The department of Information and Decision Management at West Texas A&M University would like to congratulate the participants in the 2010 Immersion Excursion.This year, 14 hand selected outstanding IDM students participated in a five hour tour of Cisco’s campus in Dallas. Participants were exposed to Cisco’s new product testing facility, got to experience upcoming communications products, and we treated to a HD teleconference with Cisco’s San Jose headquarters. They also got to see the Cisco’s largest data center. The students conducted themselves with a level of professionalism and preparedness which reflects well on the WTAMU IDM department.

Following the Cisco trip, participants toured Walgreen’s regional distribution center in Dallas. Students were exposed to a variety of complex technology and machinery, including very large and very small robots, security and supply chain management systems.

The immersion excursion is an annual trip sponsored by the IDM department at WTAMU. The trip serves three purposes. First to recognize and reward exceptional CIS students who aspire to be an active part of a world class organization. Second, to expose these students to the corporate environment and professional culture that drives these cutting edge organizations. Finally the immersion excursion serves as an opportunity for the IDM department to showcase its best and brightest students to potential recruiters, with the goal of building relationships that will benefit all parties involved.

The 2010 participants were:

Brad Kent
Yuri Chavira
Salvador Gomez
Nathan Tarrant
Edgar Cardenas
Ivan Cardenas
Becca Boyer
Skyler Schmidt
Brenton Thurber
Laura Castro
Dustin Hume
Brandon Boyd
Eyoel Mengesha
Kolten Wilder

Congratulations on a successful immersion excursion!

The IDM department would also like to thank the faculty who made the trip possible: Amjad Abdullat, Christopher Furner, Mark Keith, Jeff Babb, De’Arno De’Armond, James Webb and Shawna Simmons.