{"id":18269,"date":"2024-02-28T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/?p=18269"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:57:56","slug":"ieee-acm-club-hosts-high-school-students-from-across-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/2024\/02\/28\/ieee-acm-club-hosts-high-school-students-from-across-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"IEEE\/ACM Club Hosts High School Students from Across NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This past Friday, Monmouth\u2019s IEEE\/ACM Club hosted the annual High School Hawk Hack.&nbsp; In only its second year post-pandemic, this event grew significantly to include over 50 students from 12 schools across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a dozen IEEE\/ACM club members organized, instructed and proctored the competition that has students compete in teams to solve a series of programming challenges. The results are then tallied by HackerRank, a platform with Computer Science problems,&nbsp; used by many employers to assess the coding skills of potential candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer Science Professor Rolf Kamp, the IEEE\/ACM club advisor, has been integral in creating this event that introduces high school students, interested in computer science, to a collegiate setting. Kamp states \u201cIt is clear the high school students, their teachers and&nbsp; club member thoroughly enjoyed the event. Hosting this event is an excellent opportunity to get students interested in Monmouth\u2019s offerings\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the conclusion of the event, the members of each winning team received technology-based prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 High School Hawk Hack&nbsp; winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First place &#8211; Middlesex High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Place &#8211; Dwight-Englewood School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third Place &#8211; Lakeland High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IEEE\/ACM club and the Computer Science &amp; Software Engineering department hope that this event continues to grow for high school students pursuing a career in technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" style=\"object-position: 31.435% 68.8975%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2024\/02\/Hawk-Hack-2024.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Friday, Monmouth\u2019s IEEE\/ACM Club hosted the annual High School Hawk Hack.&nbsp; In only its second year post-pandemic, this event grew significantly to include over 50 students from 12 schools across the state. 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