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Terry College of Business

Georgia's flagship business school, founded in 1912

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Corporate Members

Message from the Director

Hugh Watson
MIS Advisory Board Director
Hugh Watson

For over 25 years, the MIS Advisory Board has been the primary point of contact between industry and the Department of MIS. It helps ensure that the MIS curriculum meets the needs of employers, supports cutting-edge research, provides speakers for classes, funds scholarships for outstanding MIS students, and more. It is an invaluable resource for the MIS program at the University of Georgia.

Board members vary considerably, which gives us a broad perspective. For example, they include CIOs, partners in consulting firms, recent graduates, and current students. Companies that heavily recruit UGA MIS students often are corporate members. People who have a strong affinity with Georgia's MIS program hold individual memberships.

If you would like to be considered for membership on the MIS Advisory Board, please apply for board membership.

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Benefits of Board Membership

Community

  • Interact with the MIS students and faculty
  • Meet and network with other senior-level information systems managers and professionals
  • Collaborate to influence the direction of MIS education

Recognition

  • Formal recognition in the Terry College of Business and the Department of MIS
  • Company name recognition by the MIS student body

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MIS Rankings & News

Faculty and Department

  • The MIS faculty is ranked second in the country based on faculty scholarly productivity by Academic Analytics (2008).
  • Three faculty members have been ranked among the top 25 most productive researchers in MIS. (Bostrom, H. Watson, R. Watson).
  • The MIS Department was ranked among the top ten programs in the world by the Financial Times and sixth in the US in research productivity by an Academy of Management article. It was one of only four departments included in the top ten in both rankings.

Undergraduate Program

  • The MIS Department was ranked 9th in a survey of the best undergraduate business programs for information systems by U.S. News & World Report (2008).
  • Our undergraduate MIS program was ranked 13th by BusinessWeek (2009).
  • Our undergraduate MIS program has been ranked in the top 10 in U.S. by ComputerWorld.
  • The Terry College of Business ranks 30th overall and 18th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report (2009).

Graduate Program

  • Our MBA program is ranked in the top 50 by BusinessWeek.
  • Our MBA program is ranked in the top 25 Techno-MBA programs by BusinessWeek.

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Contact Information

Management Information Systems
Terry College of Business, UGA, 312 Brooks Hall
Athens, GA 30602-6273
706-542-3336
706-583-0037 (fax)

BOARD DIRECTOR

Hugh Watson
310 Brooks Hall
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-3744
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