Congratulations to Dr. Fortune Mhlanga (professor of computer science) and Dr. Phil Vardiman (assistant professor of management sciences) for winning the 2009 Meritorious Paper Award at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) in Washington, D.C.! Their paper entitled "Towards an Abstract Model for Academia and Information Technology Sector Collaborative Partnerships: Responding to the 'West Texas Coalition for Innovation and Commercialization' Initiative" will be published in March 2010 in the Journal of Information Systems Applied Research. The professors were also inducted into the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP).
ACU hosts IBM-sponsored programming contest
Who are we?
The School of Information Technology and Computing (SITC) is the focal point for computer-oriented training and education on the Abilene Christian University campus. We are an interrelated collection of faculty and students with backgrounds and interests in computer science, information systems, and information technology that have the common goal of advancing the use of technology and technological understanding to improve the world as we know it today.
What’s our mission?
Our mission is to provide students with the highest quality education possible in the ever-changing high-tech arena, and to establish within them a foundation of faith from which they can lead and serve in world-changing ways.
What’s our mantra?
Technology! It’s how we live, learn, teach, explore, and do business!
What’s our focus?
ACU is primarily an undergraduate teaching institution, and SITC mirrors that focus. While our entire faculty is engaged in research and discovery, the primary responsibility of each professor is to educate students and endow them with the skills they need to establish a career or pursue additional studies. Excellence in the classroom and individual attention to students are our most important goals, second only to our commitment to live, lead, and serve from a perspective of faith.
