Honor Society for Computing Sciences Inducts 17

The University of Scranton's 37th annual induction ceremony for Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society, Gamma Chapter of Pennsylvania took place on Friday, May 5. Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the first and only existing International Honor Society in the Computing and Information Disciplines, founded in 1967, and endorsed by the two largest professional organizations in the world, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). 

The mission of Upsilon Pi Epsilon is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and Information Disciplines. The University’s Gamma Chapter was founded in 1985 and now numbers over 448 members.

Invited speaker for the event was Dave Grizzanti ’05, G’06, Principal Engineer at The New York Times.

The 2023 inductees include: Luke S. Brunetti, Luke R. Capper, Tyler S. Cichetti, Zachary L. Danchak, Christian Di Troia, James P. Fox, Nicholas J. Guerra, Amanda R. Lamphere, Thomas J. Meehan, Shane N. Novitsky, David F. Reese, Simal Sami, Charles J. Seitz, Francis H. Tholley, Ethan S. Thomas, Ciara R. Trigg and Daniel E. Zych.

UPE Officials include: President – Tim Gallagher ’23, G’24 , Vice-President – David DiCesare ’23, G’24, Secretary – Cuong Nguyen ‘23 , Treasurer – Brian Memmen ’23, G’24 , Directors – Clarence Gallagher ’19, G’23, Morgan McGuire ’23, G’24 , Justin Thomas ’21, G’23.

Induction into the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society for the Computing Sciences is offered to eligible students. Persons eligible for election to membership to the Chapter shall not be judged according to race, creed, color, or gender, but must belong to one of the following four categories:

* An undergraduate student must have completed at least 64 semester hours of overall credit, with at least 18 in Computing Sciences courses (which are those courses designated for programs of study offered through the Department of Computing Sciences). 

* They must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 both overall and in these Computing Sciences courses.

* A graduate student must have completed at least one half of the graduate degree requirement (15 credits in Software Engineering courses) and must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in those courses.

* All candidates for election to membership shall be reviewed by a Faculty Advisory Committee.  Those reported favorably by the Committee shall be proposed for election to a standing committee on eligibility and membership, consisting of current members.

 Simal Sami '23 is inducted by President Timothy Gallagher '23.

Inductees Christian Di Troia '24, Nicholas J. Guerra '24 and Tyler S. Cichetti '24 at the event that took place May 5.