Tuesday, October 30, 2012

OU CS Programming gets another honor

Congratulations to the CS Programming Team for placing second in the ACM South Central Division Competition! The team placed first last year and proves to be a force to be reckoned with! Congratulations Coach Hougen, Caleb Eggensperger, Braden McDorman, and Allen Smith!

Friday, October 26, 2012

The School of Computer Science is proud of the accomplishment of one of its faculty members: Dr Amy McGovern. Dr McGovern was awarded the 2012 Teaching Scholar Initiative Award for teaching excellence. The Teaching Scholars Initiative is a colloquium under the guidance of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Their mission is to give faculty an outlet to share their experiences in order to improve student learning at OU.
Congratulations Dr McGovern!
In the midst of the mid-terms, a CS student can find himself/herself wonder what made him/her choose this major in the first place.
If you need to be reassured, take a look at this article by Ted Samson in InfoWorld:
In "Demand for software engineers keeps climbing -- and so do the salaries", Samson details how the increased demand for software engineers is behind increasing salaries, with firms often competing to attract the brightest minds. On average, a software engineer can expect to make about $92,000 a year but this number can easily go up to six figures.
We hope this was enough motivation to get you through your midterms!