MSDN Student Flash https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/feed.xml Discover your inner-geek: All the latest student developer news, brought to you by Microsoft Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:24:57 GMT en-US hourly 1 Senior VP at the Intern Party? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/senior-vp-at-the-intern-party Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:27:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/07/21/senior-vp-at-the-intern-party/ Steven Sinofsky, a senior vice president at Microsoft in the Office group, has a blog. In his latest entry he talks about a party the Office group throws for their summer interns. I think it is interesting that Microsoft VPs believe that interns are important enough to show up at parties to talk to them. OK maybe it is that the parties are fun but still ...

In actual fact I have found that the VPs I have wanted to contact have all been very approachable. That's one of the things that makes Microsoft a great company to work for.

- Alfred (Microsoft)

]]> Heard at theSpoke https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/heard-at-thespoke Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:42:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/07/08/heard-at-thespoke/ Dave is taking a new job working for the Xbox division. He's started to blog about what that work is all about. It looks like he's in for some fun time and will have a lot of interesting things to talk about in the coming weeks and months. If you are at all interested in game programming you may want to watch his blog.

Meanwhile, Morris Sim is introducing a lot of information about the upcoming Imagine Cup finals in Japan. He's got information and links to videos. Even if you are not going to Japan you will want to check these out. Who knows, it may help motivate you to enter next year's event.

Speaking of video, Channel 9 has a new video interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

- Alfred Thompson (Microsoft)

]]> Bill Gates and the Windows Embedded Student Challenge https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/bill-gates-and-the-windows-embedded-student-challenge Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:58:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/17/bill-gates-and-the-windows-embedded-student-challenge/ Justin Creasy is blogging about the Microsoft Windows Embedded Student Challenge (WESC 2005) event going on this week-end in Redmond. In this installment he talks about Bill Gates visiting the teams who have come from all over the world. Justin was part of the team that won this event last year. Since then he and his team have graduated and started their own company.

- Alfred Thompson (Microsoft)

Justin is also an example of the sort of people who, while in college, blog at theSpoke.

]]> Win a trip to the PDC https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/win-a-trip-to-the-pdc Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:28:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/13/win-a-trip-to-the-pdc/ Channel 9 is running a contest with a free trip to PDC05. Details here. Winners will come from bloggers and from people who enter their Shareware Coding Contest.

- Alfred Thompson

]]> 2005-2006 Microsoft Student Ambassadors for the US of A! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/2005-2006-microsoft-student-ambassadors-for-the-us-of-a Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:39:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/2005-2006-microsoft-student-ambassadors-for-the-us-of-a/ Microsoft Student Ambassadors for US universities next school year. A full list is below - each individual who was nominated will get an email directly by the end of today with more details. For those not selected in this round, we will let you know if you are being considered for the next round.

The Lead Student Ambassadors, a subset of the group who will be actively involved in helping us manage, refine, and build the program next year, are listed at the bottom of this mail.

Remember the MSA program for next academic year starts off in September - those selected will have opportunities for technical training during the summer so you can start off the year knowing everything you need to know about Visual Studio, SQL Server, .NET, and the rest. Just keep an eye out for the mail with follow on steps!

To everyone who was nominated, selected or not, we'd like to thank you for your interest in the program.

To anyone still interested in becoming a US Student Ambassador, there are more opportunities to become one! We will post news on this blog about how to get nominated for the next round, which will take place over the summer with selectees announced in August. Keep in mind we will consider up to TWO MSA's on many campuses, so if you already see a name next to your school, there may still be an opportunity to get involved. We are looking for skilled students in a wide range of technical majors, from CS and CE through MIS and IT (even Business, if you've got some great coding skills). You just need a passion for developer technology and for sharing it with others!

The MSA Web site will be updated with this shortly, and for next year we're looking at some great changes so everyone interested in the program (alumni, friends, whatever) can get involved and see what's going on.

On with the list!

2005-2006 Microsoft Student Ambassasdors (Those selected to date)
Dave Copeland Baker College of Flint
Micheal Pettibone Baylor University
Michael Schuler Boston College
Douglas Koester Bowling Green State University
Kurt Kirkham Brigham Young University
Ryan Farmer California Institute of Technology
Peter  McRae CalPoly - SLO
Steven Luu CalPoly - Pomona
Robert Strazzarino California State University-Chico
Michael  Galloway California State University-Fresno
Peter Fortuna California State University-Fresno
James Cook California State University-Long Beach
Andrew Weng California State University-Los Angeles
Emil Mesropian California State University-Los Angeles
Brent Lamb California State University-Montrey Bay
Karapet Aslanyan California State University-Northridge
Chris Balassanian California State University-Northridge
Robert Klayman Case Western Reserve University
Quinn Thomas Drexel University
Angel Gonzalez East Carolina University
Jeffrey Arrington East Tennessee State University
Nathan Neitzke Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Nikolay Semov Fairleigh Dickinson University
Inga Bemman Florida Atlantic University-Davie
Michael Seeber Grand Valley State University-Allendale
Matt Propst Grand Valley State University-Allendale
Paul Onakoya Howard University
Matt Bell Illinois State University
Samuel Puckhaber Illinois State University
Pamela Chadsey Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
Adam Patridge Iowa State University
Ben Knear James Madison University
Brian Reed Marquette University
Melissa Stover Marshall University
Anthony Pappas Miami University-Oxford
Henry Balanon Michigan State University
Jeramey Jannene Milwaukee School of Engineering
Matthew Newman Minnesota State University-Mankato
Anthony Anzalone New York Institute of Technology
Daniel Lozovatsky Northeastern University
Chris Lambert Northeastern University
Anthony Nedolast Ohio State University
Scott Molloy Oregon State University
Kenneth Mann Pace University
Andrew Chernauskas Pennsylvania State University-Behrend College
Johan Johansson San Jose State University
Agnes Lui San Jose State University
Brad Nunnally Southern Illinois University
Gregor Hochmuth Stanford University
Shant Stepanian Stevens Institute of Technology
Avery Zycherman Suny at Binghamton
Ryan Hoffman Suny at Stony Brook
Richie von Rauchhaupt Suny at Stony Brook
Stephen Naimoli Suny Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome
Nathan Robinson Texas A&M University
Craig Beall The College of New Jersey
Faheem  Ibrahim University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Kunal Kundaje University of California Los Angeles
Guillory Chris University of California Los Angeles
Jeff Lee University of California-San Diego
David Genetti University of Denver
Kelly Homnick University of Florida
Thuy Tran University of Houston
Darren Smith University of Houston
Frank Mitchell University of Idaho
Cole Grolmus University of Iowa
Brandon Barker University of Kentucky
Vishal Mody University of Missouri-Kansas City
Joseph Scheinberg University of North Texas
Kyle Abbott University of Oklahoma
Ravi Chugh University of Pennsylvania
Paul Sagona University of South Carolina
Nikita Polyakov University of South Florida
Justin Morris University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Andy Vanosdale University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Eric Jensen University of Utah
Meng Tan University of Virginia
Brian Ma University of Washington-Seattle
Bret Holstein University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Colin McCambridge University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brendan Weitzman Washington State University-Pullman
Jake Burkey Washington State University-Pullman
Mohammad Akbar Washington University
Nick Sinclair Western Michigan University
Chirjeev (CJ) Bedi Western Michigan University
Shauntelle Davis Xavier University

And the Lead Student Ambassadors for next year:
Peter Fattore Bradley University
Michael Olivero Florida International University
Phillip Katzman Hawaii Pacific University
David Smith Michigan State University
Hiva Javaher New Mexico State University
Xiao Wang Stanford University
Jeff Chen University of California-Berkeley
Kenny Weiss University of Maryland
Tony Valenti University of Nebraska at Omaha
Mahan Hajianpour University of Southern California
Andy Vanosdale University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Amanda Jensen University of Texas
Garrett Wu University of Washington-Seattle
Kevin Reck University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chris Stewart Virginia Commonwealth University

-Kevin, Tracy, and the crew on the US Academic Developer team at Microsoft
]]> .NET BattleBot is TechEd Keynote guest of honor https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/net-battlebot-is-teched-keynote-guest-of-honor Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:27:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/net-battlebot-is-teched-keynote-guest-of-honor/ the first Battlebot based on .NET was a guest of honor at TechEd 2005.
]]> Update on 2005-2006 Student Ambassador announcement https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/update-on-2005-2006-student-ambassador-announcement Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:53:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/update-on-2005-2006-student-ambassador-announcement/ 2005-2006 Microsoft Student Ambassadors for the United States this afternoon (Pacific time) on this blog. Everyone who applied will also receive a direct email.

After I saw Matt's post asking where the results were, I realized I needed to put up an update!

-Kevin
]]> Windows Embedded Student ChallengE 2005 Finalists Announced https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/windows-embedded-student-challenge-2005-finalists-announced Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:22:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/windows-embedded-student-challenge-2005-finalists-announced/
The 2005 finalists have been announced for the Windows Embedded Student ChallengE! The top 30 teams from all over the world will be in Redmond June 17-18th, 2005 to compete for top honors. Assuming my new baby allows me time out of the house :) I'll have to swing by and check out the teams.

You can read more about the competition here.

Note this is separate from Imagine Cup - we just love running competitions for students, so you'll see LOTS of them going on at any given time.
]]> Florida presentation on SPOT, by faculty and students https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/florida-presentation-on-spot-by-faculty-and-students Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:15:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/florida-presentation-on-spot-by-faculty-and-students/ Shervin's blog - Florida .NET user group is hosting some faculty and students from DeVry University at their June 14th meeting in Miramar, to talk about SPOT:

MS SPOT Watch Technology by Ed Hill (DeVry University Faculty) and Students
An overview of Smart Personal Objects Technology, Microsoft's latest (and smallest) .NET platform. We'll look at the devices and platform, see what's coming, and discuss development on the TinyCLR. We'll also plan to take a look at 3rd party .NET tools.

If you're in the area and want to attend, you can RSVP at: http://www.fladotnet.com/reg.aspx?EventID=170

]]> MSR Faculty Fellowship Awards https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/msdnstudentflash/msr-faculty-fellowship-awards Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:10:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msdnstudentflash/2005/06/08/msr-faculty-fellowship-awards/ Kevin Schofield posts about Microsoft Research's New Faculty Fellowships Awards. About the program:

"...the MSR fellowship award is meant to identify five of the most promising junior faculty working in computer science, andgive them some "breathing room" over the next two years to get well established, take some risks, and make some serious progress on their research. It's $100,000 a year for two years."
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