Quarles, Noman, Receive SAP Award
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Ross Quarles, left,
and Fawzi Noman with SAP awards. |
Two Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration
faculty members have been awarded the 2008 SAP University
Alliance Outstanding Service Award.
Ross Quarles, professor of accounting and COBA SAP program
director, and Fawzi Noman, managment information systems instructor
and COBA technology director, received the award during the
2008 SAP Curriculum Congress held recently at Emory University
in Atlanta.
The award is presented annually by the SAP University Alliance
to a faculty member or members from one of the over 200 U.
S. and Canadian universities that make up the alliance.
SAP is a highly-respected management software that stands
for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing.
It allows data within an organization to be shared as needed
throughout the organization. SHSU students trained in its
use have an edge in applying for jobs with companies that
use it.
"We are extremely pleased that Drs. Quarles and Noman
have won this award," said R. Dean Lewis, dean of the
College of Business Administration. "This is an international
award that contributes to the recognition of SHSU as an educational
institution on the cutting edge of business technology applications."
To be eligible for selection for the award won by Quarles
and Noman an individual must be a faculty member at one of
the member institutions; support the use of SAP in the classroom;
demonstrate positive results from collaboration with other
member schools; demonstrate a history of active membership
in the alliance through presentations, workshops, curriculum
creation, and mentoring other faculty members; and have a
history of sharing curriculum materials with other universities
in the alliance.
SHSU has been a member of the SAP University Alliance since
2001. During that time Quarles and Noman have developed a
number of SAP based cases and curriculum materials that are
used in business courses at SHSU. In addition, more than 30
universities in the US, Canada, and Mexico are currently using
these cases and materials published through the SAP University
Alliance.
For the past three years, Quarles and Noman have presented
workshops in the U. S. and Canada for faculty from university
alliance member universities that demonstrate the use of the
materials and teaching methods they have developed.
The use of these case materials at SHSU has allowed the College
of Business Administration to award a SAP Certificate of Completion
to SHSU graduates who have completed at least three courses
in which a minimum of 30 percent of the curriculum in each
class is SAP-based.
The award is accompanied by a $5,000 grant from SAP to the
recipient’s university for support of the SAP program
at that institution.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
March 28, 2008
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