CSC Graduate Events
- Preparing the Faculty Candidate (11/13/07 - 10am-12 noon @ EB2, room 3211): This student-organized event featured two one-hour sessions to help students with the process of obtaining a faculty position at a research university. Please see the compiled notes here. The notes and the event were organized by Travis Breaux, Sibin Mohan, and Harini Ramaprasad.
- Halloween Party (10/31/07 - 6:30pm-8:30pm @ EB2, room 3211): The CSC GSA hosted a Halloween party. All of our CSC graduate students were invited, as well as those of neighboring departments, including ECE, ISE, and OR. There was a competitive costume contest and some costume materials were provided (many students had their faces painted). The winners of the costume contest were Prasanth Anbalagan (1st place--he was entirely disguised, so no one knew it was him!), Devika Gangal (2nd place), and Anjing Wang (3rd place). Pictures will be uploaded here.
- Geek-a-Thon (10/5/07 to 10/7/07): This is a weekend-long event to refurbish computers and provide them to high-achieving, but less-advantage middle school students in Wake County. To sign up as a volunteer, go here! For more information, go here.
- 40th Year Scholarship Auction (9/15/07 - 1am): A surprising variety of items will be auctioned off to raise money for a new computer science scholarship endowment. Item donations are also welcome. Visit the Auction page here.
- Welcome Back Gathering (9/13/07 - 9am-1pm @ EB2, room 3211): The CSC GSA hosted a social mixer for faculty and students. Excellent international cuisines were served (sushi and spring rolls) and the event drew students and faculty for a few hours of socialization.
- Executive Speaker Seminar (9/11/07 - 6pm @ EB2, room 1025): Steve A. Scullen III, President of Fidelity eBusiness, will be speaking in the first event of the Fidelity Investments "Leadership in Technology" Executive Speaker Series. The topic of the talk is "The Evolution of the Web in Financial Services". Each talk in the series is open to the public--graduate students are highly encouraged to come!
- Welcome Back Cookout (8/28/07 - 6pm-8pm @ EB2 Breezeway): The ECE and CSC departments hosted an event sponsored by Norfolk Southern. There was live DJ music, as well as an iPhone raffle, and a scavenger hunt for a Wii and other prizes. The CSC GSA had a table with a poster and fliers, and CSC GSA officers were there wearing 40th anniversary t-shirts.
- Graduate TA Training (8/20/07 - 10am-2pm @ EB2, room 1231): A teaching assistant training workshop was held for all incoming CSC TAs. This was our second annual CSC TA Training Workshop and both years were met with positive feedback. Download the presentation slides here.