Our sense of community is well-known as a distinguishing aspect of doing computer science at Carnegie Mellon. It is one of the reasons many students choose to come here. The Computer Science Department is proud of our strong community spirit, which we foster through close working relationships between students and advisors, among faculty, and among students. Many working relationships turn into friendships for life.
Luckily, our community works. People volunteer their time, energy, intellect, talent, and other skills to do many of the things that keep our environment running smoothly. These efforts include organizing seminars, maintaining software packages, serving on departmental committees, grading for a graduate course, planning and running social activities, giving tours, and hosting visitors.
We are initiating a new web-based mechanism to provide a way for students to volunteer for activities they enjoy doing and to inform the community of the activities that need volunteers. This ``SCS Community Page'' serves the entire School of Computer Science and is open to all graduate students in the school. This service is run entirely by students.