The Department of Computer Sciences (CS) recognized scholarship donors, Friends of Computer Sciences (FoCS) members, and scholarship recipients with a Scholarship Luncheon at the Texas Union on March 8, 2006.

As invitees enjoyed a slide show highlighting the honored students, CS Chair, J Strother Moore paid tribute to the involvement and generosity of scholarship donors and FoCS members. During a hearty lunch, students, faculty, industry leaders and donors made important connections, learned more about each other and celebrated accomplishments. There were 48 undergraduate scholarship recipients this year, receiving a total of $105,710. Corporate scholarships totaled $40,790.

We appreciate the generosity of corporations, families and friends who have named scholarships in honor of a loved one or family member and appreciate the generosity of our corporate donors:

• Boylan Family Endowed Scholarship
• James C. Browne Fellowship
• Centaur Technology (Also an FoCS member)
• ConocoPhillips (Also an FoCS member)
• Freescale
• Lockheed Martin (Also an FoCS member)
• Microsoft (Also an FoCS member)
• Motorola
• Parrish Computer Sciences Scholarship
• Angus G. and Erna Pearson Endowed Scholarship
• Jack Seriff Endowed Presidential Scholarship
• Louis C. Rosier Memorial Scholarship
• Texas Education & Technical Consortium
• Tracor-McBee, Jr. Endowed Scholarship— BAE Systems
• Unrestricted Presidential Endowments
• Verizon

For information on joining the FoCS program contact oea [at] cs [dot] utexas [dot] edu and see the links below:

• About the Program
• Member Benefits
• Current Member Companies
• How to Join

My Experience at the Scholarship Lunch — Todd Roling, UTCS Junior

I decided in January that this would be the semester I search for jobs, and began making a concerted effort to find just the right situation. At the UTCS scholarship lunch, I met Jerry Dziuk from IBM and he distributed my resume to a plethora of hiring managers inside IBM. I also received a second offer from another company through a contact made at the lunch, but selected a part-time position with IBM which I'm extremely excited about.

For my efforts during the semester, I received six job offers, but the most lucrative and interesting opportunities came from the scholarship lunch. Thanks to UTCS, FoCS, and all the wonderful scholarship donors, I now have a dream fulfilled, a great learning experience ahead of me, and a paycheck!