April 2009 Newsletter
Larry Schmitz, CCP, CMC
AITP Region 5 President
More Region 5 News
Hi all —
Region 5 was well represented at the National Collegiate Conference and our student members did us proud!!
Both of the winners of the Robert Half Technology $2,500 scholarships were from Region 5. They were:
Stephanie Semmel, Purdue University
Mitchel Paschen, UW-Whitewater
The top ICCP exam scores were earned by Region 5 members:
Top Student Score: Tim Shearouse, Augustana College
Top Faculty Score: Shawn Beattie, Augustana College
Purdue University also won the coveted “Monkey” Award given to the institution with the highest level of commitment to the NCC. They had 31 students and faculty that drove 776 miles one way with 41 contestants/contests.
Other Region 5 winners at the 2009 National Collegiate Conference include:
AITP Student Chapter Banner Contest:
1st Place-Professional: Oakton Community College
1st Place-Artistic: Mid-State Technical College-Stevens Point
Web Project Contest:
Honorable Mention: Kalamazoo Valley Community College and University of Southern Indiana
PC Troubleshooting (106 teams competed):
1st Place: Dave Batey, University of Southern Indiana
2nd Place: Kyle Zimmerman, Michigan Technological University
Honorable Mention: Dan Haas and Hans Woehlck, Gateway Technical Institute—Racine Campus, Alex Cerier, Michigan Technological University, and Bob Tittelfitz, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Systems Analysis & Design (33 teams competed):
1st Place: Stephanie Semmel and Dave Bednarski, Purdue University
Microsoft Office Solutions (62 teams competed):
3rd Place: Mike Marx and Ben Kools, UW-Stout
Honorable Mention: Dan Dresang and Mitch Paschen, UW-Whitewater, Jonathan Lee and Joe Bergles, Gateway Technical College
Graphics Communications (16 teams competed):
1st Place: Mike Sweigart, Tom Willecke and Liudmila Vakulenko, Fox Valley Technical College
Honorable Mention: Scott Brookie and Sebastian Reid, Purdue University, Andrea Herron and Robin Simpson, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Network Design (54 teams competed):
1st Place: Ben Peterson and Nick Taube, Purdue University
2nd Place: Christine Baadsgaard and Nick Barber, Purdue University
3rd Place: Chis Hoffman and Nick Recla, Michigan Technological University
Honorable Mention: Mike Marx and Ben Kools, UW-Stout, Candice Moschell and Nick Nabb, Purdue University, and Alex Cerier, Michigan Technological University
Data Base (50 teams competed):
2nd Place: Collin Shrake and Charles Gooding, Purdue University
Honorable Mention: Jim O’Cull and Stephanie Semmel, Purdue University
Java Developer (30 teams competed):
2nd Place: Adam Olson, UW-Whitewater
Application Development (40 teams competed):
2nd Place: Matt Levendoski, Phillip Winstead, Cody Nutt and Jim O’Cull, Purdue University
Congrats to all the winners from Region 5!! And to all our student members who attended the NCC and competed in the various contests. You went up against the “best of the best” in the field of Information Techonology education. For those who have never attended a National Collegiate Conference, I can’t properly describe the synergy and enthusiasm that permeates the event and the competitions.
If you do attend, you will stand back and say “This is what AITP is all about—IT education and professional networking at its best”.
2010 National Collegiate Conference is coming to Region 5:
And if you haven’t ever attended an NCC, you will be getting a chance next year. The 2010 National Collegiate Conference is going to be held, right here in our Region, in St. Louis on March 25-27, 2010. Save those dates!! More details to follow.
Our Region 5 Spring Meeting in 2010 will be held in conjunction with the NCC-so now you have two good reasons to attend.
We had 14 of our 56 Student Chapters represented this year in Oklahoma City. I would expect that, with St Louis being in driving distance for all of our chapters, that we could double or triple our Student Chapter, and professional chapter, attendance in St Louis.
Reminder to register for the Region 5 Spring Conference-NOW
See you all in the Windy City on May 14-15 for the Region 5 Spring Conference and Region Board meeting and Leadership Workshop. This is one you won’t want to miss!!!
For more information on this conference, go to aitp.org/region5/meetings.jsp and register today!!
Larry Schmitz, CCP, CMC
AITP Region 5 President