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.: Batra publishes first-ever text on "Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design." As a result, Batra and Kuldeep Kumar, professor and Ryder Eminent Scholar in Decision Sciences and Information Systems, completely revamped the course to include this object-oriented focus. However, they discovered that there was no text available to teach the revised course as they had conceptualized it. With the help of publisher Prentice-Hall and fellow authors Joey George, Joseph Valacich, and Jeffrey Hoffer, Batra undertook the writing of Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design, which, he proudly proclaims, "is the first teaching text of its kind." The book hits the shelves in December, 2003.
.: College's Nicholls and several alumni win Torch Awards. Every year, Florida International University (FIU) honors faculty and alumni who have had a positive impact on their professions and on the community by presenting them with its prestigious Torch Awards. This year, Marketing Professor and Chair John Nicholls was selected to receive the Outstanding Faculty Award. Nicholls, who is among the elite group of FIU's Founding Professors, has been a faculty member here since its opening in 1972. Several College alumni also were among this year's Torch Award recipients:
.: Elam wins International Businesswoman of the Year Award. Executive Dean Joyce Elam received the "International Businesswoman of the Year" award in the "Large Company" (more than 200 employees) category at the Third Annual International Business Woman of the Year Awards Ceremony, held November 12 and presented by Women in International Trade. Keynote speaker for the event, which also recognized winners in the "Small/Medium Company" and "Service Provider" categories, was Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin. .: We're looking for a few good entrepreneurs! Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2004 Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon to be held May 13, 2004, at Parrot Jungle Island in Miami, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. In addition to the annual induction of an alumnus into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, the event will feature the presentation of several additional awards recognizing entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures:
Nominating criteria for the 2004 Inductee as well as for the other 2004 awards are outlined on the web site. Nominations will be accepted until December 22, 2003.
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.: The NSHMBA Conference provided the Chapman School with an opportunity to promote its purpose and its products, which include a diverse and bright student body.
More than 40 students and leaders from the College of Business Administration and its Chapman Graduate School of Business attended the 14th National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last month. The Conference attracted more than 6,000 MBA students and professionals to promote the advancement of Hispanics and other minorities in the business world. Students had the opportunity to interview with major corporations, including Microsoft, Dell, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Wachovia Bank, and hundreds of others, in what was one of the largest-ever career expos for (mostly) Hispanic MBAs. Conference attendees also participated in numerous professional development seminars, two of which were led by Executive Dean Joyce Elam and Dean José de la Torre. .: Alumni Circle kicks off pilot mentoring program.
Alumni Circle members and their selected "mentees" gathered at Modesto A. Maidique Campus on November 18th for a luncheon and presentation to launch what will become the College's official mentoring program. Mentors and mentees used the kick-off to get to know one another, learn the details and expectations of the program, and begin designing their mentoring plans. The program, developed as one of the Circle's major initiatives, will allow senior-level alumni and other executives in South Florida to remain connected with the College and its students by helping them determine their paths to personal and professional success. Alumni Circle members will evaluate the program as it unfolds in order to offer it to a greater number of students and alumni next fall. For information about the Alumni Circle or the mentoring program, please call Monique Catoggio (EMBA '03), director of alumni and partner relations, at 305-348-4227. .: Business Alumni Chapter launches its community service initiative. Alumni and other members of the College of Business Administration and University communities now have the opportunity to select among several non-profit organizations for which to volunteer their time. The College's Alumni Chapter's Community Service Committee will design a different project each month, providing alumni with a variety of charitable projects on which to work as best suits their interests. The first program will be held on Saturday, December 13th, at the South Florida Animal Rehabilitation Center. Participants (children are welcome) will have the opportunity to help care for exotic animals that either have been confiscated by the state or are no longer wanted by their owners. Animals include tigers, lions, Florida panthers, peacocks, snakes, ostriches, and others. To RSVP for this event, please visit the Business Alumni Chapter's Calendar of Events or call Nelson Vallin (BBA '99), the committee's chairman, at 786-443-6528. |
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For several years now, Dinesh Batra, associate professor, Decision Sciences and Information Systems, has taught "Systems Analysis and Design," a required course for nearly all students in computer science and management information systems (MIS) programs. In 2002, when the faculty who teach in the Chapman School's Master of Science in Information Systems program were asked to evaluate it, they cited the need to update the "Systems Analysis and Design" course to appeal more to MIS than to computer science students, as it traditionally had. The group agreed that the new course ought to provide an object-oriented perspective and to incorporate Unified Modeling Language (UML)-which is increasingly popular in the IS field-along with a state-of-the-art CASE tool based on UML.
On Saturday, November 1, some 40 members of the CBA community (students, faculty, and alumni) spent the day on a Habitat for Humanity construction site building a single-family home in the Jordan Commons community of South Dade. Among those who rolled up their sleeves for a good cause were Marketing Department faculty Bob Hogner and Barnett Greenberg, and Executive Dean Joyce Elam. For more information about the College's Civic Engagement Initiative, visit 
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