MCS

Year: 2009

  • Prof. Kaiser elevated to Provost’s Office

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    Barbara Kaiser will spend the next three years largely away from the MCS department, serving as Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Programs.

  • Prof. Hvidsten in China, Blogging

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    Mike Hvidsten is spending a sabbatical year at United International College (UIC) in Zhuhai, China, along with his wife and son.  The three of them are maintaining a blog of their experiences.

  • Alum to perform in Maplewood, Aug.14

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    Nick Rogness, class of 2007, plays the bass in two rock bands performing in Maplewood on August 14, Limit and Schitty Weezer. With a name like “Limit” you’d never guess he was a math major, eh?

  • Three Honors Theses Presented

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      Three students in Gustavus’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science presented their honors thesis research recently. The photo shows Josh Knutson at the college-wide Celebration of Creative Inquiry presenting his work on the use of subdivision surfaces for three-dimensional graphics. Knutson also presented the work to the department, earning honors in both mathematics and…

  • Which one of these majors is not like the others?

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    The Star Tribune interviewed a bunch of Gustie seniors. Who was the only one with a job lined up? Computer Science major Tom Wick. Of course, you have to take anecdotal evidence with a grain of salt. But broader evidence suggests some points consonant with Tom’s experience. Computer science majors are subject to booms and…

  • MCS Alum’s Engagement Makes the News

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    Congratulations and best wishes to Javen and Obadiah.

  • Trip to Federated Insurance to Learn About Math/CS Careers

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    Attention students: We have an excellent opportunity to tour a company that employs many mathematics and computer science majors and talk with Gustavus alumni working there about their careers.

  • Jefferson and the Internet

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    I just finished reading a delightful, trim, recently published book, In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace, by David G. Post.  This book uses Thomas Jefferson as a guide for thinking about the Internet: both what it is like and how it ought to be governed.  The resulting mix of Jeffersoniana…