[Acm] Chapter Awards Deadline Extended

[local_activities at acm.org]

Dear Fordham University ACM Student Chapter Representative,

Apologies for duplicate posting
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Greeting from ACM.

Thanks for your attention to the annual report. We wanted to inform you that:

1. Deadline for the ACM Student Chapter Excellence awards  recognizes is postponed until June 15th. The awards recognize chapters in the following areas:
 *Chapter Activities
 *Chapter Website
 *Recruitment Program
 *Community Service
 *School Service

Winning chapters in each of these categories will receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition. These chapters will be recognized on the ACM student chapter website and in ACM MemberNet. 

Submissions should be sent to local_activities at acm.org and must include:
 
•*Name and address of chapter
•*Names and email addresses of chapter officers and faculty sponsor
•*A brief description of your chapter and school including number of chapter members
•*Number of students at your school who take computer science and related courses, and typical majors of your chapter members.
•*URL for your chapter home page (if you have one)
•*An essay of no more than 500 words for each of the categories for which your chapter would like to be considered.  Guidelines for these essays appear on the ACM student chapter website:
http://www.acm.org/chapters/students/essay-contest/essay_contest-toc


2. Upsilon Pi Epsilon Student Chapter Scholarship Award: Deadline June 30th 2008

In the search for excellence and professional commitment to the computing and information technology fields, The Executive Council of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the Honor Society for Computing Sciences, and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announce the UPE ACM STUDENT CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. Up to two students will be chosen; each will receive $1,000 and a certificate of commendation.

Who is Eligible? 
All graduate and undergraduate students who are ACM members and members of the ACM Student Chapter at their academic institution.  These students are expected to be in the top 5% of their contemporaries on a course leading to recognition in the IT profession (In the US this would equate to a GPA greater than 3.5).
 
Please submit these materials to ACM Local Activities (address below):  
1. The Scholarship Award Application Form, as it appears on our website: http://www.acm.org/chapters/stu/upe/upe_award01.html 
2. Three letters of recommendation (one letter indicating class rank from Department Chair or Advisor). 
3. A certified copy of the previous three years (minimum) official academic transcripts. 
4. A statement of your participation in the ACM Student Chapter at your academic institution. 

If you have any questions, please contact UPE at upe at acm.org


3. ACM Student Research Competition Opportunities

http://www.acm.org/src 

Send your undergraduate or graduate research to the following conferences:

SIGCSE 2009, March 4-7, 2009
Submission deadline: September 28, 2008 at 23:59 GMT
Chair: Ann Sobel, sobelae at muohio.edu

Assets 2008, October 13-15
Submission deadline: June 23, 2008
Chair: Matt Huenerfauth, matt at cs.qc.cuny.edu


Thank you,
Lauren Ryan
ACM Local Activities