Marquette 2015-2016
Student Leadership Awards Announced and Alex Isken (AIM Class of 2015) is the Winner of the Innovation
Award
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| Alex Isken - Marquette Innovation Award Winner |
Innovation
Award Winner - Alexander Isken
This award is presented to the outstanding
student who demonstrated innovation through thought and action and contributed
to the improvement of the Marquette community or student experience in a
transformational and groundbreaking way.
In February, Alex won
the Best Presentation at the 2016 Undergraduate Conference in Information
Systems (UCIS) at Carnegie-Mellon. His research was on the topic: “Beating
the Stock Market: Measuring the Predictive Power of Twitter Sentiment Analysis.”
Dr. David Krause, AIM program
director said, “Alex was an outstanding student. He pushed himself both
academically and as a leader. He had a strong interests in both business and
computer science, and studied Finance (AIM), Accounting, and Information
Technology. Pulling off this ‘triple major’ was an amazing accomplishment.
As a member of the AIM
(Applied Investment Management) program – along with the other two majors –
Alex completed more than 150 credits. He plans to obtain the CPA and CFA
designations upon graduation – and he will eventually seek out graduate study
in the future. He will be working in Nielsen's Operations & Technology
Leadership Program (based in Florida) in their technology track upon graduation
in May 2016.
Marquette Recognizes Student Leadership
For the past 47 years, the Division of Student Affairs has
presented leadership awards to recognize student contributions to the mission
and activities of the various student affairs areas.
In 2015, the Student Leadership Awards were re-envisioned to
include a wider variety of leadership engagement that spans across the campus
community. Students can be nominated by faculty, staff, and their peers.
Students who are nominated are informed of their nomination and invited to
provide a resume and response as part of the nomination process. A selection
committee comprised of university staff and faculty representatives review
nominations and make award selections. Awards are presented at a program held
each year in April.
To learn more about the Marquette Student Leadership Awards go to: http://marquette.edu/dsa/awards/awards-2016.shtml
