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| Announcements Archive |
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| Outstanding CIS Student for 2003-2004 |
| Congratulations to Megan Anderson who has been selected by the CIS faculty as the Outstanding CIS Student for academic year 2003-2004.
This distinction is bestowed each year upon that student who, in the estimation of the faculty, exemplifies the best and brightest of our undergraduates in the CIS program. The recipient must have an exemplary academic record and have demonstrated exceptional potential in our discipline. This was a difficult decision for the CIS faculty as we have several truly outstanding students in the program again this year.
Hearty congratulations also go to Nikolay Gueorguiev who was selected as one of the two standard bearers for the entire College of Business Administration at the commencement this year.
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| CIS Grads |
| It was a beautiful day for a graduation Saturday May 29, 2004 and the CIS program was well represented with an outstanding group of graduates receiving the Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. There were also numerous students graduating with a Minor in Computer Information Systems. Congratulations one and all! Here's the list of CIS grads. |
| The CIS Department continues to grow at a rapid pace. There were a record number of CIS Grads at Commencement on May 31, 2003 with 74 candidates for the B.S. in CIS and numerous candidates for the Minor in CIS. Hearty Congratulations to you all! (see the list of CIS Grads) |
| The CIS Department continues to grow at a rapid pace. There were a record number of CIS Grads at Commencement on June 1, 2002 with 59 candidates for the B.S. in CIS and numerous candidates for the Minor in CIS. Hearty Congratulations to you all! (see the list of CIS Grads) |
| The CIS Department is bursting at the seams with the number of CIS Majors and Minors nearly doubling in the past two years. There were a record number of CIS Grads at Commencement on June 2, 2001 with 56 candidates for the B.S. in CIS and approximately 15 candidates for the Minor in CIS. Hearty Congratulations to you all! (see the list of CIS Grads) |
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| New Faculty |
The CIS Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Panagotis "Panos" Petratos as Assistant Professor effective Fall Semester, 2004. Mr. Petratos is expected to complete his doctorate in Computer and Information Science at the University of Luton, England, during the Summer 2004. He started teaching in the CIS Department at CSU Stanislaus as a Visiting Lecturer during the Spring Semester 2004. His teaching interests include Network Administration, Systems Administration, Systems Analysis and programming languages. |
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| CIS Sponsors Concert |
| The CIS Department, together with the Office of Global Affairs, is sponsoring the Nestinari Bulgarian Folk Ensemble which will be performing here on campus at the Event Center on Thursday November 20, 2003 at 7:30pm. The Group, based in the S.F. Bay area, will present the traditional music and dances of Bulgaria - admission is free! |
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| Bowling Night |
| The Information Systems Association (ISA), Accounting Society, and MOM Society will have their semester get-together on Friday November 21st at McHenry Bowl. We have reserved lanes from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Cost is $8 per person. You may bring guests. If interested contact isaclubcsus@yahoo.com |
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| Course Cancellation |
| The state budget crisis has hit home :( Over the summer the CIS Department received word that we had to cancel at least one class. That turned out to be CIS 4740 Advanced Database Management Systems in the Fall 2003 semester. This class is still scheduled for Spring semester 2004.
If you are looking for a substitute or simply need an upper division CIS elective, please consider CIS 4710 Information Systems Management which can be taken either in Turlock or Stockton:
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Zaman N |
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CIS |
4713 |
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42833 |
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P 106 |
Zaman N |
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CIS |
4713 |
002 |
41107 |
0.0 |
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Zaman |
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| Gallo Lab Upgrade |
| Thanks to the E & J Gallo Winery for a generous program support grant of $100,000 plus numerous workstations and notebook computers, the CIS Gallo Lab P106 will be completely overhauled during the summer of 2003. All servers and all workstations will be upgraded or replaced. The ikaros2 Terminal Server will be augmented with a new dual 3 Ghz Xeon server. Thanks to CIS student Mark Mahacek who wrote the load balancing software, students will be able to link to one URL and be automatically directed to an available terminal server - pretty cool stuff! The Hermes student file server will be upgraded with additional storage; ikaros, our network Primary Domain Controller (it validates your account when you log in) will be replaced with a 3 Ghz server - significantly speeding up the log-in process. And the CIS Web server will be replaced with a 3 Ghz server with super-fast hard drives to better support streaming media.
Seventeen Dell workstations will be replaced with 3 Ghz PCs. The remaining workstations will eventually have TWO PCs with a KVM switch to allow sharing the monitor, keyboard and mouse/trackball. This will better accommodate the specialized needs of several CIS courses such as 4100 and 4800 while simultaneously making more general purpose workstations available for scheduled upper division CIS lab classes.. All workstations in the lab will have a high quality 17" NEC LCD monitor and both a trackball and scroll mouse. The system unit cabinets will be mounted below the table giving more workspace and a clearer view of the instructor console. One of the workstations will be equipped for serious video capturing and editing.
Thanks to your student lab fees we are also adding a newer and faster laser printer, a new scanner, and trackball pointing devices at every workstation.
In order to have the lab ready for Fall classes, the CIS Gallo Lab P106 will be closed for the summer 2003. We will do our best to keep the ikaros2 Terminal Server up and running to allow remote access to the CIS LAN.
Again, our thanks to the E & J Gallo Winery for their continuing support of the CIS program.
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| Outstanding CIS Student for 2002-2003 |
Congratulations to John Choi who has been selected by the CIS faculty as the Outstanding CIS Student for academic year 2002-2003.
This distinction is bestowed each year upon that student who, in the estimation of the faculty, exemplifies the best and brightest of our undergraduates in the CIS program. The recipient must have an exemplary academic record and have demonstrated exceptional potential in our discipline. We had a large group of worthy students this year which made the competition keen and the selection difficult.
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| CIS Student Survey |
| As part of an on-going continuous improvement process, the CIS Department is conducting a survey of CIS Majors and CIS Minors to determine perceived quality of the program. If you have not participated in the survey, which is being distributed in all CIS classes, please contact any CIS instructor or stop by the CIS Department office and complete one. There are only a few simple questions and it only takes a minute or two to complete, but your input is extremely valuable in helping us identify our strengths and weaknesses and will ultimately result in improvement to the CIS program. |
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| ISA Tour |
| The ISA is scheduled to tour Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Friday Dec. 6, 2002. This promises to be an exciting trip and will include viewing of the world's most powerful laser array which is nearing completion. It will be used to study nuclear fusion. The trip will also include a various computer facilities including massively parallel systems. See Mariana Sandoval right away if you want to join us because everyone needs a clearance to enter these high security facilities. |
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| CIS Sponsors Concert |
| The CIS Department, together with the Office of Global Affairs, sponsored the Moldova Gypsy Ensemble Orchestra and Dancers at the Event Center on Friday November 22, 2002. The Orchestra featured Roman Titcu on Cimbalom, Mikolai Prisakar on accordion, Stuart Brotman on string bass and Sheldon Brown on woodwinds. They performed a variety of Eastern Euopean, Klezmer, and Gypsy folk songs. The Ensemble Dancers performed traditional folk dances |
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| Faculty Research |
| Prof. Ron Lodewyck has been doing research for several years into ways to improve asynchronous student learning. Briefly, asynchronous learning means not face-to-face at a prescribed time and place. He reported some of his findings at two professional conferences in November:
"Efficacy of Streaming Media in Asynchronous Learning," Teaching Online in Higher Education International On-Line Conference, November 14, 2002
"Streaming Media in Asynchronous Learning ," INFORMS National Conference, San Jose, CA, November 17, 2002
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| Congratulations! |
| Oscar Rodriguez was selected by the CIS faculty as the Outstanding CIS Student for academic year 2001-2002.
CIS Majors Debbie Baker and Julie Foster and CIS professor Ron Lodewyck were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at a formal ceremony on April 26, 2002. Photo of Debbie, Julie, and friend. Photo of Debbie and Dr. Ron Lodewyck.
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| Stakeholders Meeting |
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The CIS Department hosted a meeting of stakeholders on February 8, 2002. The purpose of the meeting was to provide employers, student representatives, local community college faculty and adjunct faculty the opportunity to participate in the CIS program planning process. Executives and managers from E & J Gallo Winery, Foster Farms, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, SBC (Pac Bell), Turlock Irrigation District, as well as all full time CIS faculty, several student representatives, MJC faculty and adjunct faculty, participated. |
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| Faculty Honored |
Dr. Ron Lodewyck was selected as a CSUS Foundation Distinguished Professor with three year funding for his scholarly project "Efficacy of Synchronized Streaming Video in Asynchronous Learning."
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Lab Administrator
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Patrick Smith has been appointed as lab administrator for the CIS Department. Patrick is very knowledgeable about Microsoft operating systems and applications and has his MCSE. Be sure and say hello to Patrick and welcome him to the CIS Department. |
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New Name
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| The School of Business is now officially the College of Business Administration.
We love our new home!
The CIS Gallo Lab is located in room 106 in the new Demergasso-Bava Hall (Professional Schools Building).
CIS faculty and the CIS Department office are located on the second floor in the south wing of the new D-B Hall.
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