I was the president of the computing club at the university I attended. We had a large membership since all computing students were automatically members, lol! We had several events throughout the years that were a hit.
1. Building/coding competition. The School of Computing had tons of spare/old computers sitting around. We disassembled a bunch of them and basically created a bunch of parts boxes. It was fun to toss in some bad memory and non-functional HD's:) During the competition, the teams had to assemble a working pc, then code a working game (guess the number between 1 and 100). The first team to create a working game won.
2. Computer fix-it day. As a volunteer event, about a dozen of us got together in the foyer of the computing building and fixed people's pc's. If the work was extensive, we'd sometimes take the pc's home (with the owner's agreement) and fix them for a fee.
3. T-shirt contests - We have everyone submit ideas for geeky t-shirts then posted the submissions online for voting. The winning T was then available for a small fee to club members.
4. War-driving game. For this, we hid an access point on campus, and competiting teams used their laptops (nowadays mobile phones would work too) to find the WAPs.
5. Show and tell - I remember one club meeting where several friends had cobbled together a pc with a ton of hd's. It was pretty funny!
6. LAN parties - fortunately for us, the faculty and lab managers were very helpful. The lab guy imaged all the pc's with an alternate gaming image, with Age of Empires, Worms, and some FPS. We got some cable lighting, etc, so the ambiance was awesome. An additional classroom was also wired so that people could bring in their own gaming machines.
7. See if you can get your school to purchase a couple of LEGO MindStorm units - lots of fun, and there are many local/regional/national clubs and competitions.
8. No matter what event you host, pizza always will get a turnout.
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I was the president of the computing club at the university I attended. We had a large membership since all computing students were automatically members, lol! We had several events throughout the years that were a hit.
:) During the competition, the teams had to assemble a working pc, then code a working game (guess the number between 1 and 100). The first team to create a working game won.
1. Building/coding competition. The School of Computing had tons of spare/old computers sitting around. We disassembled a bunch of them and basically created a bunch of parts boxes. It was fun to toss in some bad memory and non-functional HD's
2. Computer fix-it day. As a volunteer event, about a dozen of us got together in the foyer of the computing building and fixed people's pc's. If the work was extensive, we'd sometimes take the pc's home (with the owner's agreement) and fix them for a fee.
3. T-shirt contests - We have everyone submit ideas for geeky t-shirts then posted the submissions online for voting. The winning T was then available for a small fee to club members.
4. War-driving game. For this, we hid an access point on campus, and competiting teams used their laptops (nowadays mobile phones would work too) to find the WAPs.
5. Show and tell - I remember one club meeting where several friends had cobbled together a pc with a ton of hd's. It was pretty funny!
6. LAN parties - fortunately for us, the faculty and lab managers were very helpful. The lab guy imaged all the pc's with an alternate gaming image, with Age of Empires, Worms, and some FPS. We got some cable lighting, etc, so the ambiance was awesome. An additional classroom was also wired so that people could bring in their own gaming machines.
7. See if you can get your school to purchase a couple of LEGO MindStorm units - lots of fun, and there are many local/regional/national clubs and competitions.
8. No matter what event you host, pizza always will get a turnout.
Hope those ideas help - good luck!!