People, Prosperity and the Planet - P3

When the University of St. Francis received a grant from the EPA for their P3 project (Thanks, Dr. Salim Diab, Natural Sciences Department) investigating water conservation, one of their responsibilities was to publicize their findings. Three Computer Science students, Luis Ecorza, Jordan Parcel, and Joel Perez, have stepped up to the challenge to publish the P3 Project findings on the Web. They took this opportunity to learn and to serve the community of University of St. Francis. Thanks, guys!

http://www.stfrancis.edu/green/index.html

Working on the Railroad

One of our Information Technology seniors, Gannon Novak, is an intern with EJ&E - Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway Company. His responsibilities range from server support to problem resolution to desktop support. Not only does he practice his technical expertise, he's demonstrating his ability to interface with the user community. He has weathered the change as CN, Canadian National, has acquired EJ&E, learning how the business climate impacts day to day activities. http://www.cn.ca/en/media-news-EJE-transaction-20090201.htm
http://www.ejearchive.com/index.html

Congratulations, T.J.

For anyone at the University who needs to reserve a room, life got a bit easier. T.J. Eakle is one of our Computer Science/Mathematics seniors and the newest recruit for the USF IS department. T.J. developed a room locator program that will show any room on campus for any day or time. This program can be invoked from the portal. You can search by room requirements as well. Excellent work, T.J.

Introducing your lab assistants - Spring 2009

If you're looking for help, or just a place to stop in between classes and run into some of your Computer Science classmates, drop in at A119. Mike Murray, our chief lab assistant, Luis Escorza, Jordan Parcel, and Nick Zelinski can offer tutoring help as well as making the lab a fun and interesting place to drop in.

Politics and the Web turn into Opportunity

When a candidate for public office looked to hire a student to create a web presence two students stepped forward to expand their skills and gain experience in collaboration. If you'd like to see the website developed by Computer Science students, Nick Zelinski (freshman) and Kevin Healy (sophomore) check out http://www.semplinskiformayor.com/

Argonne National Labs and Co-ops

Kevin Beckman, junior in Computer Science/Mathematics, is currently working in the Co-op program (Cooperative Education) at Argonne National Laboratory in their Biosciences division. He's working on content development for their website. Want to know more about Argonne? http://www.anl.gov

Getting Kicks on Route 66

This spring, students in the Comp 401, Web Server Design/Administration will have the opportunity for some real world hands on experience, help a local historical society at the same time, and get a grade!

They are answering the call to improve and enhance some of the websites for the Lockport Canal Corridor Association. These include the Gaylord Building and the Sleepers Association.