Undergraduate Newsletter for January, 2003
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Dear CS Student:

   Welcome back to your studies in the CS Department! Hopefully your
transition from vacation (good food, hanging around with
friends at home, late nights partying ...) to school (bad
food, hanging around with friends in the CS lab, late nights
studying ...) has not been too abrupt. Just a couple of things
to note as you face your first week of classes:

  o Graders needed
  o Summer schedule posted
  o Reminders about the Career Management Tool and MentorNet on our
    IAP/Resources page
  o CS Games in Montreal


Graders Needed
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You should get a message from Ellen Grady about this, but it's
worth repeating: as usual, we need graders for a large roster
of courses, from CS 101 to upper-level courses. If you can help
out (and make some extra money in process), please fill out the web form at

        www.cs.bu.edu/fac/snyder/graders/graderapp.html

This link may be found on our main CS page in the lower right corner.

Summer Schedule
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The summer schedule for the CS department will be posted later today,
please let me know if there are any questions about the courses. The
links are:

   http://www.cs.bu.edu/courses/summerI2003.html

and

   http://www.cs.bu.edu/courses/summerII2003.html


CS Department Career Management Tool
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I mention this and the next item in practically every newsletter, but it
bears repeating: As part of our Industrial Affiliates Program, Professor
Matta
has arranged for a job resource page for our undergraduates and
graduate students. You post your resume, and we will distribute
these to our IAP partners; in addition, faculty get calls occasionally
from companies looking for students, and this is the place we will look
for good matches. Post your resume, post your resume, post your resume!!
And then check back occasionally to look for job postings! There actually
have been sone, despite this economy!
The page can be found under "Resources/Career Management Tool"
at http://www.cs.bu.edu/IAP/.

MentorNet
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Please remember to take a look at MentorNet if you are interested in
exchanging
email with professionals, for advice, perspective, and career opportunities.
You can check it out at the link right below the Career Management Tool
on our IAP/Resources page.

CS Games at McGill University
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McGill University is hosting an undergraduate CS and ENG
student event called the CS Games from March 14th to 16th
at McGill University in Montreal. Events include "Brain Burning"
algorithmic design, scripting, debugging, AI programming, web design,
scavenger hunt, vollyball and other sports, and LAN gaming (as well
as a little partying...). Take a look at www.cs.mcgill.ca/~csgames
for more information; I have also posted some information on the
bboard opposite my office (MCS 283). Sounds like fun, and Montreal
is definitely a very hip city, well worth the drive....


As always, please let me know if there is anything I or the department
can do to make your studies more rewarding. Good luck with your
studies and pray for warm weather....


Cheers,

   Wayne Snyder
   CS Undergraduate Director
   MCS 283
   snyder@cs.bu.edu
   353-8926


This message will be archived on the department web page under "UGrad
Letters."