Our Wonderful INFORMS Student Chapters
Yesterday evening, we attended one of my favorite events at the Annual INFORMS Conference – the award ceremony recognizing INFORMS Student Chapters for their activities.
The event was led by Professor Michael Johnson of UMass Boston and VP for Chapters/Fora.
The student chapters that were being recognized for their activities had received a nice email message from him a few weeks ago, which also listed all the award recipients and what a fabulous collection of universities was being recognized. The message is reposted below. Our UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter and its members were delighted to hear that we were receiving our 11th consecutive award. I have enjoyed serving as the Faculty Advisor of the UMass Amherst Student Chapter throughout because of the wonderful students that energize us all.
Dear Chapter Officers,
Congratulations! The INFORMS Chapters/Fora Committee is delighted to notify you that the University of Massachusetts Amherst INFORMS Chapter has been selected as a winner of the INFORMS 2016 Student Chapter Annual Award at Cum Laude level. All awardees are listed below. The purpose of these awards is to recognize the achievements of student chapters. The award will be presented at the Student Awards Ceremony at the upcoming INFORMS Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. If you are at the meeting, we hope you will join us and be recognized at this event. The Student Awards Ceremony will be held on November 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Omni – Broadway EF, 2nd Floor. Please try to arrive at least 15 minutes early. If you cannot attend, we will mail the award to you so please let us know if you are planning to attend. There will be a reception immediately following the ceremony with refreshments which we hope you will stay for as well.
Thank you for your commitment to INFORMS student chapters!
Best regards,
Michael Johnson
VP for Chapters/Fora
Summa Cum Laude
Carnegie Mellon University
Northwestern University
Magna Cum Laude
Ohio State University
University of Michigan
Virginia Tech
University of Toronto
Purdue University
Cum Laude
Texas A&M University
University of Texas – Austin
University of Massachusetts
Lehigh University
University of South Florida
University of Texas – Dallas
Columbia University
University of Florida
Mississippi State University
Penn State University
Michael P. Johnson
Associate Professor
We had several faculty show up as well as several of our alums and, after the ceremony, we were treated to a delicious buffet dinner with scrumptious desserts. Many lingered, networked, chatted, and exchanged great stories with a lot of laughter.
The photos were taken at this special event. Congratulations to all the INFORMS Student Chapters and kudos of your activities from speaker series and social events to doing good with good OR! Congratulations also to the Judith Liebman Award recipients who were honored last evening!
