ISSA is recruiting new officers for the 08-09 school year!

As an ISSA Officer you will gain:

Great Leadership Skills
Valuable Experience (to put on your resume)
Outstanding Networking Opportunities (with you peers as well as IT companies)

This year's budget include monies for:

Officers/Members to travel to conferences (up to 4 ppl)
Exciting student events
Purchase of more certification training software and books.

The current positions available are:

President
VP of Finance
VP of Marketing
VP of Operations
VP of Technology
VP of Alumni

For a description of each position visit our website at issa.pdx.edu. All interested members should send in their nominations to issa@pdx.edu by May 29th.

Please include the following in your email:
Name
Majors
Year at school
What position
Why you want to be an officer

Next years officers will be announced at our end of year party on Thursday, June 5th, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Leai Rose at leai@pdx.edu.

ISSA is having a end of year shebang! We

Take a break from studying and come:

Eat, Bowl,Play Pool, Xbox 360 or WII *ALL FOR FREE!!!*

Everyone is invited. All majors, alumnni and students alike!

Where:
PSU Viking Game Room, Smith Memorial Student Union Basement
Thursday, June 5, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 pm

FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS!!!

The talk will be given by Saori Clark; Interim Assistant Dean of Students, Lissa Kaufman; Student Legal Services, and Craig Schiller; Chief Information Security Officer. This informative session will cover the truth about file sharing and its potential consequences. In addition, Student Legal Services will describe the services and options available to you, if you are accused.


The talk will be given in room SMSU 236 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm on 13 March, 2008.

ISSA IS Alumni Career Panel
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
4:00 - 5:30 PM
SBA 290

Come and hear about life after the IS Degree!

Our panelist include PSU Alumni:

John Kirk, Senior Systems Analyst, The Standard Insurance
MyTrang Nguyen, IT Developer, Freightliner LLC
Joe Eigner, Senior Product Analyst, Stockamp & Associates
Jason Myers, Software Engineer, IBM

Our speakers all have their IS Degrees from Portland State University. They will tell you a little about their PSU experience, what they do now and how they got to where they are. Come prepared with questions.

Refreshments will be served!

See you there!

Each year, the Society of Information Management (SIM) host an exciting day filled with events for IS students from PSU, OSU and OIT campuses.

What is Society of Information Managements (SIM)?

"The SIM Portland chapter is an organization of senior level information technology leaders who want to remain abreast of industry trends. It provides a venue to network with peers who are leaders in other information technology organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington."

The scheduled events are as follows:

This year, all events will take place on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008.

Nike Tour/Presentation (9:45 am to 12:45 pm) – a tour of the Nike’s data center, a presentation about Nike’s supply chain technology, lunch, a presentation on Nike’s product creation IT, and a tour of the Nike campus. (Dress code: Business Casual)

Intel Tour/Presentation (1:00 pm to 4:00 pm) – an informal discussion with IT executives about their careers paths and work experiences, an overview presentation of the Intel IT organization, and a tour of Intel’s new high performance data center. (Dress code: Business Casual)

SIM Dinner @ Embassy Suites (4th & Pine) (5:30 pm to 8:15 pm) – “Meet and greet,” dinner, and a presentation on “Attracting, Developing & Retaining IT Professionals.” (Dress Code: Business Professional)

Who can attend?

All IS, ISM and CS students are invited. However, space is limited to 20 students/faculty. Priority will be given first to seniors on a first to respond basis, and then to juniors on a first to respond basis.

This is an exciting opportunity that you do not want to miss out on. Sign up for ONE or ALL of these events. All events are free! To reserve your spot at any one of these events or for more information, email: issa@pdx.edu by January 10th, 2008.