Scott Zanelli Wins Award for Excellence in Software Engineering
Posted On: April 07, 2008
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The Computer Science Alumni/ae Award for Excellence in Software Engineering is awarded annually to a graduating bachelor's degree student in Computer Science who has an outstanding academic record. I'm happy to tell you that this year the winner of the Alumni/ae Award is Scott Zanelli.
Scott is graduating with a BS in Computer Science in Spring 2008 with near perfect GPAs of 3.907 overall and 3.889 in the major. Before coming to UMB, Scott worked as a desktop publisher. While on the job, he learned to write programs to automate repetitive tasks. Eventually, he decided to turn his programming "hobby" into a career and began taking classes at UMB on a part-time basis. After completing half his major, he combined his newfound knowledge from his classes with his desktop publishing experience and created several freeware programs for printing companies. One of these programs has been downloaded over 2500 times from the Adobe Systems website.
In addition to his academic excellence, Scott has distinguished himself by his helpfulness. He is always willing to assist students in the computer lab who are having trouble with their projects. He is a very active participant in online class discussion forums, and has been an informal mentor to students.
After graduation, he plans to work in the software industry for at least a year and then pursue his Master's degree. The Department of Computer Science congratulates Scott on his achievements and extends its best wishes for his future career.
