Talented faculty members bring distinct advantages to our students. They have broad industry experience as well as connections that have helped them attract millions of dollars in donated equipment for you to use. Also, thanks to their reputations and connections, industry recruiters come to the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) seeking well-qualified graduates.
Among other distinctions:
- CICS was named Graduate Program of the Year by the International Telecommunication, Education, and Research Association for 2007-2008.
- Ray Steele, distinguished professor, received the Distinguished Service Award from the International Telecommunication, Education, and Research Association for 2007-2008.
- Ron Kovac earned the Cisco Networking Academy Excellence in Teaching Award for 2007-2008.
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Ron Kovac, Cicso Networking Academy has announced 2008 ‘4R’ Award recipients for outstanding achievements in networking. Douglas Coats, Pike High School; Essaid Bouktache and William Robinson at Purdue University Calumet received recognition on June 19, 2008. All of the recipients are under Ball State University and Ron Kovac’s umbrella.
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CICS wins Computerworld Laureate Award: Steve Jones received the award for Ball State University and CICS on June 2, 2008, at an awards banquet in Washington, DC. “Each year, the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations, from a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize technology in order to benefit society,” said Ron Milton, chairman of the board of trustees for the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation and executive vice president of Computerworld. “We are proud to provide a platform to publicly acknowledge these contributions.”
“Each Laureate selected for this honor understands the importance of using one’s resources and technical prowess to benefit one’s fellow man,” said Bob Carrigan, chairman of the Computerworld Honors Program 2008 committee and president, IDG Communications.This year the Center for Information and Communication Sciences was awarded a Laureate for the study, Disaster Recovery.
The Delaware County Information Services and Public Safety Systems in Muncie, Indiana, are responsible for maintaining the county and city’s computer and communication systems. These systems include police, fire, medical dispatch, court, health, prosecution, corrections, family support, and emergency management as well as interdepartmental communications. The current backup and recovery system is inadequate to recover from or provide continuity during a natural disaster or man-made event. In the event of a catastrophe, Delaware County’s Information System (DCIS) would debilitate the emergency response structure (acute) and the other systems (chronic). Ball State’s CICS and others have provided a solution for the DCIS and Public Safety Systems’ business continuity issues. They analyzed the situation and provided multiple options for preventing a total collapse and cessation of operations.