Monday, July 29, 2013

Kenny's Internship at Bird Technologies



Kenny Bogner
Kenny Bogner is interning this summer with Bird Technologies in Solon, Ohio.  Along with the normal assignments of an internship, he has had the opportunity to work on a new project that Bird is making and has a big role on the software side of the project.  He gives credit to the Computer Sciences classes he has taken at Ashland University, as they have built upon each other and given him the knowledge needed to contribute to this experience.  It really is a great internship and I enjoy the challenges they put before me (as well as writing software, of course).”

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Ben's Summer Projects



Ben Bushong
Ben Bushong has been working at the AU:OIT this summer along with doing personal projects.
He has been doing his own research on how telecommunication and WiFi signals are sent and received in addition to learning how to generate and convert electrical energy by different means and from different sources.


Friday, July 19, 2013

Morgan Interns at Spire Advertising



Morgan Mirtes has a summer internship at Spire Advertising in Ashland, Ohio as a Programming Intern.  The main responsibility for this position is assisting the lead programmer in web programming projects.  She gives credit to the AU courses in Programming I & II, and Web Design that have helped her succeed at this internship.  Morgan has enjoyed the opportunities to learn new things and put them into practice.  “Everything I do makes the company’s operations all that much better!”

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Congrats Emma!

Emma Vandeberg is a recent Ashland University graduate and double major in Integrated Mathematics and Mathematics. In the spring she completed student teaching at Celebration K-8 School in Celebration, Florida. While there, she helped with Mathletes (their middle school math team) and attended a calculator training put on by Texas Instruments. In the fall she will be teaching at Saint Cloud High School in Saint Cloud, Florida. They currently plan on having her teach Geometry and an Intensive Geometry class for the students who need extra assistance with this subject. Emma is super excited for this opportunity! 

Monday, July 1, 2013

Congrats Marissa!

May 2013 grad, Marissa Abram, has accepted a position at Western Harnett High School in Lillington, NC. She will be teaching Algebra 2 and Geometry.

Marissa graduated with a double major in Integrated Mathematics and Mathematics. She will reside in Chapel Hill, NC.

Congratulations and good luck, Marissa!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Congrats Larissa!

Larissa Berry, May 2013 grad, has accepted a teaching position at Rootstown High School, in Rootstown, Ohio. Larissa earned a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in Integrated Mathematics (Grades 7-12).

Congratulations and good luck, Larrisa, as you begin your career in education!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Dr. Swain Presents at Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences

Dr. Gordon Swain, Professor of Mathematics, attended the Biennial Conference of the Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, May 29-June 1, at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota. He gave a talk titled, "Calculus methods from the early 1600s." In this talk he showed some of the creative mathematics involved in solving calculus problems (like finding the area between curves) that was used before the discovery of Calculus (late 1600s). About the conference he said, "While mathematics is neither Christian nor non-Christian, when mathematicians who are Christians get together there is an extra element of wonder at God's creation. Plus it is very cool to be able to talk about mathematical problems and your Bible study in the same conversation; typically we have to separate these parts of our lives. One speaker at the conference spoke about grace in teaching, another talked about the ethics of autonomous robots (robotic weapons and robotic caregivers); this last topic was very scary."