Category: department news
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Congratulations to Laura Boomgaarden
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Congratulations to MCS’s Administrative Assistant Laura Boomgaarden ’93 for being named the Augusta Carlson Schultz Award winner for the Outstanding Support Staff Employee of 2022. We knew she did great work and now everyone else on campus does as well. The MCS department along with the Gustavus community will recognize Laura’s accomplishment during Daily Sabbath service, and…
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Gusties Show Their Skills at Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition
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Congratulations to current MCS student Kaylee Vick and MCS alumni Ha Le, and Rachel Erickson for winning Honorable Mention in the Undergraduate Statistics Research Project Competition! Their work looked at student buy-in for standards-based grading in Calculus I. The data was provided to them by Dr. Jeff Ford ’02 and their work was supervised by Dr. Jillian…
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2022 Pi Day Celebration
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The MCS department hosted its Pi Day gathering on March 14. The event featured pie eating, pi trivia, and good company.
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Gusties Compete in Programming Contest
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Congratulations to Wenlei Yu, Josie Bierbaum, and Lucas Hartfiel for correctly solving three problems in the 2021 – 2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest. Team JLW from Gustavus finished 58th out of 96 teams in the North Central North American Region. This is quite an accomplishment given that many of the teams in the region had at least one…
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Math, Swimming, and the Olympics
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Professor Ken Ono of the University of Virginia wears many hats. He is the Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, Chair of the Mathematics Department, and mathematical consultant to the UVA swim team. What? The linked video highlights this remarkable collaboration and how it helped one UVA swimmer reach her Olympic goal. So what does this…
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MCS Seeking Computer Lab Instructor
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The MCS Department is now taking applications for a computer science lab instructor. See the job description and how to apply by clicking here