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Faculty Honored at CAS Reception |
 Two MCIS faculty members were honored with prestigious awards at the annual College of Arts and Sciences reception. Dr. Andrew Ciganek was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for the College of Arts and Sciences (which MCIS department chair Dr. Fred Kelley accepted on his behalf as Dr. Ciganek is teaching in Thailand this summer) while Dr. Jeffrey Chen received the Distinguished Research Award for the College of Arts and Sciences. These honors are particularly impressive for the MCIS department as they comprise two of the three major awards that are given by the college each year and continues the strong tradition of previous honorees from the MCIS department. |
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 Dr. Andrew P. Ciganek has been invited as a visiting professor to teach at Assumption University in Bangkok, Thailand during the 2008 summer term. Assumption University is an International institution (all instruction in English) that has approximately 20,000 students. While in Thailand, Dr. Ciganek will conduct research and also pursue partnerships between JSU and Thai universities that seek to expand the reach of the MCIS department as well as increase the diversity of the MCIS program.
Dr. Ciganek will maintain a blog during his time in Thailand to document his teaching, research, and service activities. |
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State Tournament a Success! |
 Hundreds of players and supporters attended the 2008 Alabama Scholastic Chess Championships this past weekend to make it a rousing success for its host, the MCIS department. From the Web casting of all top games with live commentary, to the demonstration (and participation) of computer games produced by computer science students in our game programming classes, to the dozens of volunteers that helped out over the weekend, this was truly a wonderful event that showcased the exciting things happening in the MCIS department. |
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