Racing Ahead!
For the third straight year, Murray State University’s TSM program has won the National Case Study Championship at the 2009 International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA) National Conference held in Atlanta this past weekend. Murray State is a member of the Nashville Technology Council’s “Turning the Tide of Technology” initiative. The goal of the initiative is to connect students to career opportunities in technology within the Middle Tennessee business community.
The MSU TSM team was comprised of four recent graduates (December 2008) from the TSM Masters program. The team members were Jesse Calhoun, Paducah, KY, John Knight, Henderson, KY, Lisbeth Boyd, Louisville, KY, and Jimmy St. Louis, Florida. For the third year Professor George Rice was the faculty advisor for the winning team.
The team developed a paper proposal that was submitted to a blind judging to select the three finalists. The final selection was made based upon the oral presentation at the conference.
This year the Case Study focused on designing a technical design for the information and telecommunication infrastructure for a new hospital. The other component of the case study was the building of the business case for the infrastructure.
The final three team competing in Atlanta were Ball State University, Texas A&M, and Murray State.
Murray State’s mascot is the Racers and in this case, the TSM program is truly a thoroughbred.
Learn how to help students become successful leaders in our technology community by joining the T3 initiative. Visit us online at www.t3tech.org for more information.
