Computer Science

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.

Elon University students in a spring semester computer information systems class are learning more about the Alamance County community as they work together to design websites for local agencies that help the mentally and developmentally disabled.

Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company with offices located around the world with offices in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States. Over 25% of Credit Suisse employees are in information technology. In an effort to identify and potentially hire outstanding IT graduates from the class of 2012, Credit Suisse offers paid, ten week summer internship programs for rising seniors at selective locations to include Raleigh, North Carolina.