186 College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Gains Equipment Components Provide New Opportunities August 10, 1984 , was a most significant day for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. This was the first day classes met for the fall semester and the Department met its classes in the justcomple ted $1. 7 million addition to the Science Building which provided five classrooms equipped with large screen video projection systems , two laboratories with 44 microcomputers for student use and additional microcomputers for faculty use. The microcomputers were also used extensively as termina ls increasing the capability and flexibility of the DEC VAX 11 /750 computer used exclusively for academic purposes. Members of the Deparment provided significant professional leadership . Dr. Dean Priest, Chairman of the Department and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, served as a reviewer for the Publication Committee of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Dr. Harmon Brown served as Secretary of the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics, authored the tests and directed the regional Help for the Helpless? Randy Maddox, associate professor of mathematics, helps one of the many students who frequent his office for personalized attention with trouble-areas. John Couch , a sophomore from Sulpher Springs, Texas , receiues tutoring in a' priuate session. photo by Matt Wissinger. contests for the council, hosted a Computer Workshop for more than 150 elementary and secondary teachers and served as one of three judges in the "Math Counts Contest" sponsored by the Society of Professional Engineers in Little Rock. Dr. Bill Oldham served as a member of the Instructional Microcomputer Project for Arkansas Classrooms. Gene Dugger served as Co-Chairman of the Arkansas Chapter of Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society. Dr. Steve Baber and David Kratzer conStephen Baber, PhD - Assoc . Professor, Computer Science Timothy Baird, MS - Asst. Professor , Computer Science Harmon Brown, PhD - Professor, Mathematics Gene Dugger, MS - Assoc. Professor, Computer Science Deborah Duke, BS - Assoc. Instructor, Mathematics David Kratzer. MS - Asst. Professor. Computer Science Randall Maddox, Jr., BS - Assoc . Professor, Mathematics John NunaIly , MS - Asst. Professor , Computer Science Math and Computing Bill Oldham, EdD - Professor, Mathematics Education. Director Dea n B. Priest, PhD - Professor, Mathematics & Chairman Steve Smith. PhD - Professor. Mathematics & Ass!. Chairman ducted two intramural computer contests. They then selected a team of six members to complete in the Regional Computer Contest in Austin, Texas against 34 other college/universities including such institutions as the University of Arkansas , Baylor University, Rice University and Tulane Univer.sity. The team finished in eighth place and was only five minutes out of sixth place. Team members were Glenn Carr, Shannon Davidson, Milton Gilpin, Eddie Heaton, Trace Rhinehart and Ed Elliott. ,~
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