Students Complete Summer Boot Camp

The MSA Class of 2010 enrolled in late June and proceeded at a breakneck pace through a six-week boot camp covering basic statistics and statistical programming. In addition to completing 5 credit hours of the MSA curriculum, 75% of the class also succeeded in passing the optional SAS Base programming certification. It is expected that over 90% will complete the certification before year-end, and half will complete the certification for advanced programming. Congratulations to the 39 members of the Class of 2010 who succeeded in completing the summer portion of the MSA program.

Executive Speaker Caps Summer Program

The Institute is pleased to announce Ian Gordon, senior vice president for Commercial and Government Operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, will deliver the Analytics Executive Guest Lecture at a special ceremony on August 6 to mark the completion of the MSA summer program. Gordon has more than 25 years of experience in health insurance, financial services and consulting. His talk is titled “Using Analytics to Power the Business.” The Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of SAS as sponsor of the guest lecture series. Continue reading “Executive Speaker Caps Summer Program”