MIS Scholarships and Awards

MIS Scholarships and Awards

Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships

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

AWARD WINNER YEAR
Lucy Matson
Derek Noga
Spring 2023
Pablo Gonzalez Borbon
Carmen Nava
Fall 2022
Khirin Dacanay Spring 2022
Allison Miracle Fall 2021
Christopher Brown Spring 2021
Donna Doss Fall 2020
Camden Lowe Spring 2020
Brain Leatherman Fall 2019
Alessandra Laguit Fall 2018
Alexandra Wibowo Spring 2018
Caitlin McHugh Fall 2017
Sarah Harris Spring 2017
Ivan Mendez Gonzalez Fall 2016
Thao Vo Spring 2016

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

spring 2023
Isaiah Bae Phan Chung Kiera Connolly Blake Cooper Cade Dacosta
Meagan Gober Thomas Howard Brandon Jung Shreyas Khandekar John Konrad
Loren Roberson Justin Schade Julia Spencer Richard Squillaro Jacob Stoller
Marco Wajda Alex Wortley Ziad Zibaoui Megan Zink  
fall 2022
Linnea Andersson Joseph Cazzato Olivia Roben
spring 2022
Chris Burney Ron Kirklin
fall 2021
Ria Banerjee Karl Futscher
spring 2021
Katherine David Heather Kirkland Kelsey McClellan Ryan Solaire Hallie Srebnick
Petr Tilstrom Trevor Volpe Wyatt Weisel  
fall 2020
Qilun Hang Ingrid Heim Patrick Lang Lars Severson Isabella Stoesser
Keegan Wick        
spring 2020
John Curley Samuel Feroze Talia Hintermeister Ryan Johnson Jessica Miller
Jessica Wherty        
fall 2019
Morcos Boutros Wonseok Kang Sang Ho Kim Ryan McCurry Ryan Rouhani
Paul Schneider        
fall 2018
Jiatong Chen Jinshan Chen Signe Grant Xiaoyu Lei Danielle Orozco
spring 2018
Steven Blend Peyton Carney Amna Mahzar Kevin Nguyen
fall 2017
Yi Chen Tyler Downey Matthew Labarre Kathryn Lindsey Takeshi Miyauchi
Jacqueline Mwangi        
spring 2017
Courtney Buchanan Kory Chinn Sean Furrier Dorothy Fleur-De-Lis Likas Henry Roden
fall 2016
Rebecca Lynn Paul Siying Tao Kunbo Zhao
spring 2016
Manford Jong Lynn Konrad Caroline Roseri William Yee

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Joelle Benson

Joelle Benson '95 BSBA (MIS). Photo courtesy Joelle Benson.

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 Area Vice President, Workspace Solutions Group Enterprise Acquisition for Dell EMC 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. 


Congratulations to the following awardees:

fall 2020
Donna Doss Rebecca Ryan Shelbie Deatrick Danna Hernandez Mirelle Joevin
Libby Merchant Janice Vuong
spring 2020
Aaron Massis Maria Lacau
fall 2019
Aaron Massis
2017
Sreya Chagarlamudi

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:

Fall 2022
Ethan Hefflin Georgina Owusu-Bio
Fall 2021
Linnea Andersson Cichen Liu Reza Sanayei
Fall 2020
Michael McCarthy Mya White
spring 2020
Luis Martinez Canuto Sanchez Nicole Svatek
Fall 2019
Luis Martinez Canuto Sanchez Nicole Svatek
spring 2017
Briana Marek Takeshi Miyauchi
Fall 2016
Steven John Reichard Ryan Witt
Spring 2015
Jasmine Hui-hsin Cheng Jenifer Wong
Fall 2014
Jordan Ngoc Nguyen Kc James Seitz
spring 2014
David McKibben
Fall 2013
Monica Wisehart
spring 2013
Haily De La Cruz Vincent Ercolani
Fall 2012
Ryan Jicha Alfred Jimenez
spring 2012
Jay Fielder Amy Vandemark
Fall 2011
Michael Burnell Gabriela Guardiola
Fall 2010
Marina Mora
Fall 2009
Bryce Good Ryan Kolofer

    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. 


    Congratulations to the following awardees:

    fall 2022
    Peter Lane
    fall 2021
    Jared Moon
    fall 2020
    Jared Moon
    fall 2019
    Craig Doughty

    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:

    fall 2022
    Briana Cuteri
    fall 2021
    Jasmine Wong
    FALL 2020
    Desiree Capuano
    spring 2020
    Thomas Garcia Tyler Nazifi
    fall 2019
    Sarah Jassim Brandon Parker
    spring 2017
    Matthew Gauthier
    fall 2016
    Alejandra Nunez Garcia
    spring 2016
    Jennifer Monroe
    fall 2015
    Tyler Williams
    spring 2015
    Mounica Urity
    spring 2014
    Demar Ricardo Stewart
    spring 2013
    Nidhi Arora
    fall 2012
    Kyle Olsen
    spring 2012
    Tingting He
    fall 2011
    Jennifer Dicochea Wendelin Willis
    fall 2010
    Wendelin Willis
    fall 2009
    Wendelin Willis
    fall 2008
    Joshua Mickler

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      LaSalle-Chen Scholarship

      Established in 2010, the LaSalle-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. 

      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.

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      LaSalle and Chen

      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 a UA Regents' 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!

      Fall 2022

      Jacob Forbes

      Kiernan Sherman

      Prarthanaa Singhal

      spring 2022
      Cade Dacosta

      Rodina Katbah

       

      fall 2021

      Anthony Gallegos

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      Norma Gutierrez

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      Georgina Owusu-Bio

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      spring 2020
      Desiree Capuano Annika Etheredge Defago

      Fall 2019

      Brandon Parker

      Craig Doughty

      Sarah Jassim

      Spring 2018

      Daniel Dickson

      Juan Pablo Penaloza

       

      Fall 2017

       Tristan Giles

      Courtney Ong

      Jorge Alberto Dominguez

      Spring 2017

      Alan Escalante

      Jacob Boubion

      Fall 2016

       Alexandra K. Gomez

      Jacob D. Lassiter

      Marc P. Duggan

      Spring 2016

      Ebitie Amughan

      Guadalupe Angeles

      Jonathan Korth

      Brek Thompson

      Fall 2015

      Matthew Leeper

      Steven Cabrera

       

      Spring 2015

      Ebitie Thomasina Amughan

      Jonathan Michael Korth

       

      Fall 2014

      Calvin Barreras

      Adrian Ulises Gonzalez

      Ygochukwu Ume

      Spring 2014

      Stephen Michael Dolan

      Vincent John Ercolani

      Tyson Keith

      Fall 2013

      Huy Quoc Nguyen

      Demar Stewart

       

      Spring 2013

      John Grisham

      Jennifer Sinclair

       

      Fall 2012

      Isaac Ranular Taverns

      Vinh Truong

      Mo Zhou

      Fall 2011

      Timothy R. Lujan

      Louise McDermott

       

      Fall 2010

      Caryn Conde

      Lavanya Harish

      Jamie Meadows

      Created in 2020, the Mike and Gail Stoner Scholarship was created to provide up to a full-tuition scholarship to a deserving undergraduate student(s). 


      Congratulations to the following awardees:

      fall 2022
      Ryan Duffy
      fall 2021
      Meagan Nichols
      fall 2020
      Ryan Pinkerton

      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.

      award winner

      YEAR 

      Alex Haugh Spring 2023
      Micah Nystedt Fall 2022
      Maria Cafferata Spring 2022

      Adam Vella

      Fall 2021

      Daniel Barney

      Fall 2020

      Jayasangeetha Thanikachalam

      Spring 2020

      Madison Stidham

      Fall 2019

      Andras Szep

      Spring 2019

      Courtney Ong

      Fall 2018

      Emma Wood

      Spring 2018

      Ben Ampel

      Fall 2017

      Hannah Lynn Barry

      Spring 2017

      Rebecca L. Paul**

      Fall 2016

      Mounica Urity

      Spring 2016

      Jieun Huh

      Fall 2015

      Adam Eugene Crompton

      Spring 2015

      Allison Gray Merdinger

      Fall 2014

      Victoria Rose DeHaven

      Spring 2014

      Lauren Wynn

      Fall 2013

      Nidhi Arora

      Spring 2013

      Kyle Olsen

      Fall 2012

      Ryan FitzPatrick

      Spring 2012

      Jennifer A. Dicochea

      Fall 2011

      Joseph Altamirano

      Spring 2011

      Ryan Kolfer

      Fall 2010

      Richard Catlin

      Spring 2010

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

      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 awardees:

      Fall 2022
      Keegan Alford Linnea Andersson Ana Borboa Sean Cox Audra Hegyi
      David Moreano Meagan Nichols Derek Noga Micah Nystedt Jingwen Shi
      spring 2022
      Nour Abdelhalim Linnea Andersson Jitendra Baid Veronica Borboa Jesus Corimaya
      Briana Cuteri Sydney Huxtable Aaron Massis Meagan Nichols Georgina Owusu-Bio
      Ishan Shah Austin Victors Katherine Wu    
      fall 2021
      Maxwell Baruch Justice Craig Tam Duong Kyrah Hughley Lydia Mitchell
      Griffin Rettig Joseph Ross Jeffrey Wright Ming Zeng  
      Fall 2020
      Daniel Barney Donna Doss Ingrid Heim Patrick Lang Isabella Stoesser
      Lars Severson Keegan Wick Qilun Hang Tam Duong Jasmine Wong
      Ahana Singh Elizabeth Covely Heather Kirkland    
      spring 2020
      Jaya Thanikachalam Camden Lowe Jessica Wherty Ryan Johnson John Curley
      Samuel Feroze Jessica Miller Talia Hintermeister Denisse Farias Cameron Gillette
      Heather Kirkland Nicole Svatek      
      Fall 2019
      Madison Stidham Brian Leatherman Paul Schneider Wonseok Kang Sang Ho Kim
      Ryan McCurry Morcus Boutros Ryan Rouhani Jaya Thanikachalam Cameron Gillette
      Isabella Gauvreau Nicole Svatek Denisse Farias Heather Kirkland  
      Spring 2017
      Hannah Barry Courtney Buchanan Kory Chin Sean Furrier Matthew Gauthier
      Holden Gerber Sarah Harris Hilla Hascalovici Colin Holetz Kyle Larson
      Tiffany Le Natalia Lenkiewicz Dorothy Likas Danielle Orozco Jay Patel
      Shivani Patel Steven Reichard Henry Roden Leila Shevins Alexandra Wibowo
      Luc Zbonack        
      Fall 2016
      Alexandra Wibowo Colin Holez Danielle Orozco Ivan Gonzalez Kyle Larson
      Natalia Lenkiewicz

      Tiffany Le

      Rebecca Paul Sarah Harris  
      Spring 2016
      Tyler Antosh Alyssa Bowles Nicholas DeJaco Sarah Harris Natalie Hayashi
      Colin Holetz Manfred Jong Lynn Konrad Natalia Lenkiewicz Zachary Long
      Jordan Nguyen Lakismi Punati Caroliine Roseri Nathan Schupp Mounica Urity
      Thao Vo William Yee      
      Fall 2015
      Chen Jiang Grant Suman Jacob Gorin Jamie Storey Jieun Huh
      Joshua Knapp Kirsten Smith Lakshmi Punati Laura Le Liran Zhang
      Marlano Batson Michael Brown Natalia Lenkiewicz Natalie Hayashi Phyllis Cao
      Sarah Harris Sergio Mada Szeyuen Chan William Johnson  Yong Xiang
      Spring 2015
      Sydney Beke Elisabeth Bollum Adam Crompton Vincent Ercolani Yang He
      Bader Ja'afar William Johnson David McKibben Daniella Miller Leah Rothschild
      Leila Shevins Elizabeth Simmons      
      Fall 2014
      Sydney Beke Alec Erceg Jie Feng Kehua Guo Nicole Hatcher
      Jieun Huh Jeffery Innes Bader Ja'afar William Johnson III Allison Merdinger
      Elizabeth Mumma Leah Rothschild Leila Shevins    
      Spring 2014
      Andrew Alvarez Jenna Louise Botticelli Colton Cray Adam Crompton Haily De La Cruz
      Victoria Rose DeHaven Arthur Jicha Ryan Jicha Kyle LeMontang Alison Raynak
      Robert Roberto Jenifer Wong      
      Fall 2013
      Jenna Botticelli Colton Cray Haily De La Cruz Victoria DeHaven Amy Doherty
      Stephen Dolan Vincent Ercolani Arthur Jicha Ryan Jicha Tyson Keith
      Kyle LeMontang Elizabeth Mumma Robert Roberto Lauren Wynn  
      Spring 2013
      Imoette Akpan Megan Boscarillo Scott Buscemi Christina Choe Victoria DeHaven
      Christopher Johnson Kyle LeMontang Timothy Olinski Hua-ching Wang Wesley Warshawer
      Xiong Xiao Mo Zhou      
      Fall 2012
      Imoette Akpan Zhao Hu Megan Boscarillo Scott Buscemi Christina Choe
      Victoria DeHaven Kyle LeMontang Rose Rice Amy Vandermark Hua-ching Wang
      Wesley Warshawer Xiong Xiao      
      Spring 2012    
      Jessica Foster Ethan Fry Britt Haugland Kyle LeMontang Kyle Olsen
      Jeff Ramos Rose Rice Sara Robinson Sharon Roderick David Ware
      Fall 2011
      Kristine Almond Victor Benjamin Tyson Bickford Justice Bordner James Carpenter
      Jennifer Dicochea Ryan FitzPatrick Ethan Fry Leslie Goodrich Britt Haugland
      Tingting He Pao-Lai Hong Samantha Meis Ryan Miller Chung Whan Park
      Sara Robinson Paul Soto David Ware Wendelin Willis  
      Fall 2010
      Victor Benjamin Richard Catlin Brandon Ealick Bryce Good Teresa Le
      Ryan Miller Marco Monreal Jason Tranel David Ware David Wohlleban
      Fall 2009
      Richard Burrows Benjamin Gray Clayton Hamilton-Alexander Joshua Mickler Clayton Rogers
      Zachary Roughan Kirsten Smith Jesus Torres Jason Tranel Sandra Vazquez Saldivar
      Tracy Vo        
      Fall  2008
      David Bailey Austin Bren Eduard Ciocanescu Benjamin Gray Elisabeth Greene
      Clayton Hamilton-Alexander Luke Huston Jordan Kennedy Kara Lawhorn Nancy Madrid
      John Perry Angel Quiroz Terence Rosen James Sanford Ross Thomassee
      William Wycoff        
      Fall 2007
      Diana Anderson Eduard Ciocanescu Jorge Estrella Joshua Hottenstein Seung-jin Kim
      Lauro Molina Charles Norris Nayan Patel Laura Reid Ross Thomassee
      Ross Williams Alisher Yuldashev  

      Undergraduate/Graduate Awards and Scholarships

      Established in 2020, the Chen-Chow Bear Down Scholarship is available to students from under-represented groups, with a goal toward engaging students from Native Nations in the Eller College and MIS. Students of Native American descent, as well as students who have a demonstrated interest in the Hispanic and Black American cultures, are encouraged to apply, regardless of their current GPA. 

      The Scholarship is part of the Bear Down Scholars Program that provides opportunities for scholarship recipients to engage in activities designed to help them be successful at Eller and to increase their understanding of what MIS is and what a job in MIS might look like.

      The Chen-Chow Bear Down Scholars Program was established by Dr. Hsinchun Chen and his wife, Dr. Hsiao-Hui (Sherry) Chow. Dr. Hsinchun Chen is a Regents Professor and holds the Brown Family Chair in Management and Technology, in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. He has served the MIS department and the University for over 30 years and has been a prolific researcher. Dr. Sherry Chow is a Research Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Cancer Center. She has led the cancer center’s Analytical Chemistry Shared Resource since 2001 and co-led the Cancer Prevention and Control program since 2015.

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      Both Drs. Chen and Chow have worked with Native American students in health and technology at UArizona over the years and have strong affinity with Native American culture and heritage.


      Award winners

       SPRING 2023

      Myriam Acosta

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      Paige Begody

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      Nicolette Behne

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      Vanessa Bencomo

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      Isabel Fimbres

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      Kristyan Gilbert

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      Moreya Howell

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      Sergio Iglesias-Ayala

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      Adiah Jackson

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      Yesenia Montoya

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      Aaron Reyes

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      Kiernan Sherman

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      Heather Thomas

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      FALL 2022

      Myriam Acosta

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      Paige Begody

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      Nicolette Behne

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      Vanessa Bencomo

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      Isabel Fimbres

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      Kristyan Gilbert

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      Moreya Howell

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      Sergio Iglesias-Ayala

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      Adiah Jackson

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      Aaron Reyes

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      Kiernan Sherman

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      Heather Thomas

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      spring 2022

      Myriam Acosta

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      Paige Begody

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      Jaisen Brown

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      Isabel Fimbres

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      Moreya Howell

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      Sergio Iglesias-Ayala

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      Natalie Luna

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      Netawn Marsoobian

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      Aaron Reyes

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      Joseph Ross

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      Kiernan Sherman

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      FALL 2021
      Moreya Howell
      Netawn Marsoobian
      Joseph Ross
      Kiernan Sherman
      FALL 2020
      Bear Down Technology Scholar Award Bear Down Trailblazer Scholar Award
      Keishaun Aspaas Christopher Alonzo
        Shane Ashley
        Keishaun Aspaas
        Jaisen Brown
        Isaac Desjarlais
        Mikal Gene
        Joshua Lambert
        Cheyanna Shepaerd

      Established in 2020, the David C. Spinelli Perseverance Award is being established to support an award for a full-time student(s) in the Eller College of Management in the Department of Management Information Systems who is persevering in the face of great difficulties, to be used for the recipient(s) educational expenses. 


      Award winners

      fall 2022
      Ana Borboa Chace Griffin
      FALL 2021/spring 2022
      Joseph Diaz Kelsey McClellan
      FALL 2020
      Donna Doss Mayukh Bhattacharyya

      This award was established in 2020 by Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor and Grant Thornton Scholar at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and Edlin Garcia, Ph.D. Student and Presidential Diversity Fellow at the School of Public Health at Indiana University. 

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      Samtani and Garcia are both first generation US citizens. Samtani’s parents immigrated from India, while Garcia’s parents immigrated from El Salvador. Samtani earned his Ph.D. in 2018 (MIS), MSMIS in 2014 and BSBA (MIS) in 2013 from the University of Arizona. Garcia earned her Masters of Public Health at the University of South Florida in 2019 and her BA in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2013. Education, diversity, work-ethic, and inclusiveness have played an essential role in both of their lives. 

      "Oftentimes, it is one experience in life that can help shape a professional career. Attending a conference, introductions at professional meetings, and professional trainings can all provide the seeds to launch an exciting and high-impact career. This award aims to provide a mechanism for first-generation graduate students for professional development purposes. We hope that students can use these funds to expand the diversity of well-trained professionals in the workforce, specifically in the areas of computing, cybersecurity, and healthcare. " 


      Award winners

      FALL 2022
      Aakash Anil Kolekar Anish Reddy Middela
      spring 2022
      Aakash Anil Kolekar Snehal Sunil Suryawanshi
      FALL 2020
      Shane Burton Yaying Lin

      PhD Awards and Scholarships

      The Alan Dennis PhD Travel Fund is an award given to a total of 2 PhD students each academic year to support student travel to an academic conference. Alan R. Dennis is a Professor of Information Systems and holds the John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. His research focuses on fake news on social media, AI agents, team collaboration, and the Internet. 


      Congratulations to the following awardees:

      2023
      David Kim Zisu Wang
      2022
      Benjamin Ampel Buomsoo Kim
      2020
      Saiying (Tina) Ge Kyuhan Lee
      2019
      Sandeep Suntwal Xuan Wei

      The INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) invites submissions for the Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award (NCDA). The NCDA is named in honor of two University of Arizona professors, Jay Nunamaker and Hsinchun Chen, who have made significant contributions to the field of Information Systems over the past several decades. The NCDA has been created to recognize and reward outstanding dissertation research by scholars in the field of Information Systems.  The winner of the 2018 Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award will receive a US$1000 prize.

      More information on this award can be found HERE.


      2022 Winner
      Runshan Fu, Carnegie Mellon University
      2022 runner-up
      Chenshou Sun, National University of Singapore Tongxin Zhou, Arizona Stat University
      2021 WINNER
      David Holtz, University of California, Berkeley Bowen Lou, University of Connecticut
      2021 runner-up
      Emaad Manzoor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
      2020 winner
      Avinash Collins, University of Texas at Austin
      2020 runner-up
      Yoonseock (Yoon) Son, University of Notre Dame Yang Jiang, Nanjing University, China
      Sameer Mehta, University of Illinois Jingchuan Pu, Pennsylvania State University
      Lanfei Shi, University of Virginia  
      2019 winner
      Yingjie Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas
      2019 runner-up
      Veronica Marotta, University of Minnesota Shunyuan Zhang, Harvard Business School
      Mingwen Yang, University of Washington Shuo Yu, Texas Tech University
      2018 winner
      Mochen Yang, Indiana University
      2018 runner-up
      Manmohan Aseri, Carnegie Mellon University Sagar Samtani, University of South Florida
      Xue (Jane) Tan, Indiana University  
      2017 WINNER
      Yi-Jen Ian Ho, Penn State
      2017 runner-up
      Tianshu Sun, U of Southern California Zike Cao, Erasmus University

        The James F. LaSalle Teaching Excellence Award is given every spring to an MIS graduate student instructor who exemplifies the best of teaching and who is following Jim LaSalle's example of excellence in the classroom. This award was established in honor of Professor Jim LaSalle who taught at the Eller College for more than 40 years and was the professor cited by the most students as having had an impact on their undergraduate education. LaSalle retired from teaching in 2004 and, according to UA’s Alumni Association, taught more than 50,000 students during his UA teaching career.


        Congratulations to the following awardees: 

        award winner

        YEAR 

        Zisu Wang 2023
        Benjamin Ampel 2022

        Mohammadreza Ebrahimi

        2021

        Jiaheng Xie

        2019

        Karthik Srinivasan

        2017

        Sagar Samtani

        2016

        Rich Yueh

        2015

        Mark Grimes

        2014

        Justin Giboney

        2013

        Yi-Da Chen

        2012

        Katherine Carl

        2011

        Heong Lee

        2010

        Nichalin Suakkaphong

        2009

        Eyran Gisches

        2008

        Siddharth Kaza

        2007

        Matthew Jensen

        2006

          The Nunamaker-Chen MIS Doctoral Scholarship was established in 2013 in honor of two University of Arizona MIS Regents’ professors, Jay Nunamaker and Hsinchun Chen, who have made significant contributions to the field of Information Systems over the past four decades.

          Only two awards (of $1,500 each) are given each fall. The recipients are selected by the MIS PhD committee for their hard work, determination and commitment to the MIS tradition, particularly that of design science research. The scholarship provides a stipend for incoming PhD students in their first year of study.


          Congratulations to the following awardees: 

          fall 2022
          Prosanta Barai Paul Weisgarber
          fall 2021
          Yueqing (Miranda) Li Chi-Heng Yang
          *fall 2020
          Raja Hasnain Anwar Yanan Wang
          fall 2019
          Benjamin Ampel Steven Ullman
          fall 2018
          Fang Yu Lin Xinran (Rebecca) Wang
          fall 2017
          Yuanxia Li Hao Liu
          fall 2016
          Kyuhan Lee Sandeep Suntwal
          fall 2015
          Bradley Walls Jiaheng Xie
          fall 2014
          Luwen Huangfu Shuo Yu
          fall 2013
          Bradley Dorn Steve Pentland

            *The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the Fall 2020 award.

            The Paul S. and Shirley Goodman award was established in 1997 by former MIS professor Seymour Goodman in honor of his parents Paul S. and Shirley Goodman.

            The award is given to MIS doctoral students who excel professionally in the study of international developments in the field of computer science.

            Seymour (Sy) E. Goodman is professor of International Affairs and Computing at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology. He also serves as co-director of the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy, and co-director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

            Goodman studies international developments in information technologies and related public policy issues. In this capacity, he has more than 200 publications and served on many academic, government and industry advisory, study and editorial committees.

            He has been the international perspectives editor for the Communications of the ACM for the last 19 years and has studied computing on all seven continents in about 100 countries.

            He recently served as chair of the committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, National Research Council and as a member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies of Science and Engineering.


            Congratulations to the following awardees:

            spring 2022
            Steven Ullman

            The Samtani-Garcia MIS PhD Commitment Scholarship for students pursing a PhD in Management Information Systems at The Eller College of Management who demonstrate good citizenship and a commitment to their fellow students, faculty, department, and college. 

            This scholarship was generously created by Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor and Grant Thornton Scholar at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and Edlin Garcia, PhD Student and Presidential Diversity Fellow at the School of Public Health at Indiana University.


            Congratulations to the following awardees:

            Fall 2022
            Benjamin Ampel Xunyu Chen
            SPRING 2022
            David Kim Steven Ullman