For over 35 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 Terry College of Business.

Members bring a diverse spectrum of expertise to the board, which provides a broad perspective on new initiatives. For example, current membership includes CIOs, partners in consulting firms, recent graduates, and current student representatives. Companies that heavily recruit UGA MIS students are often corporate members. People who have a strong affinity with Georgia’s MIS program hold individual memberships.

The Spring Board Meeting will be held in Athens on March 4, 2020.

Corporate Members

Become an advisory board member

Scholarships

Scholarships, in the amount of $500, are often generously offered to our best students by our Advisory Board members. These scholarships are typically offered during our spring Advisory Board meeting, during its social event; both students and Advisory Board scholarship sponsors are then recognized.

Sponsor a Scholarship

Below are the individuals and companies that provided scholarships in 2019.

Board Members

Advisory Board Student Representatives

Board Requirements

As student representatives on the board, we:

• Work directly with Hugh Watson, our board’s director, assisting him in a variety of Board-related tasks. Student Board members will have one or more projects that they are responsible for.
• Have a direct impact on the MIS program, interacting with senior Terry faculty and having the opportunity to share your unique perspective and voice peer concerns
• Reap the benefits of developing both IT and business skills as you help advance the Board, generating new memberships, shaping strategy, and managing communications.
• Receive a one-year personal membership to the board after you graduate. This will allow you to continue networking with industry professionals and gain access to industry thought leaders

Board Responsibilities

These are some of the responsibilities that you could be involved in. Not all activities are performed every semester — a few projects at a time will be emphasized on the basis of personal interest and aptitude.

• Assist with the MIS Advisory Board meetings
  • Pre-meeting: agenda setting and dissemination (standard information emails), RSVP confirmation, name tags, and event coordination
  • During meeting: take notes, take pictures, and act as a host, greeting guests and assisting the event coordinator while representing the MIS program
  • Post-meeting: compile and organize notes into an easy to read document, post pictures on website and debrief to discuss possible changes
• Facilitate valuable discussions between students and faculty regarding what students are looking for from MIS classes and what they need to know to bridge the gap between the classroom and the boardroom
• Develop ideas to help forward the mission of the UGA-MIS Industry Advisory Board (e.g., additional advantages to being a corporate member, ways to get appropriate students to the attention of corporate members, ways to get more companies interested in our students, ways to get more students into MIS)
• Develop proposals for faculty to enhance the MIS program, based on suggestions raised in board meetings from both the business community and faculty
• Conduct formal surveys highlighting fellow student’s feedback on certain concepts and/or implementation of new programs

Student Representatives

Meeting Minutes

• Spring 2020
• Fall 2019
• Spring 2019
• Fall 2018

Feedback

Your opinion matters to us. If there's anything the Advisory Board can improve on, let us know and we'll be in touch.