MCS

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  • NCAA Scholarships

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    hewitt

    Gustavus Adolphus College student athletes Pete Schwingler and Rachel Batalden have been selected to receive postgraduate scholarships from the National Collegiate Athletic Association; both majored in mathematics. Schwingler (tennis) and Batalden (volleyball) are among a group of student athletes that compete in a spring sport in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III to receive a…

  • Hvidsten Receives Faculty Scholarship and Creativity Award

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    At Honors Day, May 7, 2005, Professor of Mathematics Michael Hvidsten received the Faculty Scholarship and Creativity Award. Previous award winner Joyce Sutphen presented the award. What follows are the remarks she delivered on the occasion.

  • Batalden Receives NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

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    Senior Mathematics Teaching major Bachel Batalden was one of 56 students from across the country to win an NCAA scholarship for postgraduate study. Congratulations, Rachel!

  • David Wolfe on NPR

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    David Wolfe, a professor in the MCS Department, was on National Public Radio this Sunday, in the Sunday Puzzle segment of Weekend Edition Sunday. He had won the prior week’s challenge puzzle and hence got to play this week’s on-air puzzle; you can listen to the audio.

  • Gustavus CS Major Wins Composition Contest

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    True geekiness shines through! Even though the judges at Caltech had no idea the original wind-orchestra composition they were judging was from a computer science major, they were mysteriously drawn to it, over all the other compositions they had received from around the world. Well, maybe it isn’t such a mystery, because Gustavus senior Paul…

  • Budapest Semesters

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    tpotter

    Jó napot. Greetings from Budapest, Hungary. I’m Trevor Potter, on schedule to graduate as a math major in 2006. I am a week away from finishing a semester abroad with the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program. Budapest is a beautiful city and by far one of the most interesting capitals in Europe, both currently and…

  • More alumni check in

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    The first alumni roundup provoked some more alumni to check in; here is what they are up to.

  • Group photo of CS alumni

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    When ten recent computer science alumni got together to discuss career issues with current juniors and seniors, they also posed for a group photo with me.

  • STUDY ABROAD

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    mhassler

    G’day! This is Molly Hassler, math major class of 2006, from Brisbane Australia! I am currently studying at the University of Queensland and loving every minute of it. For anyone that is considering studying abroad, make sure you fit it into your schedule. Not only do all of my courses fufill a requirement back at…

  • Alumni Roundup

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    This is the first in what I hope will be an occasional series of “roundup” posts giving brief information on what a number of different alumni are up to.