Linda Seibert, chief academic advisor for COBA, said that students in the Management of Information Systems course developed the idea of having a COBA Internet home page last spring, as part of a group project requirement for their class.

Chad Beckman, a MBA student from Jacob, Alejandro Otero, a MBA student from Carbondale and Jim Clancy, a former MBA student from St. Charles who is now employed in Chicago, thought having a home page would give COBA students many opportunities right at a computer screen.

We wanted any student that uses this office to find out relevant information that they need, Beckman said.

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Beckman, Otero and Clancy designed a home page for their project that would let students register for classes on the screen and get financial aid information.

Seibert said the home page would not only benefit students at SIUC but also junior college students who might be interested in transferring to the COBA.

Beckman said that the home page is not ready for student use yet, but should be by mid-semester.

Kassy Ruhmann, COBA Student Council president and business major from Ellis Grove, said she looks forward to the home page.

This would help enhance student’s abilities to learn outside of the classroom as well as inside, Ruhmann said. It would also help to coordinate activities.