A&M International Student Receives AITP Scholarship

Texas A&M International University student Mary A. Morrison has been named recipient of the 1997 Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Scholarship.

Morrison received the $500 scholarship and a plaque during a brief ceremony held at the University recently. The ceremony was attended by her classmates, faculty from the University's College of Business Administration, and Kevin Jetton, AITP Region 3 liaison and a member of the AITP board of directors.

Morrison, a Command and Control Specialist at Kelly Air Force Base, is majoring in Computer Information Systems with a minor in Business. She and husband Dale L. Morrison, have two children, Irene and Carrie.

She is a member of the University's Student Systems Group (SSG), a student organization which strives to link the academic and business world through affiliations with professional information resource management associations like the AITP.

The AITP is a premier organization for computer information systems professionals and managers.

Since 1995, members of the SSG have participated in AITP regional and national student conferences and competitions.

For more information on the AITP Scholarship, please contact Dr. Jim Q. Chen, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems and SSG faculty sponsor at 326-2530.

University office hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday.

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