Get Paid for Summer Research
Posted: Fri, 2 Mar 2007
Two summer research opportunities have come across our
desks recently. These are funded opportunities to
work with researchers at other universities.
Deadlines are quickly approaching, so ACT NOW.
Imaging and Computer Vision at Montclair
State University (NJ). $3200 + travel. See the
iMagine website for details.
Nanotechnology at West Virginia
University. $4000. See the
WVNano website for details.
GIS programming
Posted: Thu, 22 Feb 2007
This position is listed as temporary, but is likely to
become permanent for the right person. Art Rex
(AppState GIS guru) says this group would be
great to work with. GIS experience is a plus, but not
required. They are really looking for technical
background with programming skill.
Here is
the job advertisement. For further information,
contact Joe Sewash, the CGIA Services Program Manager at
joe.sewash@ncmail.net or 919-733-2090.
CareerGear Opportunities
Posted: Tue, 20 Feb 2007
The Career Center at Appalachian is full of
opportunities for you! These are available for
current students and also for alumni!! Resume help,
mock interviews, job fairs, check them
out and get your CareerGear account set up today.
In particular, a number of recent opportunities are
posted exclusively on
the CareerGear site.
- Booz-Allen, various locations (incl. VA,SC)
various positions (incl. dotNet developer, software engineer), full-time.
- Catawba County Government, Catawba county,
NC, Programmer Analyst, full-time.
- Blackbaud, Charleston SC, Software Engineer, full-time.
- TM Floyd & Co., Columbia SC, Support Analyst, full-time.
- Harrah's, NC, Systems/Programmer
Analysts, summer internships and full-time opportunities.
- Lowes Hardware Companies, Mooresville/Wilkesboro NC,
various mentored IT positions, summer
internships.
- Transportation Insight, Hickory NC,
Systems Analyst, full-time.
- T-Metrics, Charlotte NC,
Computer/Phone Installer/Support, full-time
(overseas possibilities!).
- Pantry, Inc.,
.NET developer, Programmer Support Specialist,
Network Systems Administration, full-time.
- Vanguard, Charlotte NC,
a variety of open positions, full-time jobs and internships.
- SageWorks, Inc., RTP NC,
Software developer, full-time.
- ECR, Boone NC,
Support Technician, full-time.
- AND MORE!!!
Summer Intern at General Electric
Posted: Thu, 15 Feb 2007
General Electric is looking for summer interns. Does
$17.00 an hour sound good to you?!! Yeah, I thought
it might!
Here are the details.
Run the Show at Tweetsie this Summer!!
Posted: Thu, 15 Feb 2007
Tweetsie Railroad is looking for two technical people
to run the technology that runs Tweetsie. The job
involves a
wide and interesting mix of equipment and
responsibilities. This could be the opportunity you
were looking for! Here are more details.
Entrepreneurship at AppState!!
Posted: Tue, 6 Feb 2007
Dr. Wilkes emailed undergraduate and graduate students
about talks on entrepreneurship at the upcoming Alumni
Day. CS is a natural fit for starting one's own
business. Here
are more details.
Century Furniture Needs Developer
Posted: Wed, 17 Jan 2007
2/21/07: This position has been filled.
A CS alum (Joe Kelly '99) sent us this
opportunity.
Century Furniture has an opening in their IT
department for a VB.NET developer. Position requires
a CS degree and .NET experience and is located in
Hickory, NC. Sent resume or questions to Theresa
Jaynes
tjaynes@centuryfurniture.com.
CGI, Inc. Summer Internships
Posted: Tue, 16 Jan 2007
Don't get caught wishing you had "experience." Get a
summer internship that will give it to you!! Check
out the 12 week opportunity at CGI, Inc. in southwest
Virginia (only 90 minutes from Boone!). Here's more information.
GlaxoSmithKline
Posted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007
Recruiting for our summer intern program, the Summer Talent
Identification Program, already is underway. Have
your students investigate our
U.S. university recruitment web site, on a weekly
basis and apply for those internships in which they have an
interest. We will be posting new summer internships
regularly through the end of February/early March.
Point of contact is Jennifer E. Brooks, GSK Talent
Solutions, 919-483-1938, jennifer.e.brooks@gsk.com.
Summer in Colorado?!
Posted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007
Summer internship in Boulder, Colorado with the US
Dept of Commerce and NIST (National Institute of
Standards and Technology). Application deadline is
FEBRUARY 15, 2007. HURRY. Here is more
information.
Appalachian Student Research and Creative
Endeavors Day
Posted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007
Are you working on projects outside of class? Are you
doing an independent study? Want to "publish" your
work? Talk to your advisor about submitting that
work to Appalachian's Student Research and Creative
Endeavors Day. It will be held on April 19, but the
abstract submission deadline is March 9.
Look here for more information.
General Dynamics IT
Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2006
Two entry level software engineering positions
available in Waynesville, NC with General Dynamics
Information Technology. Here's a link to
the job description.
http://www.gdit.com
STG, Inc. hiring in Asheville
Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2006
STG, Inc. is a government contractor providing IT
solutions to a number of government agencies. There
is an immediate opening in several locations,
including Asheville. See the website for job details but
contact Loretta Changery at 828-271-4429 or
loretta.changery@noaa.gov for application.
She is specifically looking for Java and web
application developers with some Linux experience.
http://www.stginc.com
Technical writer in Charlotte
Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2006
Enovia, Inc. in Charlotte has an immediate opening for
a technical writer. A former graduate from our
department is moving into development thereby creating
this vacancy. They are interested in someone
comfortable with writing, command-line tools, UNIX, and is
capable of learning new and complex software designed
for engineers. Contact Wanda Epstein at
Wanda_EPSTEIN@enovia.com.
Supreme Soft, Inc. looking for MS students
Posted: Fri, 17 Nov 2006
Supreme Soft, Inc. is a "global IT solutions company"
with offices in Maryland, Virginia, and India. It
seems they hire people, train them, then "place them"
as consultants into other job sites.
Here's the
email; here's a Brochure (in PDF); and here's a
Training Highlights (in PDF).
http://www.supremesoft.net
CGI Hiring Now
Posted: Wed, 1 Nov 2006
CGI, located in southwestern Virginia, is hiring up to
600 computing professionals over the next few years.
They are hiring right now!
Here is a flyer they
are distributing to nearby colleges.
http://www.cgi.com
Community Work
Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2006
Appalachian's Office of Student Research (OSR) is working in
conjunction with the Appalachian and Community
Together (ACT) program to promote community-based
opportunities for students. See
the OSR
webpage for more details. It might be possible to
earn CS elective credit for this so contact your
academic advisor.
Local website needed
Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2006
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