CSIS Department Programming Team Places 2nd

CSIS Department Programming Team Places 2nd

Two teams of students from the Computer Science and Information Systems Department competed in Digi-Key’s Collegiate Computing Competition Oct. 14 at Digi-Key in Thief River Falls. Twenty-one teams from 12 universities spanning Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin attended.

The MSUM team of Sam Sussman, Andrew Dahl, Matt Ehrichs, and Phillip McCorison finished in 2nd place, earning individual gift cards to Best Buy and $3,000 for the Computer Science and Information Systems Department. These funds will be used to support students in their future competitions. The second team from MSUM was comprised of Chris Szarkowski, Kyle Borth, Chris Heil and Kirby Price.