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\"KalamazooSeven Kalamazoo College computer science students traveled with professors Alyce Brady<\/strong> and Pam Cutter<\/strong> to the 6th Biennial Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing<\/strong> (MICWIC), held at Michigan State University in late March.\u00a0 Seniors Marlisa Pennington<\/strong> and Colleen Orwin<\/strong> presented posters on their Senior Individualized Projects–“JAVA Simulation Software for Handbell Change Ringing: Generating Permutations of Tones” and “Swim for Success Mobile Application,” respectively. Sivhaun Sera ’18<\/strong> presented a poster on the benefits of having a Computer Science Leadership Team at Kalamazoo College. The Leadership Team is a new initiative the computer science department started this year.<\/p>\n

At the celebration, the K students attended presentations, panel discussions and the poster session. They explored careers in computing fields by networking with computing professionals throughout Michigan and participating in a career fair featuring both regional and national companies. More than 200 participants from around the state attended the event.<\/p>\n

The group also united with two computer science alumni. Pictured are (l-r): Courtland VanDam ’08<\/strong>; Azra Ahmad ’18<\/strong>; Marlisa Pennington ’17; Sivhaun Sera ’18; Associate Professor of Computer Science Pam Cutter; Colleen Orwin ’17; Serita Evelyn ’19<\/strong>; Nora Wichmann ’18<\/strong>; Alyce Brady, the Rosemary K. Brown Professor<\/strong><\/a> in Mathematics and Computer Science; Joo Young Lee ’19<\/strong>; and Hayley Smith ’15<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Pennington<\/strong> and <strong>Colleen Orwin<\/strong> presented posters on their Senior Individualized Projects–“JAVA Simulation Software for Handbell Change Ringing: Generating Permutations of Tones” and “Swim for Success Mobile Application,” respectively. <strong>Sivhaun Sera ’18<\/strong> presented a poster on the benefits of having a Computer Science Leadership Team at Kalamazoo College. The Leadership Team is a new initiative the computer science department started this year.<\/p>\n<p>At the celebration, the K students attended presentations, panel discussions and the poster session. They explored careers in computing fields by networking with computing professionals throughout Michigan and participating in a career fair featuring both regional and national companies. More than 200 participants from around the state attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>The group also united with two computer science alumni. Pictured are (l-r): <strong>Courtland VanDam ’08<\/strong>; <strong>Azra Ahmad ’18<\/strong>; Marlisa Pennington ’17; Sivhaun Sera ’18; Associate Professor of Computer Science Pam Cutter; Colleen Orwin ’17; <strong>Serita Evelyn ’19<\/strong>; <strong>Nora Wichmann ’18<\/strong>; Alyce Brady, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/brown\/\"><strong>the Rosemary K. 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