The College of Scranton’s thirty seventh annual induction ceremony for Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society, Gamma Chapter of Pennsylvania occurred on Friday, Could 5. Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the primary and solely present Worldwide Honor Society within the Computing and Data Disciplines, based in 1967, and endorsed by the 2 largest skilled organizations on the planet, the Affiliation for Computing Equipment (ACM) and the IEEE Pc Society (IEEE-CS).
The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is to acknowledge educational excellence at each the undergraduate and graduate ranges within the Computing and Data Disciplines. The College’s Gamma Chapter was based in 1985 and now numbers over 448 members.
Invited speaker for the occasion was Dave Grizzanti ’05, G’06, Principal Engineer at The New York Occasions.
The 2023 inductees embrace: Luke S. Brunetti, Luke R. Capper, Tyler S. Cichetti, Zachary L. Danchak, Christian Di Troia, James P. Fox, Nicholas J. Guerra, Amanda R. Lamphere, Thomas J. Meehan, Shane N. Novitsky, David F. Reese, Simal Sami, Charles J. Seitz, Francis H. Tholley, Ethan S. Thomas, Ciara R. Trigg and Daniel E. Zych.
UPE Officers embrace: President – Tim Gallagher ’23, G’24 , Vice-President – David DiCesare ’23, G’24, Secretary – Cuong Nguyen ‘23 , Treasurer – Brian Memmen ’23, G’24 , Administrators – Clarence Gallagher ’19, G’23, Morgan McGuire ’23, G’24 , Justin Thomas ’21, G’23.
Induction into the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society for the Computing Sciences is obtainable to eligible college students. Individuals eligible for election to membership to the Chapter shall not be judged in line with race, creed, shade, or gender, however should belong to one of many following 4 classes:
* An undergraduate scholar will need to have accomplished a minimum of 64 semester hours of total credit score, with a minimum of 18 in Computing Sciences programs (that are these programs designated for applications of examine supplied by the Division of Computing Sciences).
* They will need to have a minimal GPA of three.2 each total and in these Computing Sciences programs.
* A graduate scholar will need to have accomplished a minimum of one half of the graduate diploma requirement (15 credit in Software program Engineering programs) and will need to have a minimal GPA of three.5 in these programs.
* All candidates for election to membership shall be reviewed by a School Advisory Committee. These reported favorably by the Committee shall be proposed for election to a standing committee on eligibility and membership, consisting of present members.