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<p class="MsoPlainText">The 2013-2014 AIS Student Competitions are underway with four exciting competition tracks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">- IT Service Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- IT Security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Social Innovation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- IT Video<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The competition is open for both undergraduate and graduate students, as long as graduate students are working in teams in which at least half the members are undergraduate students.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information about how to participate in the competition, please visit
<a href="http://sc.aisnet.org/conference/competitions/">http://sc.aisnet.org/conference/competitions/</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Have your students submit their work for the virtual round by February 2, 2014. Winning teams in the virtual round will participate in the face-to-face competition at the 2014 Student Chapter Leadership Conference and Competitions hosted
by Arizona State University on March 20-22, 2014. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Contact Alex Lopes (Indiana University - <a href="mailto:alopes@indiana.edu">
alopes@indiana.edu</a>) and E. Carey O’Donnell (Temple University - <a href="mailto:carey.odonnell@temple.edu">
carey.odonnell@temple.edu</a>) if you have any questions related to the student competitions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Please share this announcement with your student chapter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-------------------------------------------------------</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Alex Lopes</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Clinical Associate Professor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Operations & Decision Technologies</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kelley School of Business, 680</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:alopes@indiana.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">alopes@indiana.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">812-856-3357</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.indiana.edu/" target="_blank" title=""http://www.indiana.edu/
Indiana
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