Year: 2016

Tell us about yourself I graduated from Gustavus in 2011 with a degree in Computer Science. I am currently working at POPSUGAR (San Francisco, CA) on their e-commerce website called Must Have https://musthave.popsugar.com How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? Laid the solid groundwork for writing clean, efficient, organized code. What…

Tell us about yourself. I graduated from Gustavus in 1996 with a degree in Computer Science. I received my PhD from the University of Wisconsin and I spent ten years as a Professor at the University of Pensylvania. I am currently working at Google in Madison WI as a Software Engineer.

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows Program announced winners and honorable mentions on Tuesday March 29. Among the winners are two Gustavus MCS grads, Helen Wauck ’14, and Paige Miller ’15.   Paige and Helen will get an annual stipend of $34,000 for three years as well as tuition remission.. They also are now eligible to…

Tell us about yourself. I graduated from Gustavus in 2015 with degrees in Mathematics and Biology. I am currently enrolled as aPhD Student in Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia. How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? The MCS department has tremendously supportive faculty and a good variety…

Brian Kleinke graduated from Gustavus in 2001 with Honors degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. Where are you currently working and what are you doing? I am currently a Software Architect at Lockheed Maarten. How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? The MCS department gave me a great foundation of…

Tell us about yourself.   I  graduated from Gustavus in 2013 with degrees in Mathematics and Secondary Education.  I am currently  in my third year of teaching at Mayo High School in Rochester, Minnesota. In my three years here, I’ve taught geometry, intro and AP statistics, intro and AP computer science, and math for English language learners.…

Alex Wauck graduated from Gustavus in 2009 with degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. Where are you currently working and what are you doing? DevOps Engineer at Exosite How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? The MCS department provided me with an excellent and well-rounded CS and math education. What…

Chris Weber graduated from Gustavus in 2001 with a degree in Computer Science. Where are you currently working and what are you doing? I am currently working at the Nerdery as a Software Engineer.   How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? Well I got my bachelor’s degree from Gustavus…

Helen Wauck graduated from Gustavus in 2014 with both a Mathematics and a Computer Science degree.

Gustavus Art Professor Lois Peterson has gifted the MCS department the painting titled Proof (a portion of which is shown here) to celebrate the many years of friendship between her and the department. For seven years, Professor Peterson has taught her courses on the third floor of Olin Hall and has maintained her office along side…