[agnesberthelot]

I agree with davorak. What you want to achieve would be a long term project. Since you are in your final 2 years, start attracting attention with projects that would stay in the campus longer after you graduate. Also, start from the freshmen ... they are the ones you pass the baton. Make use of external programming competitions, for example, Facebook Hacker Cup, to lure them into programming. For beginners, the Hacker Cup might be something intimidating. You can try smaller competitions like this one: http://codercharts.com/contest/january-snow-fest-contest (pardon the little self-promotion ... but our goal is actually the same as yours).

[wrt54g]

We're going to start pushing the ACM ICPC competition more, also Topcoder, Spoj, etc. I hadn't heard of codercharts.com, thanks for that. We aren't quite sure how to get people involved in this area though, since freshmen and sophomores aren't confident enough in their abilities to join a competition, and juniors/seniors are too established and seem to rarely want to join a new group.

[agnesberthelot]

In that case, CoderCharts would be helpful since for beginners, they don't necessary have to take part in competition. We have non-contest puzzles of various levels for users to try their skills. We have plans to push out more social features to enhance the users' sense of pride in their skills, so this would help nurture freshmen's interest. I would encourage you come to our site and play around yourself, so that you have a better understanding of how to make the most out of it. :-)