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CS Majors Win Best Poster Award

Undergraduate student researchers Stu Bachner ('06), Rosemary Dutka ('06), and Ben Tidman ('06) won the best poster award at the 10th annual Consortium for Computing Science Midwest Meeting, held September 23-24 at Millikin University.  Their poster was entitled Designing Effective Algorithm Visualizations, and outlined the results of their summer research experiences over the previous two summers.  This work was supported by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Myles McNally was the faculty advisor. Read more about Computer Science undergraduate research at Alma.

Posted: Mon, September 26th, 2005 at 2:10PM

 

Alma College students have the ability to design their own area of academic concentration, with the assistance of a faculty advisor, to meet specific educational or career goals. In recent years, students have graduated with Programs of Emphasis majors in such fields as arts management, archaeology and anthropology, environmental policy and community advocacy, Foreign Service and international law, and music technology and digital media.

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Graduate Profile

Alyson Crabtree

Alyson Crabtree
Graduation: 1990
Major: Computer Science

Alyson Crabtree started computer programming in high school. After struggling with her college decision, she decided to pursue her dream at Alma College.

“When I was looking for colleges, I was determined to get far away from home and assert my independence,” the 1990 graduate says. “To me, that meant getting out of Michigan. I visited some New England schools and was planning on heading east. But Alma kept pestering me, and when I objectively looked at what it had to offer, it met all of my criteria — liberal arts, computer science major and a small school.”

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