“CBS This Morning: Saturday” featured Berea College in a broadcast about the rising cost of attending college on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The show highlighted Berea’s unique no-tuition policy as a model to curb that national trend. Continue reading Berea College Featured on “CBS This Morning: Saturday” →
Tag: Computer Science Department
Berea Student Develops Hackathon in Tajikistan
KhujandHacks participants gathered for Tajikistan’s first hackathon on April 30, 2018.
(Photo: Sher Sanginov ’19)
Sher Sanginov ’19, a Berea College senior majoring in computer science, recently conducted a hackathon in Khujand, his home city in Tajikistan. Sanginov did not know what a hackathon was until he came to college in the United States, but during his time at Berea College he has had opportunities to participate in Major League Hackathons (MLH). A hackathon, sometimes called an invention marathon, is usually a day-long event where technology professionals and students meet; design a product, such as a web application; and develop a business plan to create a technology solution for a given issue. Continue reading Berea Student Develops Hackathon in Tajikistan →
Berea Women Sweep Competition in Computing Conference; Take All Three Top Places
Female students from Berea College completely swept their competition at the recent Tri-State Women in Computing Conference. They took all three top places in the undergraduate category of the poster session, which focused on research projects related to computer science or information technology. Continue reading Berea Women Sweep Competition in Computing Conference; Take All Three Top Places →
Dr. Jan Pearce: she lives the liberal arts
Jan Pearce, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, is a woman of many talents and passions. When asked about her interests, she responds with a deluge of answers that sound more like driving directions explaining her present position by telling where she has been. Continue reading Dr. Jan Pearce: she lives the liberal arts →
Dr. Jan Pearce: Living Liberal Arts
Jan Pearce, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, is a woman of many talents and passions. When asked about her interests, she responds with a deluge of answers that sound more like driving directions explaining her present position by telling where she has been. Continue reading Dr. Jan Pearce: Living Liberal Arts →