Mascot challenge tests creativity
Meeting new friends and feeling part of a new community during the first few weeks at university can be daunting. Luckily for first-year students in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, the Mascot Challenge was available to ease the transition.
The inaugural event, which involved building a mascot from discarded computer parts, drew many enthusiastic first-year students. They spent the morning working on their mascots while passers-by tried to get a better look at what was going on in the atrium of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (EV Building).
When the clock ran out, a group of distinguished judges assembled to select a winner; however, the decision proved too difficult and, ultimately, a tie was announced. Members of the two winning teams — “Duck Tape” and “Angry Bird” — were each awarded $200 gift certificates to the Concordia Bookstore. Runners-up received $50 gift certificates.
The event, generously supported by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning, was organized by Nancy Acemian, lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering as well as the Faculty’s new first-year program coordinator.
She hopes this year’s Mascot Challenge will be the first of many. Although this first installation was open only to Computer Science and Software Engineering first-year undergraduates, Acemian plans to expand the event to include other departments in the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science in years to come.
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