Today, Sunday February 17th is the Game Server’s Birthday! Yes, it was Two years ago today that those beautiful blue lights lit and the fans started humming. The soul of a great beast awoke within it… and all it wanted was have fun and play. So, show the server some love and jump on for some Minecraft, Counter-Strike: GO, Left [...]
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Cyberwarfare Range Setup Day
February 6th, 2013 
Colin As mentioned in the Speaker Night on Friday, we are trying to set up a Cyberwarfare Range with old computers on a safe, closed network to develop a continuous improvement process for cyber warfare and security. For anyone interested, we will be meeting in UHB 2029 at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 9th. Please email us [...]
Gamer Tournament 2012
August 25th, 2012 Justin As many of you know, the Computer Science Club hosts an annual Gamer Tournament every year during welcome week. This Year is no exception! Saturday, August 25 we will be having a Gamer Tournament in Stars Lounge from 3 to 7pm. Food will be provided like at past events. If you like to PC game [...]
Online learning on the rise, UIS Computer Science pioneers the way
April 25th, 2012 Tim An article was published in Computer World this month discussing the growth of the online learning revolution. In the article UIS’s Computer Science program is recognized for being a pioneer in the online learning sphere. UIS is considered a pioneer in online education. The online version of the school’s computer science program has been so [...]
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Tags: Computer Science, education, graduates, MIT, online learning, UIS 
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UIUC FabLab Pictures
April 7th, 2012 Tim I’ve finally managed to find the time to post the pictures from our trip to the Champaign-Urbana Community FabLab last weekend, April 1st. (Check out some of the other stuff people make there.)Overall everyone had a great time, and many interesting projects were created. If you missed the chance to attend keep watch on out [...]
235,182 years of HALO
April 2nd, 2012 Tim I love infographics. This week as the development of the HALO franchise is passed on to 343 Industries, Bungie has decided to release some of the statistics they have gathered since the release of HALO. Thought I would share this with you all…. …and if you have time, join us on our game server.
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Left 4 Dead 2 Server is Up!
March 25th, 2012 Justin Over the last week the club has been working on getting a Left 4 Dead 2 server up and running. It is open to everyone who plays the game! It is easy to find the server in game if you join the UIS CS club group on steam. Any feedback is appreciated and welcome. Now [...]
UIUC FabLab Trip
March 8th, 2012 Tim Date: April 1st, 2012 Time: 9am Location: UIUC – Fab Lab Cost: Pay your own food & Fab Lab materials (12in x 24in acrylic $20 + $1 minute laser time) Limit: 30 people Register online now! UPDATE: View Event Pictures The Computer Science Club and Newman Catholic Group are planning a trip to UIUC [...]
Fun Fact Friday #2
February 18th, 2012 Tim Fun Fact: Today, Friday February 17th is the Game Server’s Birthday! Yes, it was one year ago today that those beautiful blue lights lit and the fans started humming. The soul of a great beast awoke within it… and all it wanted was have fun and play. So, show the server some love and jump [...]
