Wendy Ceccucci, of Middletown, professor of computer
information systems in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the Association of Information
Technology Professionals’ Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG).
“I am honored to be elected president of EDSIG,” Ceccucci said. “The organization plays a vital role on the ongoing development and continuous improvement of information systems education. This recognition is a reflection of how the faculty members in the computer information systems at Quinnipiac are viewed as national leaders.”
As president of the EDSIG, Ceccucci will be responsible for planning the association’s two major conferences, the Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON) and Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR).
The association also has three journals: “Journal
of Information Systems Applied Research;” “The
Information Systems Education Journal;” and “Journal of Information Systems Education.”
Ceccucci joined the Quinnipiac faculty in 1995. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Union College and a master’s degree and doctorate from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,200
full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank
H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s
Best Colleges issue. The 2013 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master’s programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton
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