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  • Alumnae, Students Discuss Teaching Careers

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    Two recent alumnae teaching math in secondary schools got together for informal conversation with four current math education students over pizza on November 16th. Shown sitting around enjoying stories of the teaching life are (left to right) students Jenny Koffski, Sarah Manke, and Jake Mehr; alumna Jodi (Parks) Bang; and student Allison Mulvihill. Alumna Ally…

  • Alumni Talk About Math Careers

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    Eight alumni gathered on November 15th for informal conversation with current students about math careers. Pictured from left to right are Anna Gutman, David Myers, Bill Kunze, Katherine (Pavelek) Kunze, Matthew Miller, Nathan Annis, Eric Peterson, and Justin Hanson. All are math alumni except Bill Kunze, who majored in computer science and classics. They represent…

  • Dobler Elected As Next Chair

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    It was a big week for elections, and not just those the mainstream media chose to cover. Professor Carolyn Dobler was unanimously elected to serve as the Mathematics and Computer Science Department’s next chair, effective June 1, 2007. (Current MCS Department Chair Max Hailperin’s three-year term ends on May 31st.) In a preview of the…

  • Students and Alumni to Discuss Careers Over Pizza

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    The MCS Department is sponsoring three discussions with recent grads about employment, all in the back room of Godfather’s Pizza with pizza and soft drinks. These events are for any interested students, not just those getting ready to graduate. Math careers: November 15, 6:30pm Secondary math education careers: November 16, 5:30pm Computing careers: November 20,…

  • Kaiser Receives Faculty Service Award

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    Gustavus President Jim Peterson presented Professor Barbara Kaiser of the MCS Department with the Faculty Service Award at today’s Founders Day ceremony in chapel. She is pictured here exchanging congratulations with Sandy Grochow, recipient of the Augusta Carlson Schultz Award for the Outstanding Support Staff Employee. (Not pictured is Tami Aune, recipient of the Eric…

  • System Administration, Number Theory are Topics for Spring

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    The MCS Department will be offering two special topics courses this spring: Computer System Administration, MCS-294, will be accessible to a wide range of students (not just computer science majors) and will provide a grounding in foundational principles along with practical skills. This course will be taught by two experienced systems administrators, Dan Oachs and…

  • MCS Alums Receive First Decade Award

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    Computer Science major Milo Martin (center) and Math major Rebecca Konrad (second from right), both from the class of 1996, are congratulated by MCS professors Barbara Kaiser (left), Max Hailperin (second from left) and Karl Knight (right) on winning the Alumni Association’s award for outstanding achievements in their first decade since graduation. The awards were…

  • Alumnus and Prof Publish

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    Class of 2004 math alumnus Tim Dorn joined together with Professor Tom LoFaro in coauthoring a recently published paper with Hamish Spencer of the University of Otago.  The article appeared in the August, 2006, issue of Genetics and is entitled “Population Models of Genomic Imprinting. II. Maternal and Fertility Selection.“

  • Prof. Holte Publishes on Fractal Dimensions

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    Prof. John M. Holte, who has been on sabbatical leave from the department during the 2005-2006 academic year, published an article, “Fractal Dimension of Arithmetical Structures of Generalized Binomial Coefficients Modulo a Prime,” in The Fibonacci Quarterly, Volume 44.1, pp. 46-58, February 2006.

  • Four MCS Professors Honored for Century of Service

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    OK, so it is both corny and bogus to add up years of service.  Sue me.  On Thursday, May 18th, 2006, the Gustavus Alumni Association honored faculty members and administrators for their years of service.  The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science was well represented: David Wolfe was honored for 10 years, Jeff Rosoff for…