CSE Undergrad News

The CSE departmental graduation event will take place on June 12th in Meany Hall from 9-1030am with a reception in the Paul G. Allen Center for CS&E from 1030-1130ish.  For our event, no tickets are required, just show up with a smile.  Most students wear cap and gown, but business casual is also appropriate if you are not planning on walking in the UW ceremony. More info will follow.

If  you haven’t filed to graduate yet (i.e. there is no projected graduation date on your MyCSE main page), contact me ASAP and I’ll check to see if everything is in place.

Your Steps to a Great Commencement Day – everything you wanted to know about the UW Ceremony.

Husky Stadium – June 12, 2010

Visit www.uwgraduation.com for complete ceremony information.

1. 1. Eligibility:

Bachelor Candidates: Students who earned a degree in Summer 2009, Autumn 2009, or Winter 2010, or have applied to graduate with a departmental advisor for Spring 2010 or Summer 2010 are eligible. Once the application for graduation has been completed and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records (206-543-1803), the student will then be eligible to complete the Commencement Registration/Order Form.

Master’s, Doctoral or Professional Candidates: Graduates who earned their degrees in Summer 2009, Autumn 2009, or Winter 2010, or candidates who have a reasonable expectation of graduating in Spring 2010 or Summer 2010 are eligible to participate.

Names Listed in Program: The Commencement program lists the names of graduates from Summer 2009 through Spring 2010.  Note: Spring 2010 Bachelor’s Degree candidates must have their Application to Graduate submitted and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records by the April 16th deadline in order to have their names listed. Master’s and doctoral degree candidates must have their Master’s Degree Request submitted or Doctoral Final Exam scheduled, by April 16^th in order to have their names listed.  Summer 2010 graduates’ names will be listed in the following year’s program.  For any undergraduate or graduate student that does not wish to have your name listed in the program, you must contact the Office of the Registrar (206-543-5378) by May 1^st.

Honors: If you qualify for College or Departmental Honors, be sure you or your advisor have submitted your Departmental Honors Invitation to the Honors Program (MGH 211 or Box 352800) by April 16, 2010.  For information about baccalaureate honors visit: http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Deans_List.html.

1. 2. Signing up and Ordering Apparel, Parking Permits, and Guest Tickets online

Register/Place your order online:  May 3^rd – May 23^rd at www.uwgraduation.com

Husky Stadium Ceremony participants must register, order tickets, pre-paid parking permits, and apparel no later than May 23rd via the above website.  Payment will be taken online when finalizing your order.  Visa, MasterCard, debit card, or valid checking account number will be accepted.

Apparel prices: Bachelor apparel (purchase only) – $39.95, Master’s apparel (purchase only) – $55.95, and Doctoral apparel (rental) – $65.95.  See website for Doctoral purchase information. Additional Bachelor & Master’s tassels (purchase) – $7.00 each.  Additional Master’s hoods (purchase) – $22.00 each.

Parking permits: – $14 (required for all ceremonies on June 12^th, or any graduation related event within normal parking hours).

1. 3. Individual School/College or Departmental Ceremony participants must order via the above website by May 23^rd, 2010, if your ceremony requires apparel or parking permits.  (Parking permits are required for all ceremonies occurring during normal parking hours or on June 12^th.) Payment will be taken online when finalizing your order.

1. 4. Start planning now by considering the following:

Guest Tickets and special accommodations – Only request what you need.  All reasonable requests will be met.

Determine if your guests need an assistive listening (FM) device, a sign language interpreter, mobility impaired seating, wheelchair seating, or an extra ticket for an attendant.

Measurements – Know your height in feet and inches and your weight in pounds. Ph.D.’s measure your head circumference one inch above your ears.  All Bachelor and Master mortarboards are one size fits all.

(Announcements & Diploma Frames) – Announcements and frames are available through Jostens, Signature, University Frames and Excition.  To place your order, visit www.jostens.com, www.signatureA.com , http://uwcom.universityframes.com,  or  www.excition.com. (Excition’s storefront at 5270A University Way NE is open Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) All of our vendors will be at our Grad Fair on April 8^th, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., in the HUB Lobby.

1. 5. Pick-up Your Order: June 2^nd – June 5^th at the HUB from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. The web form will allow you to choose a pick-up date.

1. 6. Come to Husky Stadium, June 12^th, at 12:00 p.m. and celebrate!  CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Will Johnson, who was just selected as a Putnam Fellow.

Also congratulations to CSE students Steven Rutherford and Keyun Tong, who placed in the top 500.

—–Original Message—–
From: faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:29 PM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List
Subject: Fwd: Will Johnson: Putnam Fellow (fwd)

A truly remarkable achievement!  Congratulations Will!

______________________________________________________________________________

Dear Colleagues,

The results of the Putnam Competition have just arrived with great

news: Will Johnson has placed in the top five and has been named a

Putnam Fellow. Will is a joint Math and CS major. He is the first UW

student to win a Putnam Fellowship since the competition was initiated

in 1938.

Please join me in congratulating Will for this remarkable achievement.

This year’s UW participants again benefited from a Math 480 course and

other Putnam preparation efforts that were led by Ioana Dumitriu and

Julia Pevtsova.

There were 4036 participants in the competition. In addition to Will,

four UW students, Nate Bottman, Steven Rutherford, Song Yisong, Keyun

Tong, placed in the top 500. Congratulations to all the students for

their success.

Selim

—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:17 PM
To: Gaetano Borriello
Cc: cs-ugrads – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List
Subject: Re: [cs-ugrads] Scott Hauck selected for the University Distinguished Teaching Award.

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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Gaetano Borriello

<gaetano@cs.washington.edu> wrote:

> Fantastic news for Scott and CSE – Scott is a CSE PhD alum (’94).

>

> ———- Forwarded message ———-

> From: Leung Tsang <tsang@ee.washington.edu>

> Date: Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:14 AM

> Subject: Scott Hauck selected for the University Distinguished Teaching

> Award.

>

> Dear Scott:

>

> I would like to congratulate you for being selected for the University

> Distinguished Teaching Award.

>

> http://www.washington.edu/uaa/textpattern47/tp/features/142/2010DistinguishedTeachingAwards

>

> One of the students said in the nomination letter , ” Scott obviously spent

> a great deal of time to prepare his lectures, and ensured that things went

> smoothly from one class to the next.”

>

> Thank you very much for devoting your time to serve the students!

>

> Sincerely

>

> Leung Tsang

> EE Chair

>

>

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From: office-staff-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:office-staff-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:45 PM
To: cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Cc: ‘Johnny Young’
Subject: [Cs-staff] Building hours over break week

7:00am- 5pm.  Remember to have your access card!

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

Contact: Brian Ferris

email: bdferris@cs
—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Ferris
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:10 AM
To: ultimate – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Spring IMA Ultimate Frisbee

Spring is rapidly approaching, which means it’s time for Spring IMA
Ultimate Frisbee.  Are you interested in playing?  The department
usually try to field one or two teams, depending on interest (Max Flow
and Min Cut).  All levels are welcome, including absolute beginners.
If you have a friend outside the department who wants to play, feel
free to forward this on.

If you are interested, I need the following from you:

1) Your name
2) Your UW Student ID #
3) Your gender
4) Your level of play (anything from “never touched a disc” to “I got
cut from Sockeye… my awesomeness was my teammates feel inadequate!”)
5) When can you play?

Men’s League (can also include ladies who like to cause trouble)

Monday – 6:15
Tuesday – 5:15
Wednesday (c) – 5:15
Friday – 5:15

Co-Rec (Guys and Gals)

Sunday – 12:30/1:30
Monday – 5:15
Tuesday – 6:15
Wednesday (c) – 6:15
Thursday – 5:15/6:15
Friday – 6:15

(c) denotes cascade league – aka more hard-core

Let me know if you want to play sooner rather than later, as we’re
more likely to get a good spot the sooner we sign up.

Thanks,
Brian

—–Original Message—–
From: gsstusrv@u.washington.edu [mailto:gsstusrv@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:23 PM
To: GPAs and GPA Alternates
Subject: 2010 Commencement information and deadline for Spring 2010 graduates

Please pass on this important message regarding commencement to your students.

– Students who graduated Summer 2009, Autumn 2009, or Winter 2010 are eligible to walk in commencement and their names will appear in the Commencement bulletin.

– Students who plan to graduate Spring 2010 are eligible to walk in commencement and have their names appear in the Commencement Bulletin; however, they must submit their master’s requests or doctoral final exam requests to the Graduate School no later than Friday, April 16th, 5 pm (PST).

**Please Note:  There will be no exceptions to this deadline.  We apologize for the inflexibility but are required by Commencement to adhere to this deadline so publication deadlines can be met.

All questions should be directed to the Commencement office.  For information regarding commencement please refer to the Commencement site at:

www.uwgraduation.com

To: ultimate – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Spring IMA Ultimate Frisbee

Spring is rapidly approaching, which means it’s time for Spring IMA
Ultimate Frisbee.  Are you interested in playing?  The department
usually try to field one or two teams, depending on interest (Max Flow
and Min Cut).  All levels are welcome, including absolute beginners.
If you have a friend outside the department who wants to play, feel
free to forward this on.

If you are interested, I need the following from you:

1) Your name
2) Your UW Student ID #
3) Your gender
4) Your level of play (anything from “never touched a disc” to “I got
cut from Sockeye… my awesomeness was my teammates feel inadequate!”)
5) When can you play?

Men’s League (can also include ladies who like to cause trouble)

Monday – 6:15
Tuesday – 5:15
Wednesday (c) – 5:15
Friday – 5:15

Co-Rec (Guys and Gals)

Sunday – 12:30/1:30
Monday – 5:15
Tuesday – 6:15
Wednesday (c) – 6:15
Thursday – 5:15/6:15
Friday – 6:15

(c) denotes cascade league – aka more hard-core

Let me know if you want to play sooner rather than later, as we’re
more likely to get a good spot the sooner we sign up.

Thanks,
Brian
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———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Eleanor O’Rourke <eorourke@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:03
Subject: [change] Change Seminar – Spring Quarter
To: cs-grads@cs.washington.edu, cs-staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>,
faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, dub@dub.washington.edu,
change@change.washington.edu

Join the Change Seminar during the Spring quarter on Thursdays at noon
in the Paul Allen Center (Room 203).
Change (http://change.washington.edu) is a group of faculty, students,
and staff at the UW who are exploring the role of information and
communication technologies (ICT) in improving the lives of underserved
populations, especially in the developing world.

Next quarter, we are continuing our one credit seminar (CSE590C1, SLN:
19341). The seminar is available for all UW students and the content
is designed to be widely accessible. We encourage students from all
departments to enroll if interested.

We will have a number of speakers and discussion topics lined up, so
stay tuned to our calendar (http://is.gd/3PkTF), Twitter
(http://is.gd/3PkVk), or mailing list (http://is.gd/3PlkS) for more
information. There will also be opportunities for those interested in
presenting ongoing work to gather feedback from the group.

Please forward this message to the relevant mailing lists (especially
non-CSE) and we hope to see you on Thursday 4/1 at noon in PAC 203
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Want a chance to win up to $800? Do you have papers cluttering your hard-drive from final projects, research projects or internships? Then submit an abstract to the IEEE Seattle Section Student Paper Contest by this weekend! The important thing to note is that the paper can be any technically related paper — it doesn’t need to be a new work!

The IEEE Regions have annual contests for students to demonstrate their writing and presentation skills. This year, we will have our third consecutive contests for students here in the Seattle Section, hosted at the UW.

To submit an abstract, or the full paper, send an email to Joe Decuir at jdecuir@ieee.org.

Full rules for the contest can be found at: http://ieee-seattle.org/details/2010-04-10_students.html

UW IEEE

Printable PDF of McNair Applications are now online:

http://depts.washington.edu/uwmcnair/appinfo.htm

You are invited to apply for the McNair Scholar Program.  The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program prepares undergraduates for doctoral study through involvement in research and scholarly activities.  For more information please go to: http://depts.washington.edu/uwmcnair/description.htm

In order to apply for the McNair Program, you must meet the following eligibility criteria, set by the U.S. Department of Education. Because this is a federally funded program, these are strict requirements.

To be eligible, you:

• must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• must be a low-income student who is also a first-generation college student (for detailed descriptions, click on the links); or
  must be a member of a group that is underrepresented in graduate education (African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander)
• must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate in a degree program at the UW¹
• must have completed 36 credits by the time of initial entry into the program
• must have at least one year remaining before graduation (i.e., if you are graduating within the year, you are not eligible for the program)
• must have a minimum cumulative GPA of: 2.8 (sophomores), 3.0 (juniors), 3.2 (seniors)
• must express STRONG desire to attain a Ph.D.²

¹Post-baccalaureate students and students who already have one bachelors degree are not eligible for the program.

²Students whose career goals include a medical (MD) or other professional degree (JD, MBA, PharmD, etc.) are not eligible for the program.