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Welcome to ICS Scholars Day 2011

Welcome to ICS Scholars Day 2011. Why UCI?. HAL STERN Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean Professor of Statistics. Computers and technology are everywhere. Interdisciplinary Education. Medicine: Imaging. Humanities: Data Mining. Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling.

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Welcome to ICS Scholars Day 2011

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  1. Welcome toICS Scholars Day 2011 Why UCI? HAL STERN Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean Professor of Statistics

  2. Computers and technology are everywhere

  3. Interdisciplinary Education Medicine: Imaging Humanities: Data Mining Biological & Physical Sciences: Modeling Art, Education, & Social Ecology

  4. Only School of Computing in the UC * UCIRVINE UCIrvine

  5. Curricular Diversity (Majors) • Computer Science • Informatics • Information & Computer Science • Biomedical Computing • Computer Game Science • Business Information Management (with The Paul Merage School of Business) • Computer Science & Engineering (with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering)

  6. Curricular Diversity (cont’d) • Bren ICS Minors* • Biomedical Computing • Digital Information Systems • Informatics • Information and Computer Science • Statistics *Some major/minor combinations are restricted. • Concentration (available by application to continuing students only) • Engineering/ICS in the Global Context (study/internship outside of the U.S.) • UCI offers choices galore! • 80+ majors and 60+ minors • Freshmen/Transfer 1-unit seminars (limited to 15 students), such as: • Hobby Electronics • Reading Harry Potter • Global Leadership • Education Abroad Program

  7. Project-BasedLearning

  8. Research Opportunities • Student-initiated research • Bren:ICS Honors Program • UCI Undergraduate Research • Opportunities Program (UROP) • — Provides guidance, funding and faculty mentor • Campus programs that provide a • stipend and summer housing • Examples: • — Summer Undergraduate Research Program • — Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in • Information Technology (SURF-IT)

  9. Corporate Connections

  10. Faculty Excellence &Accessibility

  11. Committed to Student Success • Engaged and accessible faculty • Weekly office hours by faculty and course TAs • Associate Dean hosts weekly drop-in hours • Academic counseling staff • Help students find most efficient way to meet all their academic goals • Inform students about programs/opportunities that enhance learning and build their resume • Guide students to appropriate campus resources • Learning & Academic Resource Center (LARC) • FREE workshops/tutoring & fee-based tutoring • Math, Physics, and Chemistry Departments • FREE drop-in tutoring

  12. Building a Diverse Community Women in Computer Sciences (WICS) SAGE Scholars WICS/Girls Inc. EcoRaft Demo

  13. Student Life Bren Brawl: Friendly competition among student gamers Bren:ICS students at UCI Leadership Conference ICS/Blizzard Alumni Night Student Showcase 2011 participants ICS Student Council members at ICS/Boeing Alumni Night

  14. Get prompt responses and different perspectives: Academic counselors/peer advisors: ucounsel@uci.edu 949-824-5156 (M-F8-5) Faculty: André van der Hoek Associate Dean for Student Affairs adsa@ics.uci.edu Questions? Bren:ICS 2010-11 Student Ambassadors

  15. Follow Us • Facebook.com/UCIBrenICS • Twitter.com/UCIBrenICS

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