• Effective May 1, 2008, the MSISeC degree has been eliminated, and no new students will be admitted to the program.  Please read more . . .
• The ASU College of Business has reorganized as of January 30, 2008.  The CIT Department and the Accounting Department are now administratively combined, and Professor Tina Quinn will be serving as chair of both departments. 
• Congratulations to the five CIT faculty members who have recently been awarded tenure and/or promotion:
  • Associate Professor Russ Jones, promoted to Professor
  • Associate Professor Farhad Moeeni, promoted to Professor
  • Associate Professor Paula Ruby, awarded tenure
  • Associate Professor Richard Segall, awarded tenure
  • Assistant Professor Ahmad Syamil, awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor
• ASU faculty member Farhad Moeeni successfully planned and coordinated the recent Identity Solutions Symposium, held February 21-22, 2007 at the ASU Student Union.  Find out more . . .
• Eight CIT faculty members have recently been awarded 13 major grants, both internal and external, for consulting, research, training, and/or technology transfer.  Read more . . .
• Amer Dalain, from Damascus, Syria, is ASU's first Fulbright grantee and he has chosen the MSISeC program for his graduate work, starting Spring 2005.  Read more . . .
• Ritter Communications has endowed a $10,000 scholarship fund for CIT students interested in telecommunications-related pursuits; for further information, please see the details page.
• ASU, led by the CIT Department and the Computer Science Department, has been named Novell's first Linux Center of Excellence.  This means, among other things that
  • We are recognized nationally as  Novell Academic Training Partner.
  • Professor Russ Jones, CNI (Certified Novell Instructor) will lead the effort to infuse Linux/Novell content into our curriculum.
  • We will be adding a Linux course this spring, to be supported by lab that is being converted to the Linux platform.
  • Training in conjunction with the Delta Center will be held to enhance the professional development of our faculty and to assist area IT professionals with the migration to open source computing.
• SuSE Linux training is coming soon; see the announcement for more information.
• At their May 10 meeting, the ASU Board of Trustees approved the reorganization of the College of Business.  That reorganization eliminated the old department structure and created:
  • Accounting & Law
  • Computer & Information Technology
  • Economics & Finance
  • Management & Marketing
• The CIT faculty conducted an on-campus retreat April 27 to begin the strategic planning process.  A SWOT analysis was conducted, and numerous ideas were developed for shaping the new department.
• More later . . .

04/30/2008