title: Bake Sale
Location: Speakman 1st Floor
Description: Daijessa Hinton and Brandon Warrington are the Fundraising Officers, will be having a bake sale selling cupcakes, brownies and pretzels for AMIS.
Start Time: 09:30
Date: 2008-11-12
End Time: 02:00

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/11/06/bake-sale/feed/ Speaker Series - IT Governance, CIO Campbell Soup http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/speaker-series-it-governance-cio-campbell-soup/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/speaker-series-it-governance-cio-campbell-soup/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:55:16 +0000 BMcMahon http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=216 Joseph Spagnoletti, the CIO of Campbell Soup Company, will be speaking with AMIS on the topic of IT Governance. This presentation will focus on Innovation, Agility, and Sustainability.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/speaker-series-it-governance-cio-campbell-soup/feed/ Adobe Flash Workshop http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/adobe-flash-workshop/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/adobe-flash-workshop/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:53:52 +0000 BMcMahon http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=215 Uchenna Oguekwe, one of our AMIS Marketing Officers, will be discussing how to effectively utilize flash to enhance web sites. No prior experience is necessary.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/adobe-flash-workshop/feed/ Aramark Business Intelligence http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/check-out-our-november-calendar/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/check-out-our-november-calendar/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:35:49 +0000 BMcMahon http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=214 Michael Luckenbill, our former AMIS President, will be discussing his position in the growing MIS field of Business Intelligence. Please feel free to bring your questions about this career field.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/30/check-out-our-november-calendar/feed/ Association of Management Information Systems http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/07/amis/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/07/amis/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:40:24 +0000 Manu Phatak http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=207 Association of Management Information Systems (AMIS) is a Student Professional Organization (SPO) that was built from the ground up at The Fox School of Business and Management of Temple University. AMIS is dedicated to launching our members careers and continuously building the Management Information Systems (MIS) community of Students, Faculty, Administrators, and Alumni. Earning a degree has not proven to be a sure-fire way of launching your career post-graduation–regardless of your major. AMIS has the resources to provide our members with supplemental MIS learning opportunities, visibility on the job market, and networking opportunities.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/07/amis/feed/ Train Ride http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/train-ride/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/train-ride/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:31:43 +0000 Jeff Pan http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=205 Come join AMIS on a train ride, corn maze and pumpkin picking extravaganza.  The train is run by the New York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society and our own Dr. Paul Weinberg will be the engineer!

When:
Saturday, October 11
Noon - 3pm

Where:
100 Elizabeth Street
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Costs:
$14 for AMIS members
$18 for non-AMIS members
$6 for children

Tickets are available for purchase on Tuesday and Thursday (1:10 - 2:30pm) in the BizTech lab or contact Taahir to make alternative payment arrangements.

AMIS will be rearranging a car pool and wil be meeting outside of Speakman Hall between 9:45 and 10:45 am.  Please contact Taahir if you need a lift.  If you wish to meet us there, please come early - the town fills up quickly!  Please give yourself about 1.5 hours to get to Phillipsburg from Temple and directions through Google Maps can be found here.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/train-ride/feed/ Wordpress Workshop http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/wordpress-workshop/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/wordpress-workshop/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:55:39 +0000 Jeff Pan http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=202 Wordpress WorkshopWant to put on your resume that you can build blog and content management sites?

Come join AMIS and AMA for a special hands-on workshop presented by Anthony Bubel, Happiness Engineer, at Automattic. Anthony is an alumnus of the MIS and Marketing Departments and prior Vice President of AMIS.

Where: Speakman 27

When: Saturday, October 25th 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

No prior experience or technical expertise required!  The session will include both beginner and advanced material including:

  • Getting Started
    • The WordPress dashboard
    • Creating/managing posts, pages, and everything else
    • Themes and Plugins
    • Setting up your own web server for WordPress (XAMPP)
  • Advanced Topics
    • Custom Queries
    • Interfacing with the database
    • Writing your first plugin
  • Special:  Sneak peak at WordPress 2.7

Plus…..Get some WordPress schwag courtesy of Automattic!

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/10/05/wordpress-workshop/feed/ WordCamp http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/24/wordcamp/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/24/wordcamp/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 TSteigerwald http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=191 Title: WordCamp
Location: New York
Description: Wordpress Wordcamp
Date: 2008-10-05

WordCamp New York

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/24/wordcamp/feed/ Employers Seeking MIS Majors (Fall 08) http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/14/employers-seeking-mis-majors-fall-08/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/14/employers-seeking-mis-majors-fall-08/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:05:37 +0000 Jeff Pan http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=187 Click here for an Excel spreadsheet list of internships, part-time and full-time job positions for MIS majors.

]]> http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/14/employers-seeking-mis-majors-fall-08/feed/ Grant Thornton: Business Advisory Services (BAS) Summer Internship http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/12/grant-thornton-business-advisory-services-bas-summer-internship/ http://www.temple-amis.org/2008/09/12/grant-thornton-business-advisory-services-bas-summer-internship/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:16:30 +0000 admin http://www.temple-amis.org/?p=172 Company: Grant Thornton

Location: PA-Philadelphia

Type of Position: Part-time

Application Deadline: 10/27/2008

JOB DESCRIPTION
Within Grant Thornton’s Business Advisory Services (BAS) practice, we are seeking a summer intern to help us in assisting our clients to better understand and manage their business and technology risks through evaluation of the design and operating effectiveness of their internal controls. Interns will assist clients and other BAS professionals in performing financial, operational and information technology (IT) control assessments, IT general controls audits in support of financial statements and other attest services, as well as security assessments and Sarbanes Oxley-related advisory services.

As part of an engagement team, interns will work with client personnel to understand, document, and assess their business processes and information systems, identify key risks and internal controls, perform testing of internal controls, document the results of their testing, and assist in developing recommendations to improve control design or effectiveness or efficiencies of operations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
To qualify for this excellent career and learning opportunity, candidates must have the following:
•Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting or MIS
•Overall and Major minimum GPA of 3.0
•Junior Status
•Willingness and ability to travel to various client sites
•U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

GRANT THORNTON LLP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Please log into Foxnet or visit the Center of Student Professional Development for more information on how to apply.

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