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Thursday, May 12th, the MCS Society will be hosting a Computer Science Student Faculty Forum. Discuss questions and comments you might wish to share with the CS Department faculty and staff, or just come say hello.

Some professors expected to be in attendance: Professor Popyack, Professor Mongan, and our beloved adviser Andrea Negro.

Student-Faculty Forum
Tuesday, May 12 @ 5PM
University Crossings 153
3175 John F Kennedy Blvd
Philadelphia, PA
FREE FOOD!!!

FREE DISCUSSION!!!

Last Thursday the MCS Society held elections. It was a close race and the results are in.

Please join me in welcoming our new officers:

President: Ben Jann
Vice-President: David Chen
Public Relations: Matt Stankiewicz
Treasurer: Pavan Kantharaju
Computer Science Department Liaison: Nathan Vecchiarelli

This Thursday, May 13, the MCS Society will be presenting a talk on iPhone App development by Senior Design Team Cy-Phi.

They will discuss what it’s like to develop apps for the iPhone and what it was like developing the Body Snatchers game.

Topics include developing apps in Objective-C, dealing with Apple’s licensing, and submission. The meeting will be held at 5PM in University Crossings room 153.

Food will be served.

iPhone App Development
Thursday, May 12 @ 5PM
UCROSS 153
FREE FOOD!!!

Not sure what to expect from your first Co-Op? Back from Co-Op and would like to share your experiences? Join the MCS Society at its Co-Op Forum, where you can ask questions and share comments about the whole Co-Op process.

The event will be held this Thursday, May 5, in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM. Food will be provided.

On Thursday, April 29, the MCS Society will be hosting a Rapid-Fire set of presentations. Inspired by events such as Ignite Philly, MCS present a series of micro-talks (short 5-10 minute presentation) on various topics of interest to CS students.

There are still open slots, so if you have any topic you would like to speak about, please email the MCS Society.

The event will be held in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM and food will be provided.

Rapid-Fire Presentations
Thursday, April 29 @ 5PM
UCROSS 153
FREE FOOD!!!

This Thursday, April 22, the MCS Society will be hosting a Computer Science Student Faculty Forum. Discuss questions and comments you might wish to share with the CS Department faculty and staff, or just come say hello.

The meeting will be held in University Crossings 153 at 5PM. Food will be provided.

Student Faculty Forum
Thursday, April 22 @ 5PM
UCROSS 153
FREE FOOD!!!

This Thursday, April 8, the MCS Society will be holding elections for all positions. This includes President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Public Relations Officer.

You can see a description of positions in our constitution.

The MCS Society will be holding a general meeting TODAY, Thursday, April 1 at 5PM in University Crossings room 153.

We will be discussing next week’s elections and plans for this term. Pizza will be served.

General Meeting
Thursday, April 1 @ 5PM
UCROSS 153
FREE FOOD!!!

Come take a break from finals and join the MCS Society for an end-of-term game night! Bring your friends and relax with a few rounds of various board games this Thursday, March 11.

If you own any games, feel free to bring them to the meeting. Also, plans will be discussed for next term’s events.

The meeting will be held in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM. Food will be provided.

End-of-Term Game Night
Thursday, March 11 @ 5PM
UCROSS 153
FREE FOOD!!!

This Thursday, March 4, the MCS Society will be holding our third Quarterly CompUtion! This fun programming competition is open to all students.

It will be held in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM. Anyone interested is welcome, regardless of skill.

Prizes will be awarded to the winners.

Teams consist of 2-4 members. No registration is required, simply show up and join a team.

We will also be introducing a new event at this competition.

We will be holding a secondary Snake AI competition.

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