On Wednesday, January 14th SIM will be hosting the annual Student Day activities (this is an all day event). This is a great opportunity for you to tour a few facilities and to rub elbows with some of the CIO's around the Portland Community!



The activities include:

• Meeting at Columbia Sportswear Warehouse in N.Portland for a tour of their pick-n-pack facility. This is a very automated warehouse and should provide an excellent view into a critical supply chain environment.
  


• Meeting at PGE's downtown facility to tour the computer room, and power distribution/operations room.
  


• Dinner at the Embassy Suites with CIO's around the Portland area. Great networking event!!
  

More details about times will be sent out closer to the event.

If you are interested in attending this event please send your name, contact info, and school status (if you're a senior, junior, etc.) to issa@pdx.edu. We have a limited of number of students that we can send, so please RSVP.

Coming up soon:

ISSA is partnering with Free Geek for a recycling event!

Coming up January 14th, we're having our first big event!

SIM student dinner, SIM (Society for Information Management) is inviting ISSA members to a dinner with CIO's around the Portland area. Here's your chance to network with some of Portland's Executives.

More details will be sent closer to the event.

ISSA GENERAL MEETING! FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS!

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
4:15 - 5:30 PM

SBA 390
Hirav Dave from CampusPoint will be coming out to give tips on your resume and interviews. He's also going to be promoting jobs and internships focused in the IT discipline.

We'll be sending out another email with more information.

Free pizza and refreshments!

The orientation for the 2008-2009 Braindump will be October 10th (Friday) at 6pm. The location will be The Engineering Building Room 102 (EB 102).

Sixteen years ago, an intrepid band of hackers banded together to create The Computer Action Team. Through a process known as The Braindump and an environment that rewarded creativity and self-motivation, they honed their skills and helped create an enduring organization that functions as the IT support group for the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.

It is time to grow yet another generation of system hackers. If you've thought about getting into IT, becoming a systems admin, geeking out on networking,
or understanding what it took to be in this biz, you should drop by and see what this is all about. We will talk about who we are, what we do, the Braindump, what it takes and The Deal.

Volunteering for the CAT is not a cakewalk. You will need enthusiasm, drive, a willingless to learn (and learn quickly), a love for computers AND good social skills. Oh, and yes, you should be a PSU student.

Braindump meets every Friday evening at 6pm. If you are serious about learning systems administration plan to invest about 10 hours a week.

And should you join, we promise to simultaneously expand your mind and eviscerate your social life.

See if you have what it takes.....

Go to: http://www.cat.pdx.edu to learn more about the Computer Action Team.