President’s Letter January, 2019 The Academy of Computing had a very successful Induction Banquet at the Fayetteville Country Club on November 2, 2018 and Business Meeting at University of Arkansas on November 3 of 2018. Our 2017-2018 President John Chamberlin was our Emcee for the night and our distinguished guest speaker, Jeff Amerine, Founding Principal
Nitin Agarwal is a millennial, born in Delhi, India, who grew up with personal computers and the internet. It was the limitless possibilities of applications and evolution in social behavior that intrigued him from the beginning and led to his first computer programs. He still treasures the five-and-quarter inch floppy disks that store the computer
Scholarships 2017 Wow! The 2017 Scholarship Drive raised over $15,500, thanks to your generosity. The perpetual endowments set up by members in the names of the companies that were important in their careers – currently, Systematics/AIS/FIS, Acxiom and Arkansas Systems/Euronet – contribute another $3,000 annually for scholarships. With an additional $3,000 from the Academy’s general
Dear Academy Member, We had a fantastic Annual Meeting in Fayetteville Oct 28th and 29th and owe many thanks to the University of Arkansas CSCE Department for the planning and execution, and to outgoing AAoC President Gary Dowdy for his hard work, not only at this event but for the past 2 years. We
The Arkansas Academy of Computing is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016-2017 scholarship awards. University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chen Xu Chen Xu is originally from China and graduated from Qingdao Agricultural University in July 2014, with a bachelor’s degree in Financial Management. In his Computerized Financial Management course, Chen learned how to apply
The number of information technology (IT) workers now stands at 4.6 million, compared with just 450,000 in 1970 according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The upsurge means IT workers now represent 2.9% of the U.S. labor force. “The Census Bureau first identified IT occupations in the 1970 Census,”
In this update: * Save the date, AAoC Annual Banquet and Meeting is 10/28 & 10/29 in Fayetteville * Nominations for new members ends 7/31 * FIS Accelerator – Academy members help drive entrepreneurship and business growth in our state * Dues – A list of who has paid for 2016 SAVE THE
Dear Academy Member, In this update: Save the date, 2016 Annual Banquet and Business Meeting Membership dues Call for membership nominations Update on Computer Science Initiative Open AAoC positions (we need a few volunteers) Save the Date The 2016 Academy Annual Banquet and Business Meeting is tentatively set for October 28 and 29. This
22 Feb 16 President Barack Obama’s administration and global high-tech giants want every state to follow Arkansas’ lead and begin offering computer science courses at all of the nation’s public high schools. At a news conference Sunday, officials from the White House, Microsoft and Google joined Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
January 30, 2016 Today, President Obama is unveiling his plan to give all students across the country the chance to learn computer science (CS) in school. We’ve made real progress in education — over the past seven years, 49 States and Washington, D.C. have raised expectations by adopting higher standards to prepare all students for success in
President’s Letter – December 31, 2015 Dear Academy Member, In this update, I would like to share the successes we have had this year as an organization making a difference in computing for the State of Arkansas. Scholarships If you have not already made your contribution to our general scholarship fund or to your public
LITTLE ROCK — Building on his initiative to have computer science taught in every public high school in the state, which was implemented in the fall, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday he wants to introduce computer science in kindergarten through eighth grade as well. Source: Governor Seeks To Expand Computer Science To Grades K-8 |
The Arkansas Academy of Computing is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015-2016 scholarship awards. University of Central Arkansas Min Ji Kim My name is Min Ji Kim, and I was born on July 7, 1993 in South Korea. At the young age of 14, I moved to the United States with my
The number of young women completing engineering and technology programs has dropped significantly in the past 30 years. As a result, women are generally underrepresented in technology-related jobs, especially in technical positions and at leadership levels. The not-for-profit organization Girls Who Code (GWC) was founded in 2011 to improve these numbers. The organization’s goal is
The bill strengthens science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education efforts and expands the definition of STEM to include computer science. Source: Smith’s STEM Education Act Signed Into Law | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
President’s Letter – September 2015 Dear Academy Member, We have four important updates in this newsletter, a couple with action required if you plan to attend the events: 1) Annual Dinner, New Member Induction and Business Meeting 2) Academy member, Dona Bailey, will speak at the Venture Center for the series Code-IT 3) U of
This fall, the Natural State will be the first in which every high school and charter school offers at least one computer-science course. State booting up computer-science courses.
Ford and five other women from the information technology department at J.B. Hunt headquarters in Lowell shared their experiences of working in the profession with about 40 girls attending a five-day Girl IT Up summer camp on computer programming this week at Springdale High School. The camp began Monday and ends Friday. Springdale girls learn
New certification for schools and students in STEM. College Board Launches STEM Credential Initiative – US News.
AAoC President’s Newsletter – May 2015Dear Arkansas Academy of Computing Members, On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am pleased to provide our membership an update on the following:* Governor’s Task Force on Computer Science / Input Needed* Save the Date! October 9th & 10th is our annual meeting in Little Rock* Call for Membership Nominees – Due June 15* UALR signs MOU