October 07, 2006 —
Epstein ISE undergraduate Amanda Michelle Gowen. Amanda won a SAP America Scholarship for 2006-2007. The SAP America scholarship program's goal is to recognize outstanding undergraduate students pursuing a degree in business, computer science, mathematics or engineering. Amanda was one of only 10 students to win a $10,000 scholarship among SAP's Academic Alliance Universities across the United States and Canada. See http://www.sap.com/usa/company/citizenship/index.epx for more information.
Amanda responded to SAP's call for research papers to:
1. identify a problem or issue that is current and relevant for your area of interest but also relevant to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or other state-of-the-art technology (i.e. corporate governance / fraud in business or computer security),
2. thoroughly research the issue,
3. describe the issue and consequences, and
4. propose practical recommendations to resolve it.
Amanda's winning research paper is entitled - "SAP and Corporate Accounting - Integration of Investment Business Features."
Amanda's SAP instructor Richard Vawter reports, "We are very proud of Amanda here at the ITP department .... Amanda has exemplified the quality of students we have here at the Viterbi School of Engineering and has certainly earned much respect for USC from the other Alliance Universities."
Founded in 1972, SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market.
Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company, and the world's third-largest independent software supplier overall. Today, SAP employs nearly 30,000 people in more than 50 countries. SAP supplies e-business application software to over 15,000 companies in over 100 countries.
The Viterbi School of Engineering and SAP formed an academic alliance in the Fall of 1999 to deliver academic curriculum to an undergraduate and graduate audience with a focus on SAP's R/3 system. Part of this academic alliance involved a certification program recognized by USC and SAP for students successfully completing three courses from the Information Technology Program.
