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Reach Out to the Board of Trustees

You can use either of the following ways of communicating with the B.O.T.:
Fax: 407-823-3264 Attn: Nancy Marshall
Web site is http://bot.ucf.edu/contact.html

Please send a message to the BOT using the above contact form link.  Send them your thoughts on the why the UCF MIS Department should not be eliminated with the proposed program budget cuts.

We will be faxing the petition prior to the meeting on Monday and also handing in a printed copy during the meeting.

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UCF Decides Not to Eliminate the Statistics Department

We just received word that today, UCF decided not to eliminate the Statistics program because of significant negative reaction from the Central Florida community.

Visit the UCF Statistics program department website here:

http://statistics.cos.ucf.edu/content/index.html

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15 Florida University Business Department Comparisons

Part 1:  Undergrad and Graduate Availability for MIS programs

Florida State University
http://cob.fsu.edu/mis/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE
Graduate MS Online:  AVAILABLE http://www.cob.fsu.edu/mis/mmis.cfm

University of Central Florida
http://web.bus.ucf.edu/academics/mis/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
Undergraduate Minor:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
Certificate Programs:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
Graduate MS Professional track (PMIS):  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
Graduate MS Online:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION
PhD:  AVAILABLE, PENDING DELETION

University of Florida
http://www.cba.ufl.edu/sb/programs/isom.asp
Information Systems (BSBA-IST)
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/majors/dis.html
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://www.cba.ufl.edu/isom/programs/msisom/

Florida Atlantic University
http://business.fau.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://business.fau.edu/clientuploads/Undergraduate/Majors_and_Minors/MISProgram.pdf
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://business.fau.edu/index.php?submenu=MSITM&src=gendocs&ref=MSITM_intro&category=Graduate%20Studies

Florida International University
http://business.fiu.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://business.fiu.edu/landon/mis.cfm
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://business.fiu.edu/chapman/master_of_science_in_mis.cfm

Florida Gulf Cost University
http://www.fgcu.edu/cob/
Computer Information Systems (CIS)
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.fgcu.edu/cob/cis/
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://www.fgcu.edu/cob/mscis/

Florida Institute of Technology
http://cob.fit.edu/
eCommerce Technology
Information Management
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://cob.fit.edu/prospective/bsim.php http://cob.fit.edu/prospective/bset.php
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE http://cob.fit.edu/prospective/bset.php

Rollins College
http://www.crummer.rollins.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  UNAVAILABLE
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

Stetson University
http://www2.stetson.edu/business/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.stetson.edu/other/academics/programs/150.php
Undergraduate Minor:  AVAILABLE
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

University of Miami
http://www.bus.miami.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.bus.miami.edu/_assets/files/undergraduate-programs/UMBRecBro.pdf
Undergraduate Minor:  AVAILABLE http://www.bus.miami.edu/_assets/files/undergraduate-programs/UMBRecBro.pdf
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

University of North Florida
http://www.unf.edu/coggin/
Undergraduate BS:  UNAVAILABLE
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

University of South Florida
http://www.coba.usf.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.coba.usf.edu/departments/isds/programs/bachelor.html
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://www.coba.usf.edu/departments/isds/programs/master/index.html

University of Tampa
http://www.ut.edu/detail.aspx?id=874
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://www.ut.edu/detail.aspx?id=898
Graduate MS:  AVAILABLE http://www.ut.edu/detail.aspx?id=6916

University of West Florida
http://uwf.edu/cob/
Undergraduate BS:  AVAILABLE http://uwf.edu/management/undergrad_mis.cfm
Undergraduate Minor:  AVAILABLE http://uwf.edu/management/mis_minor.cfm
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

Nova Southeastern
http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/
Undergraduate BS:  UNAVAILABLE
Graduate MS:  UNAVAILABLE

Summary
Out of 15:
12/15 have an undergraduate BS MIS degree program
7/15 have a masters MS MIS degree program
1/15 has an online MS MIS degree program
X/15 has a PhD MIS degree program

NOTE:  data is second pending review

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6 Days Till BOT Meeting

There are only 6 days left untill the board of trustees meeting to deliberate on the program deletions.  We were able to obtain a schedule of the meeting.  Please do your best to attend and show your support.

Schedule and Protocols
Education Programs Committee Hearing on Program Deletions
July 13, 2009
2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Cape Florida Ballroom, Student Union

Schedule:
2:35 – 2:40 p.m.          Review of protocols
2:40 – 2:55 p.m.          Provost presents the five programs to be deleted
2:55 – 3:30 p.m.          Comments from representatives of the five programs; five minutes per program
3:30 – 4:45 p.m.          Comments from the floor; three-minute limit to each speaker

4:45 – 5:30 p.m.          Committee deliberation and vote

Protocols:
1)  Leaders of each program will determine how best to use their five minutes.
2)  Each speaker from the floor will be limited to three minutes.
3)  Sign-in sheets for speakers from the floor will be available at 2:15 p.m.
outside the Cape Florida Ballroom. Speakers from the floor will be selected in
order of their name’s appearance on the sign-in sheet.
4)  Speakers from the floor will be selected to represent the five programs as
equally as possible.
5)  The number of speakers from the floor will be determined by the amount of
time available. The public hearing portion of the meeting will end at 4:45 p.m.

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Site in Progress 7/4-7/5

This site is currently in progress for the next 2 days but has many working areas now.  Please take a browse around.  If you have any suggestions please send them to contact(at)saveucfmis.com or use one of the forms on the contact/connect links above.

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Sign the Petition to Save UCF MIS

Sign the petition here

Our goal is 500+ signatures.  Please take a moment to sign your name at very minimum.  If you can please include your location, grad year, and details of your MIS experience that would be great as well.  Thank you!

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Board of Trustee Meetings

July 13, 2009
Educational Programs Committee Hearing on Program Deletions
2:30-5:30 pm
Cape Florida Ballroom, Student Union

July 23, 2009
Board of Trustees Final Meeting on Recommended Program Deletions

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Site Launched

ucfmis

This site is place for supporters of the UCF MIS Department to obtain news about the upcoming scheduled program deletion.   More information can be found here:

Provost’s Update: UCF Recommending Limited Program Eliminations
news.ucf.edu June 4, 2009


youtube.com June 4, 2009

Program Eliminations
UCF Budget Resource Center June 4, 2009

We will use this site to organize efforts and show support in effort to reject the provost decision to eliminate the UCF MIS Department.

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