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On May 20th, the faculty, alumni, students and their guests will get together for a networking event at a Milwaukee Brewer's baseball game. A pregame reception will be held at 11:00 AM on the day of the game. The site for the pregame event is Miss Katie's Diner, which is adjacent to campus. Attendees will take a shuttle to Miller Park for the game that starts at 1:10 PM.
Game tickets have been booked but the pre-game networking event is open to anyone from the program who wants to participate. Any alumni or students interested should contact me via e-mail (thomas.kaczmarek@mu.edu) or call 414-288-6734.
Partners with the Local Community
The MS in Computing program has always focused on helping IT professionals and local employers. This fall, the program assisted the Dairyland Chapter of HIMMS in sponsoring a CPHIMS certification study group. Our contribution reflects the program's commitment to providing help to the professional community, IT professionals, and local employers. Innovative cooperation such as this can deliver benefits to all parties.
Daryl J. Duenkel, from the Dairyland Chapter, sent us the following message:
"On behalf of the Dairyland HIMSS Board of Directors Membership Advancement Committee I wish to express our gratitude to you and Marquette for hosting the fall 2011 CPHIMS Study Group. It’s very important to the committee to have organizations like yours step up and host. This was the first time we had an educational institution host the event."
Student Opinions from the Professional Seminar now Published
In 2010, the program launched a professional seminar series as a 1-credit course. We strongly encourage all students to take this seminar each semester. We address current topics, encourage independent analysis of technology, foster synthesizing relationships between isolated chunks of knowledge, and promote communication skills. We have added a standard assignment at the conclusion of the semester to write a blog about the topic we have studied. You can read student opinions developed in past seminars at www.mumscomputing.wordpress.com.
MS in Computing Networking Event
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Alumni, guests, students, and faculty of the MS Computing program came together for a networking event on December 10th. There was a chance to meet and connect at a pre-game reception followed by attending a Marquette basketball game as a group. The conversations at the pre-game reception ranged from reconnecting with classmates and faculty to the discussion of technical issues faced in the working environment. It was a good time to catch up on people's career development and personal accomplishments The Golden Eagles took care of things on court giving the attendees a chance to cheer and celebrate. The next opportunity for a gathering will be during spring of 2012 when we will sponsor a visit to Miller Park to see the Brewers play. |
Recognition for Bringing Value to BI
Business Intelligence (BI) refers to using computing to identify, extract, and analyze business data for purposes of making intelligent business decisions. It requires knowledge of computing, analysis, and business. Our approach to supporting BI is to rely heavily on foundational courses and present opportunities to witness and participate in the integration of computer science, math, and business. Information-Management .com, recently applauded our approach. They named Marquette as one of eight institutions bringing value to Business Intelligence education. Click on the image below to see the full story.
Supporting Healthcare in Wisconsin through CPHIMS Certification
Healthcare is big business here in southeast Wisconsin and everywhere these days. The industry is looking for vast changes and improvements through purposeful uses of information technology (IT).
Marquette's MS in Computing program cosponsored a focus group with southeast Wisconsin healthcare IT leadership that examined the needs of the healthcare industry. One of the identified needs was qualified professionals to create and manage information systems.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) provides certification though the CPHIMS testing process. The Dairyland Chapter of HIMSS (http://www.wisconsinhimss.org/) assists professionals seeking certification via study groups. We are hosting a local study group for the next exam cycle to support the process.
Ahead of the BI Class
Information-Management.com, is an online publication of the influential SourceMedia Inc. They recently highlighted our program in an article Ahead of the BI Class. The sub-title to the article said it best. "Marquette University bucks academic silo trends, keeps topics fresh for information management education."
Read the article here.
Thanks for joining us at the Open House There was a good turnout at our open house on August 3rd. One observation to pass along is that I was pleased to see corporate recruiters attend. Most of them came from companies that have either hired graduates or supported employees who participated in the MS Computing program through tuition assistance. Their presence confirms the value of the program and the increase in demand for technically skilled workers. Many of us have read about the growth in the industry, but it is good to see evidence of it in the Milwaukee area.
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Entrepreneur Week
The Computing Program along with the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored a panel discussion during Entrepreneurship Week (November 14-20). This annual event celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week. The panel discussion featured speakers who have used analytics and computing to launch successful businesses.
Networking and Networking events for the M.S. Computing Program
The M.S. Computing faculty, students, and alumni were invited to a basketball game and reception in the fall. This spring we added a trip to a Brewer's game with a pre-game reception at Miss Katie's. Networking events for alumni, current students, and perspective students provide a time to meet and chat about technology, or careers, or whatever is on your mind.
Also, to promote networking, I have established a LinkedIn group, Marquette University MS in Computing. I encourage students, faculty, and alumni to join. I post interesting articles and comments there. I also use it to advertise events. Feel free to sign up for the group and start a discussion or just join and monitor what is going on.
I am also using twitter to pass along articles and news. The Twitter account is MUMSComp.
Alumni Story
I thought I would pass along a story about one of our graduates. If someone asks what is a Marquette degree in computing good for, the answer is just about anything in the hands of the right person.
Project Tanzania: Brother Albin's story
Brother Albin with school children in Tanzania.
How did a Polish religious brother with no college degree end up turning heads in Marquette's master's program in computer science and then use that knowledge to transform the lives of hundreds in Tanzania? (Read the full feature story.)
Marquette alumni Eric and Karine Boos first met Brother Albin Laga, S.D.S., at the Salvatorian Institute in Tanzania, where Brother Albin was the technical plant supervisor. He is like the Mozart of electronics, Eric says. He can do anything with any machine. It was Brother Albin who created the entire infrastructure for the college's $25 million campus, installing the phone, computer, water filtration and solar energy systems.
But as a young boy growing up in communist Poland, he scored poorly on an aptitude test because of an eye problem. Deprived of education, he turned to the Catholic Church, joined the Salvatorian order as a religious brother and was able to receive vocational training. He moved to Morogoro, Tanzania, in 1989 and began teaching himself computers a few years later. He fell in love with designing and developing database systems.
It came time when learning everything by myself became quite hard, Brother Albin says. It was then that I expressed my desire to Eric and Karine to increase my computer knowledge in a professional way. At that time Eric and Karine proposed Marquette to me.
And so Eric and Karine persuaded Brother Albin's religious superiors to give him a sabbatical in 2004. With the help of scholarships and benefactors, they got him into Marquette, where he started auditing classes in computer science. Marquette quickly bumped him up to regular master's student status, despite the fact that he didn't have a bachelor's degree.
At the beginning I was very afraid. That is why I joined MU not for a degree program, but for a professional improvement program, Brother Albin explains. When I began to attend the classes, I learned that it was exactly what I was looking for.
He graduated with his master's in 2006 and returned to Tanzania to put what he learned into practice. His latest project is developing a nationwide network for the Catholic radio stations of Tanzania.
Some people find joy and happiness when they can do something for others, simply be useful, Brother Albin says. In Tanzania, there are many such opportunities on many different fields. Most of the poor people can pay you back joy and peace, which actually is more than enough of what we need when doing charitable work with Christ. I think that I belong to that group of people.
Summer 2012 Research Experience
