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Department of Computer Science
Davis College
Department of Computer Science

Student Organizations

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The friendships, mentors, and professional connections students build outside of class are often what turn a good degree into a strong career start. Six organizations are open to our students — four in the department, two in Engineering. Find one and show up.

Find your fit

Organization Best for
Computer Science Society (CSS) Everyone — start here
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Academic recognition — by invitation
Women in Computer Science (WiCS) Community, mentorship, and career readiness
ACM Student Chapter Tech workshops and speakers, open to any major
SWE / SHPE The broader engineering community — based in Engineering

Computer Science Society (CSS)

CSS is the department's flagship organization, serving all Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, and Data Science students. It connects students with each other, with faculty, and with industry — and makes sure everyone in the department has somewhere to belong. If you join one organization, make it this one.

Past guest speakers have come from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, IBM, and TCU Career Services.

The Year at a Glance

When Event
August/September Welcome Back Kickoff
September/October Tech Resume Workshop/Tech Workshop
October Internship Panel
October/November Industry Networking Night
November Hackathon
January Spring Kickoff
February Guest Speaker Series
February/March Technical Workshop
April Student and Faculty Recognition Awards
April/May End-of-Year Banquet

Months are typical.

How to Join

  1. TCU Engage — required. Search Computer Science Society at engage.tcu.edu and request to join.

  2. Follow @TCUCSS on Instagram — meeting reminders and event announcements go out here first.

2026–27 officers: DJ Brown, President · Samie Kadirova, Vice President · Elijah Johnston, Treasurer

  • Questions: Samie Kadirova, Vice President — a.kadirova@tcu.edu

  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Scherger

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE)

UPE is the international honor society for the computing disciplines, founded in 1967 with roughly 300 chapters worldwide. TCU's chapter was established in 1982 and remains active today — one of the department's longest-standing marks of academic distinction. Membership is by invitation and recognizes sustained excellence in computing coursework: a permanent credential for résumés and graduate school applications.

There is no application to submit. The department sends invitations during the spring semester — keep your coursework strong and watch your TCU email.

  • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bo Mei

Women in Computer Science (WiCS)

WiCS supports and empowers female and non-binary undergraduate students in computing, building a social, technical, and professional community that encourages personal and career development. All students are welcome to join.

Social and networking nights, career readiness workshops, speaker panels, and service projects — at least one event a month, on campus.

How to Join

ACM Student Chapter

The Association for Computing Machinery is an international organization dedicated to computer science research. At TCU, the chapter supports students interested in technology regardless of major or background — a good starting point if you are curious about tech but not sure you belong in a computing club.

Workshops, guest speakers, and socials, roughly one event a month. Recent highlights: a résumé workshop co-hosted with the department chair, a Netflix data scraping workshop, a Google tech panel, and the Finals Pizza Party.

How to Join

Also Open to Our Students

Based in TCU's Department of Engineering, these chapters welcome CS students and complement the organizations above:

  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

Starting Something New

Want a club, competition team, or interest group that does not exist yet? Bring the idea to any faculty member or email computerscience@tcu.edu. We will help you find an advisor and register the organization with TCU.