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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 all the CS Notes and News.

Posted: Sun, December 31st, 2006 at 4:20PM

 

More than 100 Alma College students and staff traveled to destinations in Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi for service projects during winter break in February 2008. Alternative Break service experiences continue to gain popularity on Alma College’s campus,” says Sallie Scheide, assistant director in the Center for Responsible Leadership.

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Graduate Profile

Ted Hutchins
Graduation: 1990
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Religious Studies

Ted Hutchins has been interested in computers since middle school, but he says the liberal arts education at Alma College truly prepared him for life.

“At other institutions computer science students have little incentive or ability to further their education in non-science disciplines,” the 1990 graduate says. “Over the years numerous acquaintances have stated they only took those 'other' course to complete their degree. At Alma most of those 'other' classes were the highlight of the term. A well-rounded education furthered my career in ways that are hard to quantify.”

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