Last week was a busy week for Computer Science majors thinking about future career opportunities. On Monday, September 17, the Computer Science Resources Consortium fall luncheon was held at the Inn at Virginia Tech, followed by the CS Career Reception later that evening in the West Club room of the South End Zone.  At the luncheon, the three newest members of the CSRC were introduced: High Performance Technologies, Strictly Business Computer Systems, and Evergrid.  

The members of the Computer Science Resources Consortium,  the department’s industrial affiliates group, were on campus to learn more about the department and to recruit students as full-time employees, interns, and cooperative education students. CSRC companies provide support to the Department of Computer Science and student groups.

Also attending the luncheon were CS undergraduates who were awarded scholarships for the academic year 2007/2008 and representatives from four CS student groups.  Twenty-nine undergraduates received scholarships totaling more than $75,000.  The majority of these funds were provided by the College of Engineering, with the Department of Computer Science and two CSRC members, SWIFT and Eastman, also contributing to the total. 

All sixteen current members of the CSRC participated in the Career Reception.  The Career Reception, held in the West Club room of the South End Zone, allowed CS undergrads and graduate students to discuss career opportunities and industry trends with CSRC representatives. 

Also during the week of the 17th, the CSRC members had the opportunity to have dinner with CS faculty at the department's facility in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center.  They also visited several classes and spoke with Computer Science and General Engineering majors to discuss CS as a major, the variety of opportunities in the field, and the abundance of jobs available to CS majors.

You can view photos of the scholarship recipients by clicking on the underlined names. 

• Tausif Akhtar (Dumfries, VA)
• Nicholas Bailey (Aurora, CO)
• John Ciafardoni (Lynchburg, VA)
• Daniel Cohn (Springfield, VA)
• Wayne Crissman (Crimora, VA)
• Stephen Dolenc (Vienna, VA)
  
• Jaime Garcia-Ramirez (Winchester, VA)
• Ken Kania (Crozet, VA)
  
• Kevin Miller (Holland, PA)
• Will Randolph (Burke, VA)
• John Ryding (Barre, MA)
• Eric Woods (Goshen, IN)
  

CS student groups attending:

• Stacy Branham, AWC
  
• Daniel Preston, CS Squared
• Laurian Vega, Grad Council
• Uma Murthy, UPE
  

Companies attending the CSRC luncheon and Career Reception:

CGI

Eastman Chemical

Evergrid

Google

High Performance Technologies, Inc  

IBM

Lockheed Martin

Meridium

Microsoft

MITRE

Network Appliance  

Northrop Grumman

Strictly Business Computer Systems  

SWIFT

The Vanguard Group

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