Media Advisory

Eller College students meet the needs of Tucson companies by offering custom IT recommendations

November 30, 2007

What:

Representatives from Tucson area for-profit companies and non-profit organizations will hear the results of competitive analyses in information technology (IT) created specifically for their enterprises at an all-day event, Friday, November 30.

Under the tutelage of Management Information Systems (MIS) assistant professor Alexandra Durcikova, graduate students spent the past four months focused on creating, managing, and applying IT to support the management of their selected client organization. Students will offer specific suggestions to their clients in the public presentations.

Participating organizations:

Non-profit: Live the Solution, Arts for All, Tucson Assistance League, Voices for Education
For-profit: Nova Insurance, Seven Cups, Raytheon, IBM, Gold Stars, Shaffer Dry Cleaning, and Solar Industries

Where:  

McClelland Hall, Room 214, The University of Arizona, 1130 E. Helen St., Tucson, Ariz.

When:

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 30, 2007

*Call Linda Herrick at 520.626.2590 for the presentation schedule.

The Eller College of Management at The University of Arizona is internationally recognized for pioneering research, innovative curriculum, distinguished faculty, excellence in entrepreneurship, and social responsibility. U.S.News & World Report ranks the Eller undergraduate program #12 among public business schools and five of its departments are among the top 25 — Entrepreneurship, MIS, Marketing, Management and Organizations, and Accounting. The MPA program in the School of Public Administration and Policy ranks in the top 50. Financial Times ranks the Eller MBA full-time program #27 in the U.S. and #57 in the world, and Forbes ranks the program among the top 50 nationwide. The College leads the nation’s business schools in generating grant funds for research. In addition to a full-time MBA program, the Eller College offers an evening MBA program, and the Eller Executive MBA. The Eller College of Management supports more than 5,100 undergraduate and 600 graduate students on the UA campus in beautiful Tucson, Arizona.

Press Contact:
Linda Herrick, Eller College Public Relations and Events Coordinator
520.626.2590, news@eller.arizona.edu