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COMPUTER & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

AUGUST 2014 | DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER

NEW DEGREES COMING SOON TO CIT CLASSES NEAR YOU! The CIT department is excited to announce the development of our program into new degrees.

CIT Jack of all tech.

CIT - DES Digital Design. Graphic design with awesome computer skills. AKA power designers.

CIT-IT Information Technology. Control servers. And the world.

CIT - SD

More business oriented.

CIT - WEB Web Development. Be a web pro. Obviously. The interwebs await.

Computer Science Easily recognized. Get to the core of CS. BE LEGIT.

If you want to switch degrees be sure to meet with your advisor (turn the page). Those already on the previous degree tracks will be able to finish out your degree.

An email will be sent out when these degrees are finalized. In the meantime, check them out at http://cit.dixie.edu/newdegrees.

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COMPUTER LAB The CIT Computer Lab is on the first floor of the Hazy building in room 151. There are labbies there to help with homework and 40+ computers to work on!

HOURS Monday-Friday 8am-10pm Saturday 9am-5pm

JOB BOARD Did you know there’s a CIT job board? Check it out at cit.dixie.edu/citjobs/ and find yourself an internship or job! No really! Go look!

SOCIAL MEDIA Check us out on Facebook (DixieCIT) and follow us for awesome nerd links and news.

CIT TECH CAMPS This summer the CIT department put on 4 youth camps and a collegiate level web camp, in total serving about 250 people!

Youth had fun at Computer Camp and Girls Go Digital learning about everything from binary to photoshop, Scratch to MaKey MaKey, and even drawing with 3D pens!

Over the course of 10 weeks, 31 students took on Code School and learned all things web from HTML/CSS to Javascript and Serverside Scripting to Ruby on Rails. They learned a ton of all things web and made great connections with private sector businesses!

These camps will be continued next year so don’t miss out! Join the mailing list for information on future camps at camps.dixie.edu. We will also be looking out for student teachers and helpers to hire. Email citcamps@dixie.edu with questions.

MEET YOUR ADVISOR Danielle Poulsen has joined Carol Stander as an academic advisor! Be sure to meet with them to save time, money, and hassle! Make sure you’re on track to graduate and let them answer any questions!

Carol | cactus.dixie.edu/stander SD, IT, and CS

Danielle | cactus.dixie.edu/dpoulsen DES, WEB, VT, and VT Certificate

WINDOWS SOFTWARE For $8 a disk discounted Windows Software is available

for CIT students to purchase. You can’t buy more than

one of each and you must be enrolled in a CIT class to

be eligible. For more information on how to purchase,

talk to Nikki on the 3rd floor of the Udvar-Hazy.

The following are available:

Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-bit

Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-bit

Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit

Visual Studio 2010

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pancakes at the pavillionIt’s time for our annual pancake party! Come meet CIT students and teachers with some games and food!

All CIT students are invited!

Be there or be square.

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12pmPancakes atthe Pavillion7:30pm - ACM Meeting

Labor DayNo Class

$50 Late Registration/Payment Fee

Last Day to Add/Audit

›Pell Grant Census

›Last Day for Refund

›Last Day to drop without receiving a “W” grade

Courses dropped for non-payment

7:30pm ACM Meeting

7:30pm ACM Meeting

7:30pm ACM Meeting

THURSDAYSEPTEMBER 4, 2014

12:00PMHAZY PAVILION

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CODE CAMP NOVEMBER 21-22 Code Camp is a programming, design and entrepreneurship contest all rolled up into a ridiculously compressed 24-hour event. It’s crazy fun! Teams ranging in size from one to four participants compete against other teams to build the best web or mobile app. This year’s event features four divisions:

http://southernutahcodecamp.com/

JOBS AND INTERNSHIPSThe DSU IT department is looking for potential employees

who have preferably had at least one semester of IT classes

and are enrolled in the CIT program. If you’re interested,

contact Arlene Sewell, 435-652-7940, sewell@dixie.edu

There are also many postings to the CIT Job Board and

also at Dixie's Career Center (dixie.edu/career)! Be sure

to check them out and don’t miss out on some awesome

opportunities. Know PHP & Javascript? There’s a job for that!

You love the web? There’s an internship for that!

GIRL LUNCH MEET-UPS THURSDAYS, 12PM IN ROOM 103Hey girls! Let’s get together yeah yeah yeah! Bring your

lunch and meet the other girls in the CIT program. Invite your

friends and let’s partay! (It really will be just a chill lunch get

together. With maybe some music.) There’s too few of us so

let’s meet!

› Novice teams who are exploring the industry and learning new techniques

› Rookie Kit teams who are exploring the industry and want to base their project on the provided rookie kit

› Industry teams who compete to develop company ideas and claim bragging rights

› Collegiate teams who want to impress potential employers