Wittenberg Math & Computer Science

Local alumni: the Math and Computer Science department is honoring Dr. Bill Higgins' retirement from Wittenberg after 41 years of teaching mathematics in our department (along with many other accomplishments). The reception will be held this Friday 5/2, starting at 4:00 pm in the Science Center atrium, and we would like to invite you to stop by to share your well wishes with Bill. There will be food and drinks provided as well.

We hope you can join us!

Congrats to two of our math majors for being selected as Noyce Scholars!

McKenna Clark ‘26, Savannah LaMar ‘26, and Charity Perry ’25 recently earned scholarships through the $1.2 million continuing grant from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program specifically designed to address the large shortage of high school STEM educators across the nation. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5dyzpjjz

As you may have heard or read, Wittenberg is currently considering making cuts to faculty and staff positions to go into effect either this year (for staff) or next year (for faculty). These cuts will amount to the loss of roughly 50-60% of faculty, and the resulting loss of these faculty members means about half of the curriculum at Wittenberg will move online (taught by non-Wittenberg faculty). Currently, all departments are heavily affected with the proposed cuts, including ours.

We are asking our alumni and current students to share your experiences with us - how was your education and time at Wittenberg shaped by in-person courses and by the people (faculty and staff)? What are your opinions about moving coursework online and would you have chosen to attend Wittenberg if 50% of the coursework was online? How have aspects of in-person education and connections with faculty and staff helped you in your career?

In our departmental response, we want to capture the impact these cuts will be to the student experience while at Wittenberg, along with students' ability to be successful in their careers after graduation. If you have anything you would like to share, please email me, Dr. Hoofnagle, at [email protected] by Wednesday evening (if possible). Our response is due by Monday at the latest and I would love to include any alumni and student responses I can.

Thanks.

Congrats to our department graduates! We are so proud of you!!

The department will be tailgating at the Tiger Tailgate this weekend for Homecoming starting at 10 am. We will have food, drinks, pi(e), and fun – please stop by and say hi!

Dr. Parker won an award at Mathfest for an article he co-wrote in "The College Mathematics Journal." Congrats Dr. Parker!!

Commencement 2023 is in the books. Congrats to all of our Math, Computer Science, Data, and Information Systems grads this year!