I.S. Nerd NightMarch 30, 2016

Compliments of Ed Weber

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MU Performance Consulting

• Practice your I.S. skills in the real-world• Sustain I.S. Performance Learning projects• Learn about the up and coming student-run consulting

firm.

• MUPC will be presenting at Celebrations of Scholarhip.

Interested in Pi?

• Know a little Linux?• Want to cluster computers together?• Be part of a team to build a Raspberry Pi

cluster for physics and the Maker Space in the new University Commons

• Research Publication Opportunity• Contact RJ if interested

State Farm Visit Day• Friday, April 8• 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

• Visit with Millikin alumni• Tour a ginormous data center• Have lunch• See what’s like to work at State Farm

• RSVP to RJ and Ed by Monday, April 4

Midwest Digital Media Conference• Speakers from Pandora, Adobe, Linkedin,

Yahoo, Oracle, Google, Pinterest, and others

• Email or talk to RJ if interested

Free Resources• Download VMware virtualization software for free from myMILLIKIN• Download several Microsoft titles for free from Dreamspark through myMILLIKINsuch as:

•Windows 10•Visual Studio•Visio, Access, and Project•SQL Server•Several others

AITP NCC Conference April 7-10

• Association of Information Technology Professional

• Competitions, Break-out Sessions, Key-note speakers

• Court Tulak and Taylor Wilson will be competing and part of the poster session

Fall I.S. Class Offerings

• IS130: Spreadsheet Applications

• IS240: Foundations of Information Systems

• IS270: Database Fundamentals (1 cr)

• IS321: System Analysis and Design

• IS322: Web/Mobile App Development

• IS362: IT Security and Risk Management

• IS470: Business Intelligence & Big Data

• Eligible for Disney Travel Couse in January

#MK365 – “The Disney Class”

• Information Session for next Disney Trip• April 6, 4:30 – 6:30 – SCO 208

• MK365 1 credit travel course• Meets from Oct – Dec with travel in January

• Paired with IS470 or MK363• Pre/co-req = MK200• IS270 pre-req for IS470

Academic Certificates

• Not an I.S. major?• Want to add technical skills to your

degree?

• Talk to RJ or Ed about our new Academic Certificates in Information Systems:• Study in 1 of 3 areas:

• Application Development• Data Management• Security & Compliance

Wish the Ball State Teams Good Luck!

• Dove Team• Peyton Munch• Brock Trader• Alex Tueth• Court Tulak

• Mari-Mann Team• Joe Barker• Eric Johnson• Billy Neumann

• Wish them luck as the present at the Project and Case Competition April 15-17

• You could be on a team next year!