Mission & Purpose
The mission of the IT Advisory Board is to provide advice, guidance and support for the continuing development of high quality programs in management information systems and computer science in the J. Whitney Bunting College of Business and Technology at Georgia College & State University.
The Board will assist in promoting the professional image of and good relations for the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science with the larger IT business community. More specifically, the Board shall assist the Department by:
- Providing advice and counsel to the Chair and faculty on all pertinent matters that affect the department, internal as well as external, to best relate the department and its programs to the changing needs of the IT business community.
- Supplementing the existing career counseling and placement services to increase the availability of job opportunities to undergraduate and graduate MIS/CS majors, including communication between IT business people and students to acquaint students with challenges and opportunities.
- Providing the faculty opportunities for meaningful IT business engagements, short-term employment in responsible positions and other relationships and programs with the IT business community, including providing research support for faculty members by assisting in gaining access to or by creating databases and, if appropriate, providing research grants.
- Sharing the special insight and expertise of IT business executives through classroom presentation or other meeting situations, executive-in-residence programs, executive-to-student counseling and faculty consultation.
- Assisting the Department in acquiring the resources necessary to continue its development as a leader in the education of MIS/CS majors by taking an active role in private fundraising activities.