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Elections

Categories: Elections

Elections for the CSSS for the 2008–2009 academic year are right around the corner! Elections are open Thursday and Friday 9:30–4 each day. Candidates are:

  • President
    • KWOK, Amy
    • PUREWAL, Sonia
  • Vice President, Internal
    • PERSWAIN, Presley
  • Vice President, External
    • TANTONGCO, Jeremiah
  • Treasurer
    • LEUNG, Julianne
  • Graduating Representative
    • CHEN, Albert
  • Social Coordinator
    • AHMADIAN, Nadia

When:

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 10:30 to Friday, March 28, 2008 - 17:00

Where:

Dempster Foyer

Tags:

Social

Co-op Info Session

Categories: Career

The UBC Computer Science Co-op is hosting an information session for students who are interested in co-op/internship opportunities. The Co-op program is a great way to gain valuable work experience and to improve your employment opportunities upon graduation.

Come and hear:

  • Program specific information
  • How your application is evaluated
  • The co-op stories from our student speakers Q&A

All are welcome to attend this event. Please email your questions and comments to [email protected].

See you there!

When:

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 18:00 to 19:00

Where:

Hugh Dempster Building, Room 101

Tags:

Social

PI Day with Google!


As you may know March 14th is the closest calendar to the pi day, what you may not have known is that March 14 is also Albert Einstein’s 128th Birthday. While Friday is often reason enough to celebrate, we wanted to give you a few special reasons to get together and have some fun.

Come out and have some Fun with us!

When: Friday March 14, 9 – 10:30am
Where: ICICSX Lounge
What: Breakfast + PIE :D
Who: your cool Google ambassadors and bunch of smart and fun people.

When:

Friday, March 14, 2008 - 01:00 to 11:30

Where:

ICICS X-Wing Lounge

Tags:

Social

Microsoft Makes Developing Easier for You!


Microsoft has made several announcements lately, two of which might help you!

Microsoft releases a Facebook SDK
Now you can develop Facebook Applications easier than ever, using Microsoft’s Facebook SDK. This development kit will now allow you to use any .NET language inside of any Facebook Application! Experience the freedom of developing with .NET with your favorite online social network!

Microsoft DreamSpark
In addition to the MSDNAA, Microsoft is rolling out a new program called Microsoft DreamSpark. This new program, also targeted at college and university students, aims to put developer (Visual Studio, XNA Game Studio), designer (Expression Studio), and platform (Windows Server, SQL Server) tools in your hands…for FREE!

These services are free of charge and are already released. Read more about them here.

Charles
Microsoft Rep