We are pleased to announce the 2012 SIGCSE award winners.

The SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community has been awarded to Jane Prey, most recently employed by Microsoft Research as Senior Program Manager.

The SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education has been awarded to Harold (Hal) Abelson, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.

The Executive Board of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) supports the formation of a new ACM Special Interest Group on Broadening Participation (SIGBP).

SIGCSE provides a forum for educators to discuss issues related to the development,implementation, and/or evaluation of computing programs, curricula, and courses, as well as syllabi, laboratories, and other elements of teaching and pedagogy. SIGCSE is the premier organization for computing education. It serves computer science teaching and education research faculty at all levels, and several of its activities focus on making introductory computing effective. SIGCSE collaborates with the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and with other teaching-oriented organizations in working to shape and improve computing education at all levels worldwide...

The SIGCSE board encourages SIGCSE members to learn about the new AP effort at http://csprinciples.org and to explore the details of the effort and offer their attestation at http://www.collegeboard.com/html/computerscience/index.html.

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