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UNCG Students Attend STARS Celebration! in Hampton, VA

Students from the UNCG Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management program traveled to Hampton, Virginia for the annual STARS Celebration! conference.

The students in UNCG’s chapter of the STARS Computing Corps work to broaden participation in computing through a variety of outreach and service activities. The participating students attended a variety of workshops and lectures at the conference to help kick off the new academic year’s Computing Corps activities.

Former UNCG STARS president, Simone Stephens, was awarded the national Outstanding Corps Student award for leadership and contributions to the Corps mission, and the UNCG chapter was runner up for the best chapter award. The STARS Alliance is an NSF funded project to advance innovation and broaden participation through regional partnerships.