Congratulations to the MIS Outstanding Seniors

The University of Arizona Foundation’s Outstanding Senior Awards program was established in 1971 to recognize the outstanding performances of the University's best seniors.

Every fall and spring semester, the academic departments within the Eller College nominate one graduating senior from their major for this award.

The Arizona Foundation Outstanding Senior for the Eller College is selected by a committee who interviews the individual department nominees. Final selection is made by weighing the candidates’ academic and extra-curricular achievements.

Congratulations to the following who have represented the MIS department over the years.

** indicates MIS/OM students who won the The Arizona Foundation Outstanding Senior for the Eller College.

The Ellerman Scholars were established in 2012 in honor of Mr. Brian Ellerman, an MIS alumnus and strong supporter of the MIS Department. The awards were established in recognition of his leadership, service and academic interests in the department.

Ellerman Award for Leadership and Service

Awarded to graduating seniors in MIS and OSCM that have made significant contributions to the MIS Department through their work in MIS/OM student organizations and departmental programs.

Ellerman Award for Academic Achievement

Awarded to graduating seniors in MIS and OM that have demonstrated academic excellence in their MIS studies.

As an undergraduate Eller MIS student, Joelle Benson was given the opportunity to put into practice the cutting-edge information systems theories she learned in the classroom by working with Regents’ Professor Jay Nunamaker in his Center for the Management of Information (CMI) lab.

Within the CMI lab, Joelle helped conduct research on technology and processes that allow groups to move toward new levels of efficiency and productivity. “The MIS department gave me a solid educational foundation, and challenged me to constantly strive to achieve and succeed post-college.”

Now the Director Sales Strategy, Americas for DellEMC Global Compute & Client Solutions, Joelle is giving back and providing the same type of opportunities she received to current MIS undergraduates.

Joelle’s scholarship, which is partially funded with Dell’s corporate matching program, provides MIS undergraduates the opportunity to participate in hands-on research projects involving analytics in health care during their fall and spring semesters. Selected students will be eligible to receive $1,250 per semester. The scholarship was established 2017.

Information for Applicants

This scholarship provides funding for undergraduate students to pursue research work within the MIS department. Priority is given to research work involving Big Data Analytics: the process of collecting, organizing and analyzing a variety of datasets to discover patterns and useful information. Examples in the health care field include individualized/personalized medicine, genomics, health care data from the web and social media and data gathered by sensors and wearable devices. 

Scholarship Benefits

• $1,250 for the spring 2019 semester 
• Work with the INSITE: Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics. Receive hands-on experience in research projects involving analytics in health care
• Receive mentoring from Joelle Benson 

Eligibility Requirements

• Enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student
• Admitted into the Eller College Professional Program (eligible to enroll in upper-division courses)
• Majoring in Management Information Systems
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater

Preference is given to students who meet the following criteria:

• Enrolled in the Honors College
• Demonstrate an interest in Big Data Analytics in health care 

Congratulations to the following awardees:

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The Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Scholarship was established to recognize Juniors who excel in MIS and who show promise for success in the business world.

Congratulations to the following awardees:

The Konana Scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students at Eller who are majoring in MIS, have at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA and demonstrate financial need. 

The Konur Family Scholarship began in 2007 and is given to MIS students who are in their second, third or fourth year of their program. Awards are made to outstanding students based on their merit and promise of success.

Congratulations to the following awardees:

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Established in 2010, theLaSalle-Chen Scholarship is available to students with advanced standing in MIS or Operations Management. The scholarship’s goal is to encourage and support students with significant academic promise that have overcome personal challenges to obtain advanced standing in MIS. The scholarship’s focus is one of encouragement and allowing students to fulfill their promise, and therefore is open to all students who obtain advanced standing in MIS regardless of their current GPA. 

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The scholarship is an annual award of $1000, and is renewable as long as the student continues to make progress towards their degree and remains in good academic standing. There will be a total of 5 scholarships awarded per year.

The LaSalle-Chen Scholarship was established in honor of two MIS professors. Dr. Jim LaSalle is Professor Emeritus of the MIS Department at the University of Arizona, having served the MIS department and the University for more than 30 years as a master teacher. Dr. Hsinchun Chen is McClelland Professor of MIS at the University of Arizona. He has served the MIS department and The University for 30 years and has been a prolific researcher.

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded the LaSalle-Chen Scholarship!

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William and Florence Schmidt believed in the importance of making available to youth the opportunity to secure a good educational foundation on which to build a better future.

The William and Florence Schmidt scholarships are awarded each year to MIS students who are making satisfactory progress toward their degree.

Congratulations to the following current and past awardees.