Donate To: Computer Science Students of Distinction An award program for outstanding high school computer students.Computer Science Students of Distinction Application
The CSSoD is an award program for High School Juniors and Seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in Computer Science. The program, which is facilitated by the Arkansas Computer Science Initiative, is administered by the Arkansas Academy of Computing. The AAOC is comprised of more than 200 members who have demonstrated a significant impact on computing in Arkansas. Click here for more information See Previous winners!Photos Of 2024 New Member Induction Banquet Friday Night October 11, 2024 Alumni House - UAF | AAOC 2025 Annual Banquet and Induction CeremonyWe hope that you can join us on the evening of November 7, 2025, at the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, for the annual Arkansas Academy of Computing dinner. This is an annual event where we celebrate Arkansans who have made significant contributions to computing/engineering and we also use this time to raise money for scholarships for the NEXT generation of Arkansans going in to STEM fields.
Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. will be our keynote speaker. We also plan to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the EAST Initiative and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Arkansas Systems. This year, we will be honoring the following Arkansans for their achievements in technology. The 2025 Inductees
Ahmed AbuHalimeh, Pd.D., SMIEEE Associate Professor of Information Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Tina Appleyard Director - IS - Application Development at ArcBest Technologies
Will Bunker Systems Architect and Systems Developer - Developed Match.com among others.
Devin Graham VP Cloud & Infrastructure at Tyson Foods
Sandy Kizer Retired- Director of Computing-Sam Walton College of Business
Rasesh Patel Leader HouseCare Technology
Daniel Pullen Chief Data Scientist and Data Architect at SAIC
Josh Smith Veteran, Founder, Entrepreneur, Advisor & CTO
Lee Watson CEO and Founder @ Forge Institute | Serial Entrepreneur & Disruptor
Agenda for the evening is as follows: 6:00 PM-- Reception & Social 6:30 PM -- Welcome and Introduction 6:45 PM -- Dinner 7:15 PM -- Distinguished Induction Speaker 7:30 PM --- Induction Ceremony 8:30PM -- Closing Remarks Tickets are $75 per person Please click here to register for the event 2025 AAoC Banquet Registration AAOC History ProjectHistory ProjectThe Arkansas Academy of Computing has initiated a History Project to preserve many of the stories and artifacts of the founding of the computing business in Arkansas. Most of the true computing industry pioneers in Arkansas had no idea they would make a career and significant contributions in this new field and their stories are fascinating, informative, and inspirational. | Attention MembersMembers please sign in using the link in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Update your contact information, by clicking on my information after logging in. You can click on "forgot password" and the system should email you a link to create a new password. If you have not set up a password, this is the best solution. Should you have problems, email ejones at connect4business dot com. Please help us keep our information current and correct. Featured members |
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With your support of a tax-deductible gift to the AAoC Scholarship, you are making a difference in students’ lives and strengthening the tech capabilities of Arkansas. Every gift makes a difference. 100% of scholarship donations are distributed to student scholarships.
Donations can be made via three options; donations from $1-$499 go into the AAoC General Scholarship fund; donations $500 or more allows selection of school for the scholarship and the option of a 1 year named scholarship; or a donation of any amount can be made to an endowment. If you are an AAoC member, logging in first will minimize the required information for the donation.
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Donate $1-$499 to our general fund
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Donate $500 or more and Choose your school
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Below are four endowment type funds. You can donate to any of them. The first one is the AAoC Charitable Scholarship Fund, the next three are employee group endowments. An endowment of $12,500 supports a $500 scholarship. By donating to these endowments, you assure their recognition and support AAoC funding for scholarships.
AAoC Associated Endowments
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AAoC Charitable Scholarship 
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Systematics Alltel Information Systems FIS
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Acxiom
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Arkansas Systems Arksys Euronet
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For more information or questions about the Arkansas Academy of Computing, please contact us at +1 (501) 580-3658 or via email at contact@araoc.org.
Arkansas Academy of Computing
1722 N. College Ave
Box #141
Fayetteville, AR 72703
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