Announcements Check out our new videos! The School of CIS had some videos created to hightlight what makes us a great place to get your education (avi, mov). Warning! These are very large files. Calendar Date Activity Wednesdays Ethics Group Meeting Thursdays Programming Contest Preparation Nov 4 Majors' Fair Nov 17 UPE Computing Honor Society Banquet Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Recess Dec 10 Padnos College Project Day Dec 12 Last day of classes Dec 12 Commencement Dec 14-18 Finals Dec 17 Graduate Presentations Dec 24 Fall Term Grades Reported to Students Dec 24 - Jan 3 University Closed Jan 11 Winter Term Starts Feature Instructors Teresa Peterman and Ana Posada offer a one-week camp "Get with the Program" each August for girls entering the 7th or 8th grades. Campers are taught the programming and engineering principles required to build and program LEGO NXT MINDSTORMS® autonomous robots. Campers also learn the Alice 3-D programming environment and build two electronic robot kits, which they take home at the end of camp. Campers visit two local industries (J.R. Automation Technologies, LLC and Koops, Inc.) that use computing and robotics, in order to see real world examples of the technology they have used. This camp is part of a continuum of technology-based opportunities for girls at Grand Valley State University, starting with the Science, Technology and Engineering Preview Summer Camp for Girls (STEPS). "We look forward to the opportunity to share our enthusiasm for programming and robotics, in innovative and interesting ways, with a new group of young women each summer." Past funding for Get with the Program has been provided by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (NASA), the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). If you are a female CIS student interesting in a position as camp counselor for Get with the Program 2010 please email Teresa or Ana at: petermat@gvsu.edu or posadaa@gvsu.edu.