IS Alumni Advisory Council & Conference (April 15th)

Instructional Systems Alumni Advisory Council (IS-AAC)

& Careers in IS Mini-Conference

History and Mission:

Bob Reiser established the IS-AAC in Fall 2003. Their first on campus meeting was in the Spring of 2004. The IS-AAC is comprised of four committees: Alumni Relations, Fund Raising, Job Placement, and Student Recruitment. Each committee has an alumni chair, several alumni members, a faculty representative, and an ISSA student representative. For the 2010-2011, the committee has 38 council members.

The primary purpose of the AAC is to support and enhance the IS program.

Some of the current initiatives that the AAC is involved with include:

·       Establishment of the Morgan Studio—funded primarily from AAC efforts.

·       Reach out to prospective students

·       Mentoring current students

·       Developing recruiting materials

·       Facilitating Job Placement

The date for the upcoming AAC meetings with Careers in IS Mini-Conference will be April 15th here in Tallahassee. We are excited to see as many of you possible. We will begin at 8am for breakfast in the Morgan Studio to kick off the Annual Careers in IS Mini-Conference. The Mini-Conference is for all students (online and f2f). 

The topics for the panels include:

•         Job searching and interviewing

•         Working as a project manager

•         Working as an independent consultant

•         Working as a performance improvement specialist

•         Trends in instructional design and performance improvement

• ·       PhD careers outside of the college classroom

At noon the ACC (only open to ACC members) meet for lunch and begin our Annual AAC Meeting until 5:30pm. We will then reconvene with the students for an evening reception at 6pm

For more information, please contact: Tristan Johnson at tejohnson@fsu.edu