Campus Activity

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Ryerson Computer Science Course Union

Matthew Kowal and I presenting "What is Computer Science" to first year students.

At the Ryerson CSCU I've held multiple positions, currently I volunteer as the Vice President of Academics. This entails me to handle all matters pertaining to undergraduate courses, grading, degree specializations, and academic events.

This usually involves taking feedback from students about current computer science courses, whether that be complaints or suggestions for improvement. We then bring this feedback up during board meetings with professors in the faculty.

I also handle getting new courses approved for our degree. Currently, we are trying to add a mandatory statistics class in the undergraduate curriculum due to the growing popularity of Machine Learning. Speaking of ML, we are also pushing for two new degree concentrations in Machine Learning and Computer Security.

Giving out t-shirts on frosh week.

I joined the CSCU originally just to get something to put on my resume, but honestly it has been the most fun vibe. After joining the CSCU I made a bunch of great friends and immediately the campus felt more like a home, and less like a business to me. I'm committed to making Ryerson Computer Science the best program it can be before I graduate.

Ryerson Science Society

View of the city from Toronto Centre Islands during RSS frosh week.

lass="description"> During the 2017 & 2018 Ryerson Science Society week of welcome, I was a student frosh leader. I got to take a bunch of incoming science students around campus to various events. Overall was a pretty great opportunity to get more involved with other academic disciplines and meet tons of new students.

Ryerson eSports

Ryerson eSports team photo.

first and second year, I played competitive collegiate League of Legends for Ryerson eSports. Honestly I used to dedicate a lot of time to LoL, from grinding ranked queue, scrims, practices, and LANs, my grades definitely suffered. I reached a peak rank of "Diamond 3" which is the top 0.3% of all North American League players. A lot of people have asked me if it was worth it, or if I wished I spent my time studying or preparing for internships, and honestly it 100% was.

I think getting "good" at League of Legends taught me how to get good at something. It taught me a lot of things from leadership, dedication, and performing under pressure. I may write a whole post about this sometime, but for now check out a similar post from Ryerson alumni Anthony Sistilli about Starcraft II and his career.