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The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program
The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Office is excited to announce that the SMART application is now open for registration! The application will be open until 12/1/2018. The SMART Program is an opportunity...
2018 Week of Welcome Round Up
Week of Welcome 2018 brought to you by the SCIS Advising Center, student organization and more … The School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) just closed its fourth Week of Welcome (WOW) with a grand bash party on Friday 8/31/18. This year, Ms. Ruth Suarez...
ShellHacks Wins Ultrapress Hackathon T-Shirt Contest
A friendly conflict can energize fans and give onlookers something to remember: Red Sox v. Yankees, Frazier v. Ali, Celtics v. Lakers. The rivalry between ShellHacks and Pixel Hacks in the 2018 Official Hackathon T-Shirt Design Contest will go down in Upsilon Pi...
ShellHacks Joins the MLH 2019 Season!
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is excited to announce that ShellHacks has officially joined the Major League Hacking (MLH) 2019 Hackathon Season! ShellHacks is the first general hackathon taking place in the United States for the 2018-2019 school year, kicking off a new...
UPE Reaches Out to Rising Freshmen
Hundreds of eager freshmen crowd into the WRC basketball court, firmly marking the beginning of freshman orientations, and with them, dozens of student organizations man tables lining the walls. The curious students question representatives at each table, gathering...
UPE Receives National & FIU Awards
The School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) is happy to announce that our chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon has received the award for Top National Chapter from the UPE Association! This award is given to the most outstanding chapter out of over 300 chapters...
I am a Freshman, so what?
In Fall 2017, I moved to the United States from India as a Freshman at Florida International University, Miami majoring in Computer Science. I had received a full-tuition merit scholarship with an invitation to the Honors College. I also received a Surface Laptop with...
WICS – LinkedIn Workshop + Professional Headshots
At this workshop, students got the opportunity to make their LinkedIn profile more appealing to potential recruiters. After the workshop, the students got to take a professional headshots which they can use for their LinkedIn profiles. [gallery type="slideshow"...
VR Club – Make a Virtual Reality Game in Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5QF8J-vGAs Learn how to create experiences for Virtual Reality in a Beginner Workshop. We’ll walk you through the steps, from beginning to end, on how to: Install Unreal Engine on your laptop Set up the VR Development Kit available on...
Super Smash Bros Gaming Tournament
The tournament brought together over a hundred students from around campus to compete, have fun, and start relaxing for spring break! There where lots of giveaways from Nintendo, Amazon, Discord, Pepsi, and Monster. Prizes for the tournament and contest included...