News Archive

• September 2005
  Attention all CSEMS scholars! Want to earn CSEMS points this semester? Career Services is offering several workshops that will help prepare you for your jobsearch upon graduation. For each event you attend, you will receive one CSEMS point.
  • Sept 14: The Strongest Link
  • Sept 28: Extreme Makeover #1
  • Oct 3-7: Extreme Makeover #2
  • Oct 19: Eliminating the Fear Factor
  • Oct 26: Don't Be the Average Joe
  • Nov 9: The Next Top Model
  • Nov 30: Life Rules for the Real World
  • Dec 7: Style by Design
  
  
• August 2005
  The following spreadsheets were used to report the points earned by CSEMS scholars: Fall 05; Spring 05.
  
  
• May 2005
  Congratulations to CSEMS graduates who participated in commencement exercises this month! Our CSEMS graduates were Jatin Patel, Christina Richardson, Stanley Barnhill, Onatha Clovis, Tracy Austin, and Edward Rivell.
  
  
• April 2005
  The College of Science and Technology held its annual banquet. Congratulations to Chizoba Okeke for earning the Outstanding CSEMS Scholar award.

  Onatha Clovis with Dr. Greenlaw

  Chizoba Okeke

  
  
• December 2004
  Congratulations to CSEMS graduates who participated in commencement exercises this month! Our CSEMS graduates were Damien Mavour, Steve Allen, Tracy McVay, Greg Surrette, and Etienne Dutoit.
  
  
• August 2004
  Over the past three years, Armstrong Atlantic State University has helped many students fulfill their dreams of careers in computers through its CSEMS (Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarships) program. Through the leadership of Principle Investigator Dr. Ray Greenlaw, and later Principle Investigator Dr. Mark Burge and co-Principle Investigator Mr. Chris McCarthy, the College of Science and Technology at Armstrong has received grants from the National Science Foundation totaling more than $600,000. The money from these grants has been used to provide many talented students with fulltime scholarships; enabling them to focus on their academic work and helping to lessen the financial burden of attending college. Many of these students are non-traditional students—students attending college later in life—who are ineligible for Georgia’s HOPE scholarship.
  
  Since the inception of the program in the fall of 2002, CSEMS scholars have been able to earn their degrees in Computer Science or Information Technology. With such degrees, they have found excellent jobs in the high technology workforce, and are employed at such businesses as Memorial Health University Medical Center and OSIsoft.
  
  Now, in 2004, with the receipt of its second four-year grant from the National Science Foundation, the College of Science and Technology is expanding the CSEMS program to include mathematics students. Under Principle Investigator Dr. Mark Burge and co-Principle Investigators Dr. Raymond Greenlaw and Mr. Chris McCarthy, the College of Science and Technology will continue to help talented and needy students fulfill their dreams of careers in computers and mathematics.
  
  
• July 2004
  The deadline for signing up for bulletin boards is July 30, 2004. You may sign up for as many boards as you like via e-mail or via the sign-up sheet on Chris McCarthy’s door (Science Center 270). Follow the link to see the list of eligible bulletin boards. No more than two people may work together on one board. Remember, each bulletin board is worth one CSEMS participation point, and each bulletin board must meet criteria set forth in the evaluation form.
  
  Boards must be up by August 13, 2004. Please set up an appointment with Chris McCarthy in order to get your design approved and to make arrangements for getting any necessary supplies.
  
  
• July 2004
  We have great news! Armstrong Atlantic’s CSEMS program was selected this month by the National Science Foundation as one of only a very few programs to be expanded. Beginning this Fall, Math majors will be eligible to compete for CSEMS Scholarships.
  
  
• July 2004
  CSEMS Scholars are now required to earn ten participation points each semester. Failure to earn the required amount of points will result in a one-semester suspension of your scholarship. Participation points can be earned by actively participating in the following activities:
  • Noontime CS/Math colloquia: 1 point each
  • ACM meetings: 1 point each
  • Select AASU Day booths (fall semester only): 2 points
  • Spring Banquet: 2 points
  • Spring College of Science and Technology Quiz Bowl: 2 points (+1 point for helping)
  • Creating a College of Science and Technology bulletin board: 1 point per bulletin board
  • CSEMS video project (this summer only): 5 points (credited towards Fall 2004)
  
  
• July 2004
  The CSEMS Video Project is an opportunity for CSEMS scholars to earn 5 participation points for the Fall 2004 semester by working together to create a video about CSEMS. This will be a fun and rewarding activity. At least five scholars must participate in the project, or the opportunity will be cancelled. The final video about CSEMS will be due by September 1, 2004. The initial meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 29 in Science Center 204 (Conference Room). Only scholars who attend this meeting will be eligible to participate in the project. At this meeting, an overview of the project will be presented.
  
  During the first week, the group will be responsible for coordinating and scheduling at least four full group meetings and creating an initial outline for the movie. Over the course of the project, there will be two due dates: (1) Monday, August 9: a script and storyboard must be submitted and approved; (2) Wednesday, September 1: the video must be submitted.
  
  The number of participation points awarded at the end of the project will be deducted by 1 point for each day that either of these due dates is missed. An evaluation system to be used for awarding participation points and a set of guidelines will be presented at the initial meeting. All members of the group will receive the same number of participation points at the end of the project.
  
  Again, this will be a fun project in which CSEMS scholars will have the opportunity to earn up to half of their required CSEMS participation points for the Fall 2004 semester. We hope to see you at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 29!
  
  
• July 2004
  The College of Science and Technology is now requiring participation points for students to be eligible for their NSF/CSEMS scholarships. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is offering a fun and easy way to earn a maximum of 4 participation points. A CSEMS Scholar can earn these participation points by volunteering to work at the "ACM Welcome Back Cookout". This cookout will help raise money for the ACM as well as inform students about the organization. A CSEMS Scholar can earn 1 participation point for every 2 hrs that he/she volunteers. The cookout dates and times are the following:
  • Monday August 16th 10:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Tuesday August 17th 10:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  These times include set-up and clean-up.
  
  If you are interested, please e-mail Katie Hoenshell no later than August 1 with the following information: name, phone number, the times that you are willing to work on August 16th and 17th.
  
  This is a nice way to earn participation points before the semester starts to get busy with exams and projects. If you will not be able to volunteer please feel free to stop by the cookout and grab something to eat. Hope to see you all this upcoming semester.
  
  
• May 2004
  Congratulations to CSEMS graduates who participated in commencement exercises this month! Our CSEMS graduates were Chris Williams, Frank Malinowski, Josh Early, and Dan Riddell.
  
  
• April 2004
  The College of Science and Technology held its annual awards banquet this month. The Oustanding CSEMS Scholar Award was presented to Justin French.
  
  
  
  
  
• March 2003
  Our current NSF CSEMS scholars were presented with awards at Yamacraw Day 2003.
  
  
  
March 2004
March 9 at the Financial Aid workshop, CSEMS scholars Greg Surrette and Pam Bates complete their FAFSAs online (front row) while Financial Aid representative Laura Harris assists scholar Matt Lewis, who confesses that his wife usually handles this annual task.



• February 2004
  During the Career Services meeting, students received copies of the following PDF document. Any CSEMS scholars who were unable to attend may download and review it.
  
  
• February 2004
  Financial Aid counselor Laura Harris will give a brief presentation and workshop on completing the FAFSA in Science Center 1505A on MARCH 8 from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Current CSEMS scholars who will remain eligible for the scholarship in Fall 2004 MUST ATTEND at least half of this session, and any applicants who wish to be considered for the Fall 2004 award are strongly encouraged to attend. You will need your tax documents for the year 2003.
  
  
• February 2004
  Chris McCarthy met with Southeast Bulloch High School students to talk about the CSEMS scholarship during his visit to the Computer Applications class.
  
  
  
• January 2004
  The Spring 2004 colloquium series starts on January 28. The complete schedule of talks can be found at the colloquium page.
  
  
• January 2004
  Barbara Myers will be meeting with our CSEMS scholars for one hour on Tuesday, February 10 from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. to lead in a resume-writing and interview practice session. This will be held in our SC 1503A lab.
  
  
• December 2003
  A group of local high school students received a tour of the College of Science and Technology. CSEMS Scholar, Chris Williams, described several projects he had worked on in the past semester.
  
  
  
• November 2003
  CSEMS scholars recently helped out with the College of Science and Technology Annual Quiz Bowl.
  
  
• September 2003
  Be sure to visit the colloquium page to find out about interesting talks from knowledgeable people in the fields of Mathematics and Computer Science.
  
  
• May 2003
  Congratulations to CSEMS graduate who participated in commencement exercises this month! Our CSEMS graduate was Brian Didlake.
  
  
• April 2003
  The College of Science and Technology held an introductory meeting with our first group of CSEMS scholars.
  
  
  
• March 2003
  Our current NSF CSEMS scholars were presented with awards at Yamacraw Day 2003.
  
  
  
• December 2002
  Congratulations to our first CSEMS graduates, Frank Malinowski and Dan Riddell!
  
  
• September 2002
  The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $393,200 to Armstrong Atlantic State University for support of the project, "Clearing a Path for Talented and Needy Students to Pursue Careers in Computer Science and Information Technology."