The Delaware State University College of Business officially dedicated the new Business Analytics Lab. The center will perform data analytics and service as workspace for the analysis of big data.
“I’m excited about this space and what it will do for our students,” DSU President Harry Williams said. “With our priority on student success, this is a clear example of how we are here for our students.”
The Business Analytics Lab, in Room 309 of the Bank of America Building, is equipped with several mobile computer stations, curved monitors, a cabinet full of laptops with charging stations, the latest software and other tools. The walls promote creative thinking by its erasable surfaces that allow thoughts and ideas to be jotted on the wall, a DSU release stated.
College Dean Donna Covington, who has led the integration of new analytics program noted that analytics is one of the fastest growing skill sets in the world today. She said the ability to analyze data, predict outcomes and improve performance to guide decision making is now essential for all students in higher education to ensure that they graduate with a skill set that will allow them to be successful in the workplace.
“In addition, ensuring our students are knowledgeable in examining big data to uncover patterns and predicting outcomes is not enough. We want to ensure our students are also well-versed in the application of analytics technology,” Dean Covington said. “We want them to have hands-on experience in using the leading-edge tools that can be used to make business, companies, organizations, government and academia help to anticipate and solve critical problems.”
She added that lab will be the classroom of choice for courses teaching concepts in business analytics and will be used to teach and instruct other HBCUs in the most current analytics software.
