DCS, UP CURSOR Welcome Freshmen With CS4CS ‘05
By Erica Mae Abbass (http://cai.i.ph)
The UP Association of Computer Science Majors (UP CURSOR) and the UP Department of Computer Science held its annual College Survival for Computer Science Students (CS4CS) to welcome the new batch of CS freshmen to the Department on the morning of June 15, 2005 at the Engineering Theater.
Department Chair Dr. Cedric Festin officially opened the program with a welcome speech encouraging the freshmen to do their best in all their endeavors in college, and stressing that the incoming freshmen were quite blessed to be entering the program at a time of expansion and change.
He was followed by Dr. Susan Pancho-Festin, who gave a brief introduction to CS, Department policies and retention rules. Dr. Pancho-Festin gave a twist to the retention rules, where she introduced the freshmen to the Two-Strikes-You’re-Out rule and the Three-Strikes-You’re-Out rule (refer to the Department’s retention rules for more information).
To entertain the freshmen, a music video entitled “Tara CS Tayo!” was shown to illustrate what CS life in UP is like. Prepared by the UP CS Network, the concept for the video was based on the song “Biyahe Tayo” of DOT’s “Wow Philippines” campaign, to jive with the theme of the CS Freshmen Day, “WOW COMSCI”.
After the video, Dr. Festin went onstage once more to tackle the BSCS curriculum, explain the various research areas, introduce the faculty, and inspire the freshmen.
As the event aims to help the freshmen survive college, the next part of the program was a video presentation by UP CURSOR containing various survival tips that would be helpful for the freshmen. Junior students Teejay Roque and Kat Martin took the stage to give explanations for each survival tip, and shared their own experiences with the freshmen.
Representatives from the Engineering Student Council (ESC) then promoted the projects they will be launching for the year. CS Representatives Dino Lacdan, Geomar Lubaton and Jeffrey Quiambao presented their visions for the CS community, while ESC Chair Rhet De Guzman and Vice-Chair Daniel Icasiano promoted several college-wide projects, including the upcoming Engineering League of Excellence (ELE).
This was followed by presentations from the different CS-related organizations and Department service arms comprising the CS Network. These included the CRS Team, Eng’g Webteam, DCS SAs, UnPLUG, UP ACM, UP CompSoc, UP CURSOR and the UP Parser as well.
To end the program, Prof. Prospero Naval gave a speech underscoring the importance of the freshmen doing their best in their academics. But before everything ended, UP CURSOR’s Indakers entertained the freshmen with a dance number, grooving and shaking their bodies to the songs of Janet Jackson. Lunch was served afterwards at the Engineering Lawn.
By Erica Mae Abbass (http://cai.i.ph)
The UP Association of Computer Science Majors (UP CURSOR) and the UP Department of Computer Science held its annual College Survival for Computer Science Students (CS4CS) to welcome the new batch of CS freshmen to the Department on the morning of June 15, 2005 at the Engineering Theater.
Department Chair Dr. Cedric Festin officially opened the program with a welcome speech encouraging the freshmen to do their best in all their endeavors in college, and stressing that the incoming freshmen were quite blessed to be entering the program at a time of expansion and change.
He was followed by Dr. Susan Pancho-Festin, who gave a brief introduction to CS, Department policies and retention rules. Dr. Pancho-Festin gave a twist to the retention rules, where she introduced the freshmen to the Two-Strikes-You’re-Out rule and the Three-Strikes-You’re-Out rule (refer to the Department’s retention rules for more information).
To entertain the freshmen, a music video entitled “Tara CS Tayo!” was shown to illustrate what CS life in UP is like. Prepared by the UP CS Network, the concept for the video was based on the song “Biyahe Tayo” of DOT’s “Wow Philippines” campaign, to jive with the theme of the CS Freshmen Day, “WOW COMSCI”.
After the video, Dr. Festin went onstage once more to tackle the BSCS curriculum, explain the various research areas, introduce the faculty, and inspire the freshmen.
As the event aims to help the freshmen survive college, the next part of the program was a video presentation by UP CURSOR containing various survival tips that would be helpful for the freshmen. Junior students Teejay Roque and Kat Martin took the stage to give explanations for each survival tip, and shared their own experiences with the freshmen.
Representatives from the Engineering Student Council (ESC) then promoted the projects they will be launching for the year. CS Representatives Dino Lacdan, Geomar Lubaton and Jeffrey Quiambao presented their visions for the CS community, while ESC Chair Rhet De Guzman and Vice-Chair Daniel Icasiano promoted several college-wide projects, including the upcoming Engineering League of Excellence (ELE).
This was followed by presentations from the different CS-related organizations and Department service arms comprising the CS Network. These included the CRS Team, Eng’g Webteam, DCS SAs, UnPLUG, UP ACM, UP CompSoc, UP CURSOR and the UP Parser as well.
To end the program, Prof. Prospero Naval gave a speech underscoring the importance of the freshmen doing their best in their academics. But before everything ended, UP CURSOR’s Indakers entertained the freshmen with a dance number, grooving and shaking their bodies to the songs of Janet Jackson. Lunch was served afterwards at the Engineering Lawn.