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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