Daniel Changkuon is a problem solver.<\/p>\n
As the president of the Oregon State University Students in Information Management (SIM) Club, Changkuon is helping work on a project to extract quiz scores from a SharePoint site automatically, so professors don\u2019t have to manually.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor professors it\u2019s time consuming looking through those reports, so I help the professor get only the results of what the student has done in SharePoint,\u201d he said. \u201cThat reduces for the professor something that took hours to a couple of minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s those skills that made Daniel an Oregon State recipient of a scholarship from the Portland Chapter of the Society for Information Management.<\/p>\n
This year the OSU College of Business received $17,500 in scholarships from Portland SIM, one of a number of gifts the group makes every year to information technology programs in the state to support students such as Daniel.<\/p>\n
This summer Daniel interned at Nike and plans to graduate this year. He hopes to get a job working with IT security.<\/p>\n
A native of Ecuador, Daniel said the scholarship has been a great help to his family and helped allow time for him to take part in experiential learning opportunities such as SIM Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps me a lot, \u201c Daniel said. \u201cEspecially being an international student, my tuition is almost three times higher than a resident from Oregon, which makes it harder for me and harder for my family. Having a scholarship is a big help for me. Sometimes I have to work a bit more hours to pay all my things, so I\u2019m always grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
The funds came from corporate sponsorships of the Portland SIM 11th<\/sup> Annual Golf Tournament. Overall the events have raised more than $250,000 for SIM scholarships throughout the state.<\/p>\n In addition to financial support, scholarship winners receive more training and networking opportunities with the organization.<\/p>\n Olga Matysina, now an IT consultant with the Oregon State College of Business, received a scholarship her final term at OSU.<\/p>\n Matysina said almost more important than the financial assistance was the opportunities and connections the scholarship opened up with SIM Club events and trips.<\/p>\n “I thought the introduction to professionals in my field was the biggest benefit,” Matysina said. “They gave us advice on how they progressed in their career.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel Changkuon is a problem solver. As the president of the Oregon State University Students in Information Management (SIM) Club, Changkuon is helping work on a project to extract quiz scores from a SharePoint site automatically, so professors don\u2019t have to manually. \u201cFor professors it\u2019s time consuming looking through those reports, so I help the … <\/p>\n