Student Associations
Information Systems Student Association (ISSA)
Students interested in information systems careers make up the thriving organization called Information Systems Students Association (ISSA). An active, involved, committed group of students, ISSA slates, among its activities, programs that bring students into contact with MIS professionals and employers. Their calendar holds guest lecturers, company tours, and meet-the-industry events. ISSA coordinates workshops to strengthen the credentials of its student members and other workshops to help beginners and nonmajors learn higher-level computer skills. ISSA is affiliated with the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
ISSA sponsors an annual Industry Night at a hotel banquet room. Here, students can network with industry professionals – some of them successful alumni of CSULB's Information Systems Department. The organization provides a book of students' resumes to employers attending.
Electronic Commerce Society (ECS)
An interdisciplinary Electronic Commerce Society made its debut in Fall 1999. New for the new millennium, ECS promotes e-commerce awareness and educates CSULB students on subjects related to this new marketplace.
ECS, one of the fastest-growing student organizations on the CSULB campus, provides ways to keep up with the explosive, constantly surprising development of on-line e-business. Its website offers information, free postings, news, links, a wide variety of downloadable software web-construction tools, and more – such as on-line instruction for building a whole website in a couple of hours.
Scheduled events include workshops on electronic commerce and website design, speakers, and company tours.