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Computer Science:  Burch, Collins, Ferrer¹, Zimmerman²
Mathematics: Barel, Camfield, Campbell, Seme, Sutherland
¹ department chair     ² part-time faculty

Recent News [Archive...]

Seniors present projects April 1&2

Eleven seniors will present their senior projects Monday and Tuesday, starting at 3:10 today and 2:40 tomorrow in MCRey 315. The students include five computer science majors, three mathematics majors, and one completing an individualized major in applied mathematics. Full schedule. 2 Apr 2012

Twelve students travel to computer science conference

This weekend, seventh Hendrix students went to CCSC:MS, a regional computer science conference held this year at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. The students attended the conference, presented some of their own research papers, and competed in a programming contest. The student research papers were by Becca Emrick, Jack Sudyka, and Kyle Wilshusen, constituting three of the four student papers. The programming teams placed 3rd and 10th among the 14 teams competing; the third-place team included Riley Capshaw, Grace Dubiskas, and Alex Koeppel. Additionally, Dr. Ferrer was the tutorials chair and chaired a panel, while Dr. Burch was the Nifty Assignments chair and presented a nifty assignment and tutorial session. 2 Apr 2012

Student awarded Goldwater honorable mention

Mathematics junior Calvin Cochran was awarded honorable mention in the Goldwater Scholarship competition. The scholarship is the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering; it is an honor simply to be nominated as one of the top four students from Hendrix. The other three nominees from Hendrix included one who won a scholarship and a second student who won honorable mention. Of the 1,123 nominees selected by schools, 282 were awarded scholarships and 190 were awarded honorable mentions. 2 Apr 2012

Team places first at state mathematics contest

On February 25, Hendrix hosted the Arkansas Undergraduate Mathematics Competition. Eleven teams competed, representing six colleges from around Arkansas. For the seventh consecutive year, a team from Hendrix won first place. This year's first-place team included Vivian Dong, Giang Le, Quan Nguyen, and Xuanhua Wang. Another Hendrix team (Gary DeClerk, Hannah Flatau, Dallas Tompkins) placed sixth, and a third team (Samuel Boren, Riley Capshaw, John Huffman) placed tenth. 20 Mar 2012

Burch awarded Odyssey grant for summer program

Hendrix's Odyssey program awarded Dr. Burch a grant to offer a three-week session this summer in which eight students will design and develop a complete open-source software project. Their goal will be a JavaScript-enabled Web page that features an educational game for teaching children (grades 4–8) about designing the circuits that form the foundation of computers. The primary goal is for participants to get a hands-on experience with professional software development. Details about the program, including applications, will be announced in late February. 15 Nov 2011

Programming team places fourth at ACM contest

Two Hendrix teams traveled across town to UCA for the Mid-Central USA Regional ACM Programming Contest on November 5, a five-state contest involving over 140 teams. The team of Alex Koeppel, Benjamin Smith, and Jack Sudyka earned fourth place in Arkansas and 17th in the overall region; they solved five of the eight problems. Another team of Riley Capshaw, Kaleigh Clary, and Grace Dubiskas solved three problems, earning them 10th in Arkansas and 72nd overall.

This performance continues Hendrix's consistently strong performance: We rank seventh in average ranking over the previous five years, outflanked only by five large universities - University of Illinois (in Urbana-Champaign), University of Chicago, Washington University, Illinois State University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Kentucky. More information. 5 Nov 2011

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