From bloodaxed at gmail.com Fri Feb 1 14:05:16 2013 From: bloodaxed at gmail.com (ALEX Slawniak) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:05:16 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] 09-02-13 LAN Party Message-ID: Alright, people have been asking me when the next one will be, so here we go! Where: ACM Office and surrounding rooms When: Saturday February 9, 2013. Setup starts at Noon As per usual, movie night will happen the Friday before it with initial setup either being before or after the movie. Sign-up at acmlanparty.com so that you will only need to pay $5 rather $10 for food. -Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wdwora2 at uic.edu Tue Feb 5 10:56:03 2013 From: wdwora2 at uic.edu (Walter Dworak) Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:56:03 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] SIG SysAdmin Meeting today at 5:15PM Message-ID: <511139A3.6040401@uic.edu> Sorry, for the late reminder, but there will be a short meeting today to do introductions for new members and get everyone started as well as seeing where people are with what they were already working on. Come to SELE 2262 and we'll figure out which space we're using then. Walter From bloodaxed at gmail.com Wed Feb 6 12:01:32 2013 From: bloodaxed at gmail.com (ALEX Slawniak) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:01:32 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] MOVIE NIGHT Friday Feb. 8 Message-ID: Movie night this week will start at 5:30 with LAN Party setup being before or after the movie, mostly dependent on whether or not there are still people in the CS Lounge. The movie will be Watchmen, since there was interest in it from the last week. -Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tom at FatesUnited.com Thu Feb 7 10:50:58 2013 From: Tom at FatesUnited.com (Tom Phillips) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:50:58 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] FW: ACM 2/7/13 Meeting Message-ID: <010801ce0553$4e5c0140$eb1403c0$@FatesUnited.com> Just a reminder we have a meeting today in SEO 1000 at 5:30pm. They?re also accepting resumes from CS and ECE students! From: Tom Phillips [mailto:Tom at FatesUnited.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:05 PM To: acm-announce at acm.cs.uic.edu Subject: ACM 2/7/13 Meeting Hi everyone, just a heads up that we will be having a meeting next week as well as tomorrow. Here is the info: Thursday 2/7 at 5:30pm in SEO 1000 as usual. ---------- Cummins Allison is a global leader in providing innovative banknote and coin processing solutions for the financial, gaming, retail, vending and government markets. The U.S.-based company has a 125-year heritage of leadership in technology and product innovation and currently serves the majority of financial institutions worldwide, as well as leading organizations in retail, casinos, law enforcement and government. The company holds more than 350 U.S. patents and has ongoing research and development (R&D) investments that are double the industry average. The Cummins Allison engineering team is US-based and involved with a variety of engineering disciplines including electro-mechanical design, plastic and sheet metal design, precision machining, assembly, electrical circuit board design, microprocessor, DSP and FPGA development, algorithm development, embedded and PC and Windows based software development, and product testing. Our product development teams develop and maintain a complete line of standard products as well as custom solutions. We have been expanding our development team each year for the past 3 years and are adding between 10 and 15 engineers this year. Cummins Allison is headquartered near Chicago, IL, with development centers near San Diego, CA. and Philadelphia, PA. and wholly owned subsidiaries in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and France. All our product assembly and much of our parts fabrication are done at our headquarters facility. The company also has an extensive sales and service network with more than 50 offices in North America and is represented in over 70 countries. For detailed information, visit http://www.cumminsallison.com where you can review our various products. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clee231 at uic.edu Mon Feb 11 09:27:17 2013 From: clee231 at uic.edu (Chase Lee) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:27:17 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] Flourish! Planning Meeting [February 12, 2013 @ 4PM] Message-ID: Happy Lunar New Year! I hope your Lunar New Year was fun! This is an email letting everyone know that we will have a Flourish! Planning Meeting tomorrow. Sorry for the late notice... We will be having our Flourish! Planning Meeting on *Tuesday, February 12, 2013* @ *4PM* in the Computer Science Lounge (*SELE 2260*). Once again, we will be discussing SAFC. We will also see who wants to take a field trip down to PS:One for some additional planning after the initial Flourish meeting! If you cannot make this meeting but would still like to help out, please contact Chase Lee(clee231 at uic.edu) to be kept informed. If you have any questions about Flourish!, please don't hesitate to email me as well! For directions to SELE 2260, please visit the UIC Mega Pathfinder (http://acm.cs.uic.edu/umpf). We are located on 950 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL. If you have trouble accessing the building during the meeting time, please call (312) 996-5947. Thank You, Chase Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sdeitz2 at uic.edu Mon Feb 18 11:56:03 2013 From: sdeitz2 at uic.edu (Deitz, Sean M.) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:56:03 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] Engineering Week Activities Calendar (2/18-13-2/22/13) Message-ID: <66950db764bcde76b9da93d1561c090d.squirrel@webmail.uic.edu> Even though we're kind of oddballs when it comes to engineering, you should still get involved with Engineer's Week. There are some good events going on. In particular, the Engineering Career Fair on Wednesday is one of the the best events provided by the college for career opportunities. Mark your calendars for National Engineers Week which will be celebrated February 18- 22. The College of Engineering and Engineering Council have invited several speakers to present on the topic "Engineering for Sustainability." The annual Engineering Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 20 and will feature over 70 engineering companies recruiting for interns, co-ops, and full-time applicants. To conclude the week, all engineering students are invited to attend the free bowling event on Friday, February 22 from 4p.m.- 8p.m. held at the UIC Bowling Center (SCE). We will be serving food and treats, as well as giving away over 200 T-Shirts at the bowling session. The pool tables will also be free of charge for engineering students. http://www.uicengineeringcouncil.org/eweek-2013 Calendar of events: Monday, February 18 What: Geothermal Renovation Tours of Lincoln Hall, Grant Hall, Douglas Hall (2 sessions) Who: UIC Office of Sustainabilitys Cynthia Klein-Banai will lead the tours Where: Meet by Lincoln Hall entrance for both tour sessions Time: 1p.m.(session 1) and 2 p.m.(session 2) ________________________________________________________________________________________ What: Presentation on Renewable Energy by Professor William Ryan (sponsored by ASHRAE) Who: Prof. William Ryan, Faculty and Director of the UIC Master of Energy Engineering Program Where: SCE 613 (Student Center Tower- 6th floor) Time: 3 p.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 19 What: Presentation on Renewable Energy by the Union of Concerned Scientists Who: Mr. Sam Gomberg Energy Analyst for the Midwest Region of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Where: Lecture Center F4 Time: 11a.m. 12:15 p.m. Info: Mr. Gomberg is an advocate for responsible energy policies that support the development of renewable energy and energy efficient resources. Tuesday, February 19 What: Business Etiquette for Engineers & What is an Elevator Speech? Who: Presented by Fast Enterprises, LLC Where: SEO 1000 Time: 12 p.m.- 1 p.m. Targeting: CS, ECE, IT majors ( bring your resumes) Food will be provided ** Win an iPod** Wednesday, February 20 What: UIC Engineering Career Fair - Over 70 engineering companies will be on campus recruiting for interns, co-ops, and full-time position applicants. Who: All UIC Engineering, CS, IDS, MIS-related majors and UIC engineering alumni welcome Where: Student Center East Illinois Rooms Time: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m . Website: http://engineering.uic.edu/bin/view/COE/NewsCareerFair Thursday, February 21 What: Local renewable energy projects presentation by Ameresco Who: Presentation by Mr. Hardik Shah (Associate Project Development Engineer) and Mr. Steve Taggart (Regional Director) representatives of Ameresco Where: Lecture Center F4 Time: 11 a.m. 12: 15 p.m. Friday, February 22 What: FREE Bowling Party for all UIC engineering students Hosted by: BOA/WISE/Engineering Council Where: UIC Bowling Alley (SCE -1st floor) Time: 4 p.m. -8 p.m. ** Food will be provided** ~Sean Deitz, forwarded from Kate Kaplan From clee231 at uic.edu Tue Feb 19 00:55:30 2013 From: clee231 at uic.edu (Chase Lee) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:55:30 -0600 Subject: [Acm-announce] Flourish! Planning Meeting [February 20, 2013 @ 5PM] Message-ID: <512321E2.3040109@uic.edu> Hello Everyone! I hope this email finds you well. I hope everyone's midterms are going well. I still can't believe we have completed about 1/3 of the semester already! This is an email letting everyone know that we will have a Flourish! Planning Meeting tomorrow. We will be having our Flourish! Planning Meeting on *Wednesday, February 20, 2013 @ 5PM* in the Computer Science Lounge (*SELE 2260*). We will be discussing updates for speakers/sponsors, brainstorming after-party ideas, needed art, and some SAFC shenanigans if needed. If you cannot make this meeting but would still like to help out, please contact Chase Lee(clee231 at uic.edu ) to be kept informed. If you have any questions about Flourish!, please don't hesitate to email me! For directions to SELE 2260, please visit the UIC Mega Pathfinder (http://acm.cs.uic.edu/umpf). We are located on 950 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL. If you have trouble accessing the building during the meeting time, please call (312) 996-5947 . Let's make Flourish a success together! 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