Departmental News

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Johnson named Denekas Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities.

The President and Provost are delighted to name Dr. Mark Johnson, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, as the Denekas Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities. Mark’s colleagues have previously honored him with an Outstanding Performance Award for Teaching and the prestigious Weller Chair. Mark is an exceptional intellect who brings thoughtful wisdom to all his interactions. Mark’s combination of humility, intellect and compassion are essential attributes for Central’s community of scholarship and a wonderful model for students. Mark’s important contributions to the development of Intersections were essential to its current success and make readily apparent his commitment to interdisciplinary liberal arts education. His work to shift his disciplinary focus from Mathematics to Computer Science, and to advance the development of the Computational Science major are additional evidence of Mark’s commitment to an intellectual lifestyle that embodied the liberal arts. Finally, Mark’s love of fine arts is obvious with his regular attendance at campus events as is his voice in his active participation with Community Chorus.

Kim Flaherty Accepted to Google Workshop

Kim Flaherty, a senior from Holdrege, Nebraska has been selected to attend the Google Workshop for Women Engineers. She is one of 100 women across the country selected to visit Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California to hear about the latest trends in computer science from Google's Engineers. Congratulations Kim!

VIGRE grant for the University of IA makes Heartland Partnership a reality

The Heartland Partnership is an agreement between the University of Iowa and a number of surrounding colleges and universities (including Central College) to work on a common goal of increasing the number of students attending graduate school in mathematics. Various projects will be instituted in the following years, including REU opportunities. (The URL is a press release from Univ. of IA.)

Date: 9/8/2006
URL for more info: http://itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu/uns-archives/2006/september/090706vigre-grant.html
Contact: Al Hibbard