Annual Events

November Events

Meeting - Friday the 14th, 3pm, Maes Rm 111

Game Night - Friday the 14th, 6pm-Midnight, Maes Upstairs Commons
Join us to play some fun card and board games!

LAN Party - Friday the 21st, 6pm-Dawn, Maes Upstairs Commons
Bring your computers to play games over a LAN with friends.
Bring your console and tv to play some rockin' games.
Free to come and hangout, watch Anime, ect.
Optional $10 for pizza and drinks.

September Events

Programming Contest - Thursday the 4th, 4 - 7, Maes Rm 211
Compete using C++ or Java to qualify to go to the Regional Programming Contest in October. To participate, students must be within 5 years of graduating high school, and have a 2.5 GPA.

Monthly Meeting – Friday the 5th, 3 – 4, Maes Rm 111

Discuss the upcoming plans and activities for the semester. Bring ideas and suggestions.

Game Night – Friday the 12th, 6 – 12, Maes Commons

Join your friends and play your choice of card or board games. Bring your favorite games!

Comedy Movie Night – Friday the 19th, 6 – 1, Maes Rm 111

A night of hilarious movies one after the other. Bring your favorite dvds or computer files. The more the merrier!

LAN Party – Friday the 26th, 6pm – 6am, Maes Commons

Spend the night playing games with people on campus. Bring your computer and any games you wish to play. Consoles are welcome.

February Events

Monthly Meeting - Meeting in Maes room 111, 3pm

Hot Cocoa/Bake Sale - Wednesday the 6th, 12pm-3pm, Setzer Center

Casino Night - Friday the 8th, 7pm-Midnight, Maes Commons

January Events

$5 Book Sale - Wednesday the 30th, 12pm-3pm
We have some new books that we will be putting out from all different areas.

November Events

Movie Night - Saturday the 10th, 5pm-1am, Maes Room 111.
Join us to watch some great movies! Feel free to bring some of your own to share!

$5 Book Sale - Wednesday the 14th, 11am-4pm, Commons Area

Game Night - Friday the 16th, 5pm-12am, Commons Area
Join us to play some games! Check out the forum to see what games we might play, or what you would like to bring.

Computer Science Department's Annual Student/Faculty Christmas Party - Friday the 30th, 11:30am-1:30pm, Commons Area
Come and enjoy some delicious food and fun fellowship. Bring a dish of your favorite food, or pay $6. Sign up with Donna in Maes 57.

LAN Party - Friday the 30th, 6pm-???, Commons Area
Join use to play some awesome computer games. Only $10 for pizza and drinks.

October Events

Game Night - Friday the 12th, 6pm-12pm, Commons Area
Join us to play card games, chess, checkers, and Apples to Apples! For international students, feel free to bring a game you love!

$5 Book Sale - Wednesday the 17th, 11am-4pm, Commons Area
Selling mostly newly received books.

Bowling Night - Friday the 19th, Star Bowling Alley, 7pm-10pm
Join us to bowl your hearts out. The cost will be $3.78 per game per person, and $2.18 for shoes.

$1 Book Sale - Wednesday the 24th, 11am-4pm, Commons Area
Selling different types of books.

Bake Sale Volunteer Meeting - Friday the 26th, 5pm-1am,Room 111
Planning for the Halloween Bake Sale.

Horror Movie Night - Friday the 26th, 5pm-1am, Room 111
Join us to watch some scary movies to get us ready for Halloween.

Halloween Bake Sale - Monday the 29th-Thursday the 1st
Setzer Center, 10am-2pm
Come and get some yummy baked goods decorated Halloween style!

Annual Events

Spring Banquet

ACM Lamar's biggest event, the Spring Banquet provides students and faculty alike with an opportunity to enjoy food, fellowship and a lecture by a distinguished guest speaker from the field of Computer Science. This formal event is ordinarily held in mid-to-late Spring, on the top floor of the Mary and John Gray Library.

International Collegiate Programming Contest

ACM International organizes an international programming contest annually, where qualifying teams of three students from universities around the world compete to solve computing problems. The contest begins locally, where each school holds a local qualifying round to select the team(s) that will compete with other universities at the regional level. Although Lamar has never advanced to the international round, we usually place well at regionals (10-20 of 60). The team chosen to represent Lamar at the regional competition enjoys a trip to LSU and the unique experience of competiting in the ICPC.

Computer Science Day

Our department chair, Dr. Osborne, sets aside one day in the Spring where Computer Science classes are cancelled for a day, to be replaced by ACM-organized activities. Typical events include computer assembly and Google search contests, movie showings, student lectures and, of course, sleeping in.

Officer Elections

Officer elections are held annually in either December or January, during the usual meeting time. Any member is welcome to run for office and encouraged to vote! Choosing officers who are serious about maintaining and improving the organization can mean more frequent, enjoyable activities throughout the year.

Other Events

Membership Drives

Designed to raise awareness about both ACM International and ACM Lamar, the occasional membership drive lures unsuspecting students into the commons with free pizza and soda for a short presentation on ACM Lamar's local activities, as well as the benefits of joining ACM International.

Book Sale Fundraisers

ACM organizes a book sale once or twice each year, where relatively new textbooks on Computer Science topics are made available to students at a very low price (usually $5.00 per book). The books available for purchase have been donated by faculty members who are more than happy to simultaneously rid themselves of extra books and benefit both the ACM and CS students.

Student Workshops

On occasion during the Spring semester, ACM members volunteer their time to give short presentations on Computer Science topics not ordinarily covered in the core curriculum. Presentations usually deliver on Friday afternoons, and are open to everyone free of charge. Example topics include : graphics programming, buffer overflow, game AI, web scripting languages and basic network programming.