Tech Industry
This Seattle-based company started out selling books online before becoming a global tech giant.
Amazon
PPIT Lounge's room number.
JSOM 11.201
What "OOP" stands for in programming.
Object-oriented programming
Percentage of JSOM undergrads that are CIS Tech or ITS.
25%
The first modern Olympic Games were held in this country.
Greece
This company's unofficial motto was once "Don't be evil."
PPIT's partnering employer.
CGI
When a subclass derives properties and behaviors from a parent class.
Inheritance
Change made to the 2025 catalog that angered many existing students.
MATH 1326 is no longer required
This bird, often associated with wisdom, is active at night.
An owl
Year that Apple released the first iPhone.
2007
Number of students currently in the PPIT.
53
SQL command used to retrieve data from a database.
SELECT
Starting salary for our graduating students.
$78,500
The most widely consumed spice in the world, known for its hot and spicy flavor.
Black peper
This major streaming service started out as a DVD rental-by-mail company.
Netflix
The inaugural cohort launched the start of PPIT in this semester.
Spring 2023
This cybersecurity concept requires multiple forms of verification before granting access.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Number of students in the program.
1323
Mariana Trench
In 2023, this company surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable by market cap (for a brief time).
Microsoft
This sport started as a casual PPIT meetup and eventually inspired a nickname for some alumni and current members.
Pickleball
"ETL", in business intelligence.
Extract, Transform, Load
Previous program name(s).
2010-14: Management Information Systems (MIS)
2014-23: Information Technology & Systems (ITS)
Name of the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.
Voyager 1