Archive for 2007Page 4
Visit with Alumni at Thomson West
On Wednesday, March 21st, I will be taking a dozen or more students to visit with seven alumni at Thomson West in Eagan. We will be receiving a tour of the datacenter from Robb Gamm, class of 1984, and hearing about a variety of software development topics from Matt Pettis, class of 1994, Zach Park, […]
Catalog Changes for MCS Courses
The 2007-2008 catalog will show several changes in the MCS Department’s courses. To help students plan, I’ll provide a preview of the changes I anticipate. If you have any concerns about these changes, I would urge you to talk them over with your advisor or with me. We certainly are not trying to cause problems.
Math Majors in International Photo Contest
Two Gustavus math majors were among the students whose photos were recognized in the College’s 2006 International Photo Contest. Math major Nhung Le received honorable mention for her photo “Love and Life,” taken on July 18, 2006, at Da Lat in her home country of Vietnam. Another Honorable Mention award went to math major Alex […]
Math Major Takes Plunge for Special Olympics
Gustavus math major Luke Audette was among 110 people taking part in Sunday’s Polar Bear Plunge at Hallett’s Pond. The fundraiser, part of St. Peter’s Winterfest, raised over twenty thousand dollars for Special Olympics Minnesota. The high temperature that day was 25 degrees F. Photos by Ed Lee courtesy of the St. Peter Herald.
Differential Geometry to be Taught in Fall
In Fall of 2007, Mike Hvidsten will teach the “Special Topics” course MCS-344 on the subject of Differential Geometry. Differential Geometry is the study of properties of surfaces such as distance and curvature. It is the underlying mathematical language of the Theory of Relativity and String Theory. Topics in this course will include curves and […]
Gustavus Math Student Blogs from Budapest
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, has many attractions, but for math students the number-one draw is the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, a program that allows North American students to benefit from what Donald Knuth has called the world’s most successful educational system for pure mathematics. This year Gustavus math major Betsy Langowski is among those […]
Wolfe Publishes Lessons in Play
Professor David Wolfe is among the co-authors of a newly released textbook, Lessons in Play: An Introduction to the Combinatorial Theory of Games. Publisher A K Peters describes the book as a “formal, yet playful, introduction to the subject.” The other co-authors are Michael Albert of the University of Otago in New Zealand and Richard […]
Instructor and Technology Coordinator Position
Gustavus Adolphus College invites nominations and applications for a renewable, non-tenure-track position of Instructor of Statistics (or Math) and Departmental Technology Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science to begin in the summer of 2007.