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Computer Science Students:
The department and the Big Country Chapter (professional) of AITP sponsors the McM AITP Student Chapter. The department provides a faculty advisor and helps students secure funding support through McM resources. The professional chapter hosts monthly luncheons with guest speakers, awards scholarships, and helps fund student attendance at conferences. Each school year, the student chapter tries to attend both regional and national conferences which provide opportunities for team competitions in programming, network design, database design, Web site design, and other activities. The department also encourages student attendance at the regional CCSC (ACM SIGCSE) conference which provides programming competitions. The conferences also provide job fairs that enable students to develop a network of contacts for internships and employment after graduation. The student chapter also looks for opportunities to provide community service such as rebuilding computers for Boys/Girls Clubs of Abilene.
McM Student Chapter Programming Challenges:
Students may participate in local contests to solve programming problems, either individually or as a team of 2 programmers. The Faculty Sponsor provides separate problem statements for freshmen/sophomores and juniors/seniors and decides whether it is an individual or team problem. Students have about a hour to provide a solution which is judged based on correctness of solution and then on programming techniques and style. Winners receive a certificate suitable for framing and other prizes from community supporters.
2011-2012 Conferences:
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AITP Region 3 Student Conference, Oct 20-22, 2011,
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX |
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AITP National Collegiate Conference, Mar 29 - Apr 1, 2012, San Antonio TX |
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CCSC South Central Region Conference, Apr 20-21, 2012,
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX |
Past Conference Contest Participants & Winners:
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Justin Dudley competed in Database Design and Microsoft Office Solutions at the Region 3 Student Conf Oct 2010 (Houston TX, Univ Houston) |
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James Freiheit and Justin Dudley competed in Applications Programming at the Region 3 Student Conf Oct 2010 (Houston TX, Univ Houston) |
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Jon Thomas Pierce, Candice Sorley, James Freiheit, and Ben Harris competed in Applications Programming and Microsoft Office Solutions at the National Collegiate Conf Mar 2010 (St. Louis MO) |
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Jon Thomas Pierce and Candice Sorley competed in Applications Programming and Microsoft Office Solutions at the Region 3 Student Conf Oct 2009 (Dallas TX, UT Dallas)
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Danny Muteb, Jon Thomas Pierce, and James Freiheit competed in Applications Programming at the National Collegiate Conf Apr 2009 (Oklahoma City OK) |
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Danny Muteb and John Thomas Pierce competed in PC Troubleshooting at the National Collegiate Conf Apr 2009 (Oklahoma City OK)
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Candice Sorely and James Freiheit competed in Microsoft Office Solutions at the National Collegiate Conf Apr 2009 (Oklahoma City OK)
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Lynn Blair, 3rd place, Java Programming at AITP Region 3, Oct 2006 |
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Mai Hieu Bui and Johnny Hodge, 1st place in Network Design at TSU Feb 2006 |
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Mai Hieu Bui and Johnny Hodge, 1st place in Professional Research and Presentation at TSU Feb 2006 |
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Brian Angeletti and Jeanette Schofield, 1st place in C++ programming at TSU Feb 2006 |
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Mai Hieu Bui and Jeanette Schofield, 2nd place in Web Design, TSU Feb 2006 |
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Johnny Hodge and James Langsdale, 2nd place, Java Programming, AITP Region 3, Oct 2005 |
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Joseph Hash, 1st place in Java Programming, TSU Feb 2005 |
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Tony Chavana and Constantin Britcov, 2nd place in Java Programming, TSU Feb 2005 |
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