Welcome

Welcome to the Web site of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC). Whether you are a member of the Consortium, a participant in one of the regional conferences, or a professor or student with an interest in the issues pertaining to college computing, our hope is that you will find these pages informative and useful. Information regarding the regional conferences sponsored by the consortium is of particular interest.


Election Results are In

Congratulations to the winners in the 2008 CCSC elections! The winners are:

Vice President:  Bob Neufeld

Regional Representatives:
  Eastern:  Liz Adams
  Central Plains:  Scott Sigman
  Midwest:  Deb Hwang
  Southwestern:  Kim Kihlstrom

Regional represenatives serve three year terms. The Vice President serves in that role for two years, and then serves two years as the President of CCSC. Currently vice-president, Myles McNally moves into a two year term as president. All of these changes became effective August 1st.


New CCSC Region

The Consortium is excited that a new region is being established in the South West. The first conference was held April 18-19, 2008, hosted by California State University Northridge. The conference featured professional papers panels and tutorial presentations, a student programming contest, and a student poster session.

This brings Consortium sponsored conferences to ten per year and pretty well covers the geographic lower 48 states. We’re excited about the enthusiasm that is being generated in southern California over this new regional conference.


CCSC - CSTA Collaboration

Since the General Business Meeting in Houston last spring, the CCSC Board has moved aggressively forward in discussions with the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) to identify areas of mutual support. The cooperation between our organizations is important to both groups. At the college level, we have a vested interest in restoring our pipeline of potential computing students. In the K-12 realm, teachers need the support of college faculty for training and support and to help influence perceptions of the field as a potential profession. (Read More)

 


From the President

Susan Dean
UMUC - Europe

How time flies – hard to believe that my two-year term as CCSC President is coming to an end already! It’s been good to see more and more people becoming involved at the regional level, and the addition of our 10th region! I hope that we have made major progress toward improving communication between the Board and the people at the regional level who do the work of putting on our conferences, including the all-important double-blind peer reviewing that makes our Journal as strong as it is.

I appreciate the opportunity to have served in this office, and know I am leaving it in the good hands of Myles McNally, to be followed by Bob Neufeld. I will now enjoy working more “behind scenes”. Look forward to seeing many of you in print, and at SIGCSE and our regional conferences!


National Partners

A special welcome to our newest National Partner - Epic Systems Corporation. They join Cengage Learning, Microsoft Corporation. Pearson Education, RidgeSoft, Turing's Craft, and John Wiley and Sons in helping support the acivities of the Consortium. (Read More)


The CCSC Newsletter

The June newsletter contains the Editor's message, brief descriptions of upcoming conferences, and other Consortium news.


Upcoming Conferences

Consider attending a 2007-2008 CCSC regional conference. See next year's locations on the Conferences page


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