Student Organizations

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

Founded in 1947, ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. Today, our 78,000 members and the public turn to ACM for the industry's leading Portal to Computing Literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conferences, providing leadership for the 21st century.

For more information contact the president of the student chapter, Romell Bolton at rrbolton@aggies.ncat.edu.

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the Computer Science honor society

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the first and only international honor society for the computing field in the world. UPE started at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas in 1967. There are chapters in various colleges and universities in North America and overseas. The mission of UPE is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the computing discipline.

The Gamma Chapter of UPE at North Carolina A&T State University was established in 1993 becoming the third chapter in the state of North Carolina. Over the years the Chapter has inducted over 300 members. A computer science major is eligible to join UPE after completing freshmen and sophomore foundational courses and having at least a 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.2 major GPA.

For more information contact Professor Edmundson Effort at edeffort@ncat.edu.