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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are all having a great start to your semester. I would like to invite you to consider forming a student team to compete in the QVC Analytics Challenge. This challenge tasks students to create a data visualization that will
provide answers to actual problems that are being faced by QVC, Lockheed Martin, NBC Universal, and Merck using real-world data. It is an excellent entry point to the field of data analytics and can be used as an exciting and engaging assignment for many
different IS courses. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All AIS institutions are invited to participate in the preliminary round. If you make it to the finals, we will work to get you set up with an AIS Student Chapter so that you may compete in the finals to be held at the Student Chapter
Leadership Conference on the Campus of the University of Alabama on April 9-11. However, you must act quickly as the deadline for submissions is only about three weeks away on Feb 15<sup>th</sup>!
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can learn more about the QVC Analytics Challenge, all of the other Student Chapter Competitions, and the Student Chapter Leadership Conference at
<a href="http://uamis.ua.edu/ais/index.html">http://uamis.ua.edu/ais/index.html</a>. You can also feel free to contact me with any questions that you may have at
<a href="mailto:vpstudentchapters@aisnet.org">vpstudentchapters@aisnet.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">***********************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">James L. Parrish Jr., Ph. D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor of Information Systems - Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">AIS Vice President of Student Chapters<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carl DeSantis Building – Fourth Floor, Room 4111<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3301 College Ave.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:jlparrish@nova.edu">jlparrish@nova.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Skype: jparrishucf<o:p></o:p></p>
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