Are you considering majoring in computer science? We're going to be hosting a session for prospective computer science majors on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 PM in CMC 206.

• Meet computer science faculty and students.
• See cool movies.
• Learn about how computer science connects to the liberal arts.
• Eat free pizza.

Hope to see you there!

Donegal Carpets in Northfield is looking for graphic design help making patterns for hand woven rugs. Click above for more information.

The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) is sponsoring an internship in software engineering to be held at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. The internship provides room, board, and a $2500 stipend. Check out this website for more information.

Fog Creek Software in New York City is looking for summer interns. They pay $750 per week, and that includes free housing, weekday lunches, round-trip airfare, and weekly cultural activities. Application deadline is February 1. Want more information? Check out this website.

Have you heard of Carleton graduate Richard T. Snodgrass '77, Professor of Computer Science at University of Arizona? One of our own has won the Association for Computing Machinery's "Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award." Read on for more information.

The 39th annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS) will take place on April 7-8, 2006 at Iowa Wesleyan College. This is a technical computer science conference aimed at students, which gives students an opportunity to present papers and posters about work that they've done. The conference also has a programming contest and a robot contest, so it sounds like lots of fun! Do you have a project that you might consider presenting? Check out http://www.iwc.edu/mics for more information. (If you want to submit an abstract, the deadline is January 6, 2006.)

Aaron Mohrman, a recruiter from Amazon.com, will be on campus on Friday, November 11. He would be happy to meet with any seniors or juniors interested in learning more about careers at Amazon.com, and so he will be at the Carleton Career Center from 9-10:30 am. No appointment is necessary, so feel free to walk in on Friday and introduce yourself!

Microsoft Corporation is offering scholarships to undergraduates in computer science. The application deadline is January 15, 2006: check out http://www.microsoft.com/college/ss_overview.mspx for more information.

Looking to get involved in a "real world" project? The Faribault Soccer Association is looking for a couple of Carleton computer science students to work on building a website with a database behind it to manage their soccer league. Click above for more information.

Amazon.com is going to be doing on-campus interviews for graduating seniors. The deadline for getting your resumes in to the career center is Wednesday, November 2; the interviews themselves will be on Friday, November 11. Click above for more information.

Wednesday, October 26, 4-5pm, in CMC 206. Remember computer science major Ben Anderson (class '05)? Ben is now employed with Microsoft and is on the Visual C++ team. Ben will be on campus doing an information session for our majors and potential majors. He'll talk about available internships and full-time jobs, and what sorts of positions are open on the Visual C++ team. He also has offered to forward students' resumes through to Microsoft. Come and hear what Ben has to say! Refreshments will be served.

Monday, October 24, 3-4pm, in CMC 206. Ray Bunkofske (class of '81) from Intel will be on campus and will be doing an information session for our majors (and potential majors). Come and learn more about career opportunities at Intel! The Career Center is cosponsoring this event, and refreshments will be served.