Google Developer Groups (GDGs) are for developers who are interested in Google's developer technology; everything from the Android, App Engine, and Google Chrome platforms, to product APIs like the Maps API, YouTube API and Google Calendar API. If you would like to be part of the GDG-Columbia group as an attendee or presenter please email Tim Hill at tim@hillcompanyinc.com. Our first monthly meeting will be held at 6pm on October 14th and will be located at It-ology, 1301 Gervais St, Columbia. Please join our Google+ page and let us know you’re coming. https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/105017433922288840934/1050174339222888409…

The Software Development externship to Blackbaud (Charleston, SC) on Friday, September 26 is open to students in the following majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Science, Software Engineering and IIT majors (all class levels). The deadline for students to sign up in the JobMate system is Sunday, September 21st. An externship is a day-long group shadow experience where students visit an employer site for an overview of the organization and their employment opportunities. Common components of an externship include presentations by organizational leadership and human resources staff, practitioner panels (most often with alumni representation), shadowing opportunities and facility tours. Externships are a great way to network and seek out companies in your field of interest for future professional opportunities! Software Development Externship at Blackbaud, Charleston, SC…….. September 26th!!

• Open to students in the following majors: Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Science, Software Engineering and IIT majors (all class levels)
• Departs Thomas Cooper Library at 8:00 a.m. and will return to USC by 5:00 p.m.
• Interested students need full access on JobMate, and should search for Job #24907, submit a resume, and sign up for an interview time. The deadline is September 21st

Schedule Includes: Welcome from Research & Development leadership Information Session presented by Human Resources and R&D Tour of Facility by HR Lunch Student Panel: New Graduates Shadowing Opportunity Structured Networking Opportunity

Title/ LOS: Software Tester Minimum Years of Experience: 1 (post graduation) Location: Columbia, South Carolina Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree; CS preferred Knowledge Preferred: Demonstrates some knowledge of, and/or proven success with, supporting business operations and performing in a professional services environment including the following:

• Identifying, evaluating, building, and implementing business processes and procedures
• Managing and executing projects and/or developing relationships.

Skills Preferred:

• Demonstrates some ability and/or a proven record of working across territories, including conducting calls and responding to email queries across all time zones.
• Demonstrates some ability to communicate effectively to all levels within an organization, both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrates some ability and/or a record of success performing in an environment of change where maintaining effectiveness while managing multiple and shifting priorities, and an ability to communicate change in scope and schedule to all parties, is paramount.
• Demonstrates thorough abilities to leverage Microsoft Office applications (especially PowerPoint, Word, Project, Visio and Excel) in order to assist in the design, implementation and management of presentations, dashboards, scorecards, and scheduled and ad hoc reports.
• Demonstrates proven considerable ability to work independently, schedule and organize work effectively, work flexible hours, including possible overtime when necessary.

I look forward to a response. Regards, Courtney I. Browne PwC | Sourcing Manager - Financial Services Technology Email: courtney.browne@us.pwc.com PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 300 West 6th Street, Suite 1800 Austin, TX 78701-3902 http://www.pwc.com/us

I am a second year medical student at USC and co-founder of TimeStash.com. I created this social network with friends and I am looking to hire an Android developer to help the team and I with our mobile app. TimeStash allows users to recollect and relive their pasts using a community constructed database and even acquire those cherished items that defined how they grew up. It is the online time machine that enables you to browse for vintage shows, books, movies, toys, and much more. ( www.timestash.com/help ) TimeStash was launched on August 5th in Mexico City this summer and since then, we have amassed over 8000 users. We have received significant press coverage there, ranging from TV to online articles (http://www.forbes.com.mx/timestash-una-red-social-para-viajar-en-el-tie…). I am looking to launch the website here in the US, starting at our school. Could you pass this information along to the students and the rest of the department? Thank you. Robert Robert Gereige (robert.gereige@uscmed.sc.edu)

Dear CEC Students, If you are interested in starting a business, you will be interested in the $80,000 available via competition in the USC Proving Ground competition! Mr. Dean Kress of the School of Business is your point of contact, and he will be giving an information session on Monday Sept. 22 in the Faculty Lounge. Note the deadlines: October 1 to apply, October 17 to submit your entrepreneurial idea. More details in the attached flyer, the message below, and at uscprovingground.com. Regards, Dr. MM Michael A. Matthews, P.E. Assoc. Dean for Research & Graduate Education College of Engineering & Computing Phone/Mobile: 803-777-0556 Fax: 803-777-9597 Room 3A03A, Swearingen Engineering Center

SPAWAR is hiring Bachelor's and Master's in Computer fields.

For those interested, instead of applying via USA JOBS, all they need to do is send their Resume's and copies of their Transcripts directly to SPAWAR at this page. The multi-location announcements are on USA Jobs now. Below are the links by location:

• New Orleans, LA
• Norfolk, VA
• Charleston, SC
• Washington Navy Yard,

Hello! I am a graduate student in the Arnold School of Public Health and I am looking to create a new interactive website. I am looking for one or two people to help me in creating the site. I am messaging your department to ask if it is possible for your department to share this information with students in your department and ask people to contact me if they are interested in hearing about the website and my plans. Lois Garba (lgarba@email.sc.edu)

I'm looking for, most likely, a CIS student who is familiar, or has the ability to quickly orient themselves with Windows Small Business Sever 2011 Standard and Microsoft Exchange Server. We are experiencing intermittent latency issues at our office workstations that is greatly hindering our workflow. We need someone who can come in and analyze our system and attempt to locate and resolve the problem. We are willing to start at $80 per hour for an undergraduate student, but if their efficiency and results are up to a professional standard then we will gladly pay a higher hourly rate. Our office is located in Lexington, SC. Wallace E. Howard, III (weh.ted@gmail.com)

For Application/Video Game/WebSite Development FOR START-UP BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN GAMING, ENERGY and EDUCATION SET OWN WORKPLACE AND WORK HOURS Get involved at ground level with POWERSWITCH. New Startup Company seeking Entrepreneur-spirited person for new innovative PATENT PENDING educational game development. We are looking for a Leader who will help spearhead the work involved with the development of a video game/phone application(s)/website and other marketing media of our game. There are several versions and difficulty levels of the game and will be used as an educational tool for young children and as a fun game of chance to build awareness to the general public. The ideal candidate needs would be able to demonstrate their experience working on a team to implement a business plan. Experience with phone application development, website development and video game development is necessary. Experience with marketing, public speaking, presentations and having the characteristics of the following is highly considered. The following attributes should be demonstrated in your application: well organized, innovative, creative, an entrepreneur's drive, a leader and a team player, a problem solver, performance driven, exceptional communication skills, a self-starter, and detail oriented. Candidate needs to understand this is a start-up company. Work location and schedule may be flexible, however, candidate needs to be able to provide frequent updates of work progress and work within a schedule to meet predetermined goals. Furthermore, compensation will be discussed and agreed upon prior to work being performed and will be commensurate with experience and amount of work to be done. Please submit a resume with your contact information, examples of relevant experience, along with references for our review and consideration. Upon our review, a short list of candidates will be selected and contacted. At that time, more detailed information will be provided for your review and an interview will be scheduled. Please submit all your information in pdf format to powerbncenergy@gmail.com Thank you for your interest, The Power BNC Energy Team

Have you always been interested in working for a startup? A team of USC MBA students have a developed a business proposal for a web-based service in the educational industry. The team is looking for students or recent graduates interested in either web design and/or database programming. In the next few months, the goal is to enter the business opportunity in the USC Proving Grounds. (Top Prize is $20,000 to start the company). If you're interested, please contact scuddhy@gmail.com for more details.

The Center for Digital Humanities at USC seeks to fill the position of front end web developer to work 20 hrs per week (max). The rate of pay will be commensurate with experience and ability. Completion of CSCE 242 or demonstrated proficiency in html, css, js, and jquery is desired. Interested candidates should email a brief statement of interest and cv/portfolio to John Knox (knoxt@mailbox.sc.edu). Questions about the position may also be addressed to John Knox at the email listed above or at 803-777-0544.

Undergraduate programmer needed to develop web application for online social science experiments. The programmer is responsible for the design, development, testing and deployment of experimental web applications. Majors in Computer Science or related field with hands-on programming experience using Javascript are encouraged to apply. This position commences as soon as possible and may be extended pending grant funding. Salary is commensurate with experience. Please send your resume to melamed@sc.edu with contact information. David Melamed Assistant Professor of Sociology University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-3123

Students can sign up to volunteer and get more information via our website: www.CS-First.com/getinvolved. They have the opportunity to build their resume, network with other volunteers, and grow their public speaking skills while working with students. I've attached our CS First flyer for potential volunteers. The CS First team would love for you to support us by forwarding this to students within the College of Computer Science and Engineering, as well as sharing this info with colleagues. Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you'd like to learn more. We're excited to bring this opportunity to middle school students as well as potential volunteers. My contact information is below. Sincerely, Taylor Green tdgreen@google.com

Hello CSE Students! This fall, a group of motivated students is trying to form a Cyber Security Club at the University of South Carolina with the following mission: The mission of USC Cyber Security Club is to raise awareness of the importance of cyber security and to educate our members in the practice thereof. USC Cyber Security Club seeks to accomplish this mission by holding regular club meetings during which security related topics will be discussed and demonstrated, as well as taking part in cyber security competitions. If you are interested in seeing this as a club at USC, please take a few minutes to sign the petition at https://www.sc.edu/sos/neworgs/petition Also, if you would like to be added (or removed) from the Cyber Security email distribution list (cyber-security@cec.sc.edu), just drop me a note with your USC email address and I will add you to the list. Thanks! Ronni Wilkinson ronni@cec.sc.edu

Interested in computer security? and beer? Checkout ColaSec.

My name is Melissa Ethridge and I am the Tutor Coordinator at the Dodie Academic Enrichment Center here at USC. I am trying to recruit tutors to work with our student athletes and at this time we have a specific need for Computer Science. Specifically, CSCE 101 and CSCE 102. The Tutor Program provides subject-specific assistance to student-athletes as a supplement to the classroom learning experience. The primary responsibility of a tutor is to understand and clearly communicate course content and study skills to the tutees. One-on-one and group tutoring is available in a broad array of courses.