{"id":1827,"date":"2020-10-14T10:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T18:55:48","slug":"students-join-acm-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/2020\/10\/14\/students-join-acm-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Join ACM for Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1835\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/files\/2020\/10\/IIT-ACM-W.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/files\/2020\/10\/IIT-ACM-W.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/files\/2020\/10\/IIT-ACM-W-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/files\/2020\/10\/IIT-ACM-W-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/files\/2020\/10\/IIT-ACM-W-768x579.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <span style=\"font-size: 80%\">Illinois Tech ACM-W members at the Anita Borg Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)<\/strong> is the oldest and broadest professional society for those of us in the computing professions. We just concluded the Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (ACM SIGITE 2020) where ITM faculty and students presented nine papers and posters. Participation in ACM &#8220;offers critical benefits that empower computing students who are committed to self-improvement and success in their chosen fields&#8221; as well as opportunities to network, learn, and grow.\u00a0<strong>For a limited time,\u00a0<\/strong>ACM is offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/studentjoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FREE one-year student memberships<\/a>! (Student membership is usually $19.) Benefits of membership include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2em;text-indent: -1.3em\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orange.hosting.lsoft.com\/trk\/click?ref%3Dznwrbbrs9_6-277c2x312714x012875%26&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602772336243000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHp8iRRlvlHAOH5hS2dPXd0qd4rDQ\"><em>Communications of the ACM<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the trusted source for computing professionals, features emerging technologies, IT trends, news, opinion, research and practical applications<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xrds.acm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orange.hosting.lsoft.com\/trk\/click?ref%3Dznwrbbrs9_6-277c2x3258d8x012875%26&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602772336243000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfsAWDfs3wYSruNQHMoPL6xYjctQ\"><em>XRDS<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 published by and for students \u2013 featuring research highlights, opinions, upcoming events, and grant\/funding opportunities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.acm.org\/e-learning\/skillsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orange.hosting.lsoft.com\/trk\/click?ref%3Dznwrbbrs9_6-277c2x3258d9x012875%26&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602772336243000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG01CnQY5KyIq924v8NpLG2hGKs-g\">Custom collection of online books, videos and courses by SkillSoft<\/a>\u00a0covering the most in-demand skills, software, and technologies for computing professionals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.acm.org\/techtalks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orange.hosting.lsoft.com\/trk\/click?ref%3Dznwrbbrs9_6-277c2x3258dax012875%26&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602772336243000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUKNbBIVSfe_AADw1DyrVJVpx7Dg\">ACM TechTalks<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 webinars featuring the most sought-after speakers on today&#8217;s hottest computing topics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.acm.org\/bytecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/orange.hosting.lsoft.com\/trk\/click?ref%3Dznwrbbrs9_6-277c2x3258dbx012875%26&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602772336243000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVoqyhA9MGTp0No5rvRq4vwbcKCw\">ACM ByteCast<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 podcast conversations with researchers, practitioners, and innovators who are at the intersection of computing research and practice<\/li>\n<li>And many more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So do it! Join today at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/studentjoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.acm.org\/studentjoin<\/a>.<\/strong> It&#8217;s free for a year. And while you&#8217;re at it, interact with your fellow Illinois Tech ACM members through one of our ACM student chapters: <a href=\"https:\/\/iit.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/acm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Illinois Tech ACM<\/a> and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/iit.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/acmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Illinois Tech Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W)<\/a>. For more information on ACM student membership, see their brochure at <a href=\"https:\/\/itm.iit.edu\/data\/ACM-brochure-student.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/itm.iit.edu\/data\/ACM-brochure-student.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Tech ACM-W members at the Anita Borg Conference. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the oldest and broadest professional society for those of us in the computing professions. We just concluded the Annual Conference of the ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (ACM SIGITE 2020) where ITM faculty and students presented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1958,3904,1],"tags":[3972,3900,3913],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","category-stuff-for-students","category-uncategorized","tag-acm","tag-career","tag-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/itm_loopback\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}