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<p class="MsoNormal">HELLO MSU –</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; vertical-align: top;">We will be out on campus
<b>next week</b> hosting a series of events to promote <b>“Big
Apps On Campus,”</b> a brand new nation-wide competition that is
challenging you to build the next best app for the Windows Phone!
You’ll not only get the opportunity to earn recognition for
building the next BIG PHONE APP, you’ll also get the chance to win
some amazing prizes including a
<b><i>windows phone</i></b> you can test your app on!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; vertical-align: top;">We will be hosting a workshop on
<b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">Thursday,
February 2<sup>nd</sup> at 6PM</span></b>. Here, we will tell
you all about how to create an app and give you the resources to
do so
<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> In true MSFT style,
we will be giving away a ton of prizes at both this event and the
actual hack itself, which will take place on
<b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">Saturday
February 4<sup>th</sup> at 12PM – 12AM!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; vertical-align: top;">Join us in this AWESOME opportunity
to not only explore the world of app building, but what could grow
to be an annual challenge for college students such as yourself!
<b>For more details and to register, please go to <a
href="http://msubigapponcampus.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw">
http://msubigapponcampus.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw</a>.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; vertical-align: top;"><b><u><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">The
Basics: Here’s how to get started:
</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">1.
Visit </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; color: black;"><a href="http://www.dreamspark.com/"><span
style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102,
204); text-decoration: none;">www.dreamspark.com</span></a></span><span
style="font-family: "Segoe","sans-serif";
color: black;"> to get step-by-step guidance on how to build a
Windows Phone App and to download the tools you'll need to get
started. You will need a
<b>Live ID</b> in order to download the material.</span><span
style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">2.
Attend the </span><b><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 176,
240);">Big App on Campus Workshop
</span></b><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">to
learn how to take advantage of the free development tools that
Microsoft offers with Dream Spark to build an app for the
competition. Get advice from a professional developer who will
show you how to <b><u>design and implement the app you've been
dreaming about </u>
</b>using Silverlight and XNA. </span><span style="font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; color: black;"></span></p>
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repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;">
<b><u><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 176,
240);">When? </span></u></b><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">Thursday,
February 2<sup>nd</sup> at 6:00PM</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman","serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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repeat scroll 0% 0% white; vertical-align: top;">
<b><u><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 176,
240);">Where?</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 176,
240);">
</span></b><span style="font-family:
"Segoe","sans-serif"; color: black;">3105
Engineering Building</span><span style="font-family: "Times
New Roman","serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Segoe","sans-serif";
color: black;">4. Build an app at the 12 hour Hack-a-thon on
Saturday, February 4<sup>th
</sup>from noon-midnight in 3105 and 3112 EB.</span>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Teresa Isela VanderSloot, M.S.
Academic Adviser
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
E:mai: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:iselava1@msu.edu">iselava1@msu.edu</a>
Phone: (517) 353-5455
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cse.msu.edu/~iselava1/">http://www.cse.msu.edu/~iselava1/</a>
Appointments:<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.egr.msu.edu/adcalendar/">https://www.egr.msu.edu/adcalendar/</a></pre>
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