Joseph T. Furmanowski, undergraduate computer science student, was recently awarded the 2023 UPE Executive Council Award while Kiran Ramjisingh, graduate computer science student, won the UPE Academic Achievement Award for the second time.
Furmanowski is one of four students across the country to receive the 2023 UPE Executive Council Award and is the first Monmouth University student to do so. As an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student member, he previously won the UPE/ACM Student Scholarship Award in November 2023.
Ramjisingh, currently enrolled in the five-year computer science program, is one of the nine worldwide UPE members to win the UPE Academic Achievement Award in 2023. This marks the second time that Ramjisingh has won this award; he was the first Monmouth University student to apply for the UPE scholarship, initially winning in December 2022 as a senior undergraduate student.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the first and only existing international honor society in the Computing and Information disciplines, with chapters in more than 300 colleges and universities in North America and overseas. The mission of UPE is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and Information Disciplines, including a major focus on acknowledging outstanding scholarships through the presentation of awards to students from around the world.
Membership in UPE is primarily based on the academic records of students pursuing an appropriate degree in the computing and information disciplines. Each year, the UPE Executive Council evaluates many scholarship applications from students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. All applicants are required to complete a comprehensive application form, including a statement on their long-term plans in the profession, a summary of their contributions to their respective UPE chapters, and related student activities at their college or university. Applicants are also required to submit all college-level transcripts and a recommendation from the UPE faculty adviser. UPE membership also includes a complimentary one-year ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) student membership.
Learn more about the UPE Kappa Chapter at Monmouth University.