Hello alumni! Greetings from the CMIS department at SIUE. I hope this newsletter will keep you informed of changes that have occurred in the department this year.
Please continue reading to learn more about recent news in the department, activities undertaken by current students, and what faculty and alumni are doing now.
There continue to be budget woes in Illinois. We rely on alumni donations to fund scholarships for students and to fund the databases needed by students for coursework. Perhaps you remember downloading free Microsoft software and VMWARE software? Donations from alumni allow us to continue being a member of the Microsoft Academic Alliance so undergraduates and graduate students can download Project, Visio, asp.net, and any number of software products at no cost to them. Costs to access Oracle databases and SAP databases are the same – only available because of donations by alumni. For this, we thank you, and our current students thank you for your continued support.
Please visit the department, still on the second floor of Founders Hall, if you are in the area. Best wishes to all of you for a successful year.
Anne
Anne Powell,
Chair, Computer Management and Information Systems Department