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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Students in universities and colleges in California and throughout the world are invited to compete in the 16th Information Technology Competition (ITC) on Saturday, April 21, 2012. This annual event is sponsored by California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the Management Information Systems Student Association (MISSA). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the ITC students from different schools demonstrate their expertise in five separate aspects of the Information Technology field. Teams of students receive case studies (real-life business projects created by companies in the industry) to work on two weeks before the event. They present their work at the competition and it is then analyzed, judged and critiqued by industry professionals to select the winners.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Students from your school may compete in one or more of the following case categories:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Business Systems Analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Computer Forensics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Computer Programming <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Web Applications Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Telecommunications & Networking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benefits to participants:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Cash Prizes: first, second, third of $1000, $500, and $250 for each of the case categories. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Past winners and competitors have also been offered internships and job opportunities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Networking opportunities with industry professionals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Impress business professionals with your skills and talent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Real-life business case studies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Continental breakfast and lunch included.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Benefits for participating schools:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Ultimate test for the students at your school. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Meet other top IT and business students in other universities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Exposure for your school and your students.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Network with industry professionals.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Marketing and promotion of your school to industry.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organizational sponsors for previous competitions have included:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accenture, Beckman Coulter, Boeing, CIE Studios, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young LLP, Guidance Software, Hitachi Consulting, Intel, ISACA-Los Angeles Chapter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Raytheon, Southern California Edison, Sun Microsystems, etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Schools that have participated include: Cal Poly Pomona, Chapman University, CSU Fresno, CSU Fullerton, CSULA, CSU Northridge, Harvey Mudd, ITT Tech-West Covina, Loyola Marymount University, UC-Irvine, UCLA, UC-Riverside, USC, Westwood College, etc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What now?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration for the event has started! Please forward this to your students or student clubs. You or they can contact us and we will send you an informational package providing details on the IT Competition. (For more information, see http://www.cisdept.csupomona.edu/itc/2012/ or do a web search on: ITC - Information Technology Competition - - Hosted by MISSA. You could also contact Ralph Westfall at rdwestfall@csupomona.edu.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Again we would like to thank you for your time, and we look forward to seeing your school compete in this event.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note: If your organization or company would like to be part of this competition from a recruiting perspective, please contact us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Ralph Westfall <br>Computer Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>California Polytechnic University, Pomona <br>Help Save Lives in Darfur </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>