One of the distinguishing features of a Hope College education is the effort our faculty and staff make to help ensure that students think about more than just the technical aspects of their computer science education. One way we have been doing this recently is in our “Exploring Computer Science” course by having students read …
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Students celebrate women in technology at Grace Hopper Conference
The Hope Computer Science department sent 8 students and 1 faculty member to the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando, Florida. Students were encouraged and empowered by their interactions with other women in the technology field and came back ready to encourage other young women to pursue their interests in CS.
Hope Computer Science students win best poster competition at conference
Students Amber Carnahan and Jori Gelbaugh won the best poster award at the 2017 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) Midwest annual conference, held on September 26-27 at Calvin College. Amber and Jori’s poster summarized their work on Articulus. On their page at the Google Chrome Web store, Amber and Jori describe purpose of Articulus: Articulus …
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Hope Computer Science student team create app to help people find each other on Hope’s campus
Student Grace DuMez presented the Pallist application to a group of students, faculty, and local industry professionals on August 2, 2017. DuMez and her partner Michael Kiley (studying abroad in Mexico for Fall 2017) developed Pallist as part of the Summer 2017 Hope Software Institute under the supervision of Dr. Michael Jipping. Pallist is an application that helps people find friends located in the same building on Hope College’s campus.
Students in the Hope Software Institute create app to adjust reading level of web pages
On Wednesday, August 2, the team of Amber Carnahan and Jori Gelbaugh presented their work on Articulus, a Chrome extension whose goal is allow readers of a web page to adjust the reading level required to understand the page’s content. Amber and Jori worked under the direction of Dr. Mike Jipping as part of the Hope Software Institute.
Computer Science students honored at Honors Convocation
Five Computer Science students were honored at the 2017 Honors Convocation ceremony held on Thursday, April 27 in Dimnent Chapel. The senior award recipients were Cole Watson, John Dood, and Aaron Green. Watson, from Louisville Colorado, was awarded the Computer Science Senior Prize, a book award given to the graduating senior deemed to be the outstanding student …
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Reflections on Hope from a graduating senior
Cole Watson (’17) describes how his time @ Hope College has helped him grow in mind, body, and spirit. His participation as a Computer Science student, member of the football team, an Emmaus Scholar, and a student researcher allowed him to explore how his interests and passions could be woven together as part of a well-rounded education.
Company founded by Hope Alumnus among the 2017 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch”
Collective Idea, a Holland software development company founded by 2004 Hope graduate Daniel Morrison, was named one of the 2017 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch” by Michigan Celebrates Small Business. Collective Idea develops custom software solutions for its clients, with a goal of solving real problems for real people. Learn more about Collective Idea at http://collectiveidea.com, and read the Holland Sentinel’s coverage of the award at http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20170330/hollands-collective-idea-among-michigan-businesses-to-watch
Computer Science Alumnus receives prestigious NSF CAREER award
Congratulations to Dr. Jim Boerkoel (’05) who was recently awarded an NSF CAREER award for his work in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Jim earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California
Students compete in ACM Programming Competition
On Saturday October 29th, Hope College computer science students John Dood, Nathan Vance, and Roger Veldman competed in the 2016 ACM ICPC East Central North America Regional Programming Contest. They competed at the Grand Valley State University Site, one of four in the region. During the five hour competition they were able to write programs …
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