Hello all, I hope you had a fantastic summer and that your first couple of weeks of the fall semester are going well. 
Our first general chapter meeting will be SEPTEMBER 7th @ 4:00 p.m. in WCM 128. Invite all you know, we will be discussing things that you all would like to see this fall semester as well as us officers presenting some of our ideas. Hope to see all of you there! (If you plan on attending, that would be great if you shoot an e-mail to jdl43190@ucmo.edu. We are trying to get a head count for pizza.)
Congratulations on the new Officer’s for 2011-2012 year
President: Jake LaCombe
Vice President: Mike Phinney
Treasure: Curtis Burns
Secretary (Webmaster): Kris Sirorine
Event Organizer: Lucas Gillespie
Hello Everyone and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Today we watched a clip from the movie Triumph of the Nerds.
Our next meeting will be on 4/28 at 5pm and we will be having officer ellections. After the meeting we will be having our last game night of the semester starting at about 6pm.
On April 8th we will be hosting a programing competition starting at 8:30am.
Hey Everyone,
Our first meeting of 2011 is tomorrow at 3:30pm in WCM 128. We will be going over our agenda for the year and work on getting schedules organized and planning events.
Jason Merten
Hello Everyone!
Presentation by Jake LaCombe about billiards and collision detection.
Any members wanting to officially join ACM will need to fill out a form and pay membership dues. Please see Jake or Dr. Yousef.
At the UMKC programing competition in November, our teams placed 35th and 94th. Congratulations! On April 8th we will be hosting the next programing competition. Stay tuned for more information next semester.
Hello Everyone!
Presentation by Sharon Jennings from Office of Career Services titled, “Putting the Pieces Together: Resumes, Cover Letters and the Career Expo.” She provided a packet to help members work on their resumes for next weeks Career Expo.
Our next Game Night will be on Tuesday, October 26th at 6:oopm -10:00pm WCM 128. We should have at least two Xbox 360’s and a Wii. Members and friends are welcome.
The next meeting will be on November 17th at 3:00pm in WCM 128.
Congratulations on the new Officer’s for 2010-2011 year
President: Jake LaCombe
Vice President: Caleb Meyer
Treasure: Curtis Burns
Secretary (Webmaster): Jason Merten
Event Organizer: Daniel Klatt
April 10th Programing Competition 9:00AM
Team 1: Phat, Matt, Jason
Team 2: Jake, Caleb, Aaron
Backup: Daniel, Curtis
Recommended Books for Interview Questions
Programing Interviews Exposed
The Algorithm Design Manual
Commonly Used Interview Questions Can Be Found HERE.
Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a great break and that this semester is going well for you. We are going to have our first meeting of the year on Wednesday the 27th at 4:00pm in WCM room 128.
We are going to be setting up time for our game night for this semester so make sure your there so that you can get a time that will work best for you.
Congratulations to everyone who went to the Programing Competition. Our three teams placed 2nd, 5th, and 7th.
We have some important events coming up and we hope to see everyone there:
First up is we have our first joint meeting with KME and we are playing Texas Holdem on Friday, November 13th at 7:00pm in WCM 220.
Next up is our monthly Gaming Night on Monday, November 16th at 5:00pm in WCM 128. Let your friends know that anyone is welcome not just ACM members.
Also we are looking for any fund-raising opportunities so we can continue having food at our monthly meetings. Please let one of the sponsors or officers know if you have any ideas.
Just a reminder for everyone going to the programing competition you need to meet at the WCM parking lot at 8:00am on Saturday.
Gaming Night Tomorrow at 4:30pm WCM 128. Will have 3 Xbox 360s and a Wii with Wii Motion Plus.
This month we have a guest presentation from Cerner. Ali Nakoulima a former CS alumni gave a very informative presentation about what he does as a software engineer at Cerner. Cerner is a global supplier of healthcare solutions. They use C++, java, SQL, and VB. There website is http://www.cerner.com/
We have also formed teams for our next programming competition on October 24th. There will be another competition next semester around April if you’re interested.
The teams are as follows:
- Matt, Neal, Allan
- Jason, Corey, Mike
- Curtis, Kishan, Daniel
- Jake, Aaron, Caleb
Alternate: Jason P.
Welcome back everyone; we discussed a lot of things for our first meeting.
The first programming competition we will be attending this year is at Park College on October 24th. If you’re interested contact one of the officers or sponsors.
We will be having monthly gaming nights this semester on Monday evenings where we will by playing Xbox 360 and Wii Games. Everyone is welcomed. The first one will be on Monday, September 14th.
We are greatly in need of ideas for possible fundraisers, so please let us know if you come up with anything.
Matt gave a very interesting presentation on Mario AI, in which he and a few others having been programming over the summer. I highly suggest you check it out at by searching for Mario AI on YouTube.
Next meeting will be on September 23rd.
During our first ACM meeting of the fall semester it was decided that we would have a monthly gaming night (on Mondays).
I contacted the “Meetings and Events” department of UCM and requested four projectors for our first game night of the semester.
I just received word that our first game night will be on Monday, September 14th.
If you can, bring your gaming consoles (Xbox 360’s, Wii’s, etc). You may also bring some of your non-acm friends if you want to. We’ll be looking to pool some money together to order food as well, so be sure to bring a few dollars to chip in.
See you all then!
Interested in being an Officer in ACM? Next Monday, 27 April @ 3h15 we have our Officer Elections.
Even if you aren’t interested in becoming an officer for next semester we still would like to have you vote!
Positions available are:
- President
- Vice-President
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Webmaster
As always, there will be Pizza and refreshments. See you there!