Computer Science

Members of the Elon University community recently participated in the 11th Annual Summer Institute on Reacting to the Past at Barnard College in New York City.

Dave Powell was selected to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's Advanced Placement Examination in AP Computer Science in Cincinnati from June 2 - June 8, 2011.

Graduating seniors, Tyler Anderson and Jamie Albinson, along with their faculty mentors Dave Powell and Joel Hollingsworth, shared the spotlight in pre-commencement interviews and videos.

Two Elon University professors in the Department of History and Geography shared from campus on Friday their insights about the Civil War with students in a U.S. history class taught by a former North Carolina Teaching Fellow at a high school 90 miles away.

During the past few years, there has been explosive growth in the use of computer software throughout the medical profession. Michele is an expert on databases, project management and human computer interaction, During her sabbatical she will explore the applications of her expertise within a Health Informatics Context.

Thomason Price was one of fifteen rising juniors at Elon named as a recipient of the 2011 Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

The 2011 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing International Conference on Security and Management has accepted for publication and presentation the work of Duke Hutchings, assistant professor of computing sciences.

Four new majors will be offered to Elon University students starting in the fall. Early childhood education is an addition to the School of Education’s programs; information science replaces the current computer information systems major in the Department of Computing Sciences; and public health studies, and arts administration, are both interdisciplinary majors within Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Senior Community Service Employment Program recently requested volunteer Elon students to provide computer job skill training to seniors. Two students, Caretta Davis and David MacLeod, in the CIS 211 Management Information Systems course taught by Professor Maureen Allen prepared and conducted workshops for 2.5 hours on April 4th and April 6th. The training provided the seniors the fundamental skills needed to use Google Gmail.