Congratulations to the Student Chapter Award Winners

The Association for Information Systems is pleased to recognize several student chapters for their excellent work last year. These awards were presented at a special ceremony at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), which took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 14-17, 2015.

“AIS takes immense pride in recognizing the distinguished scholars that make up our community, and, ultimately, contribute to the success of the field,” says AIS Vice President of Student Chapters James Parrish. “As such, I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the student chapters again, as well as the student leaders involved.”

 Without further ado, here is the list of winners:

General Awards

Student Chapter of the Year: University of Alabama

Best New Student Chapter: Michigan State University

Distinguished Student Chapters

• Brigham Young University
• Temple University
• The University of Georgia

Outstanding Student Chapters

• Arizona State University
• University of Florida
• University of Michigan – Dearborn

Category Awards

Professional Development

• Indiana University
• The American University in Cairo
• University of Toronto
• Villanova University

Community Service

• Indiana University
• University of Delaware
• University of Montana

Fundraising

• Indiana University
• University of Montana
• Utah State University

Membership

• Illinois State University
• St. Joseph’s University
• The American University in Cairo
• University of Utah

Communications

• Illinois State University
• St. Joseph’s University
• The American University in Cairo
• University of Colorado, Denver

Careers in “IS”

• St. Joseph’s University
• University of Colorado, Denver
• University of Montana
• Villanova University

AIS Student Chapters were launched in 2008 with a two-fold mission to support information systems students in attaining their career goals and to help universities provide greater visibility to grow the major on campus.  The annual awards recognize the ‘best of the best’ from the nearly 70 chapters worldwide.