Here’s my usual report on our fall 2023 enrollments, as of week 2 of the semester. Continue reading
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CS@Whitman is hiring!
We are trying again to fill our fifth tenure track position. Please share the position ad with anyone who might be interested! Continue reading
Enrollments for Spring 2023
The Pre-registration for fall is almost upon us, and once again, I have been too busy to make note of our enrollments for the current semester. Here is the story as of the start of the semester in January.
Will AI write your thesis?
This fall, I was honored to serve as Whitman’s convocation speaker. When I agreed to speak, I had no idea what I would talk about, but by time I sat down to write it was obvious what question to ask. It was a fun speech to write, and as I learned more, I changed my conclusion several times. It was a fun speech to deliver, and I appreciate all those who laughed in the right places. Continue reading
Pre-registration for Fall 2022
Once again, we face a (minor) crisis in enrollments! That’s on top of a crisis in staffing. Here’s the scoop.
Enrollments for Spring 2022
I was too overwhelmed last fall to make the usual pre-registration post. So, for the record, here is a belated summary of our enrollments around day 10 of the spring 2022 semester.
Introducing Jordan Wirfs-Brock
I am thrilled to introduce our newest tenure-track faculty member, Jordan Wirfs-Brock, joining us in January 2023. Her tentative teaching assignments for the spring semester are CS/Math 215, Introduction to Data Science, and CS 267, Human-Computer Interaction.
Join us!
Exciting news: This spring we’ll be hiring two tenure-track faculty to join CS at Whitman, area and rank open. See the ad for more information and instructions to apply.
It’s been a long time since my last post. It’s been a busy semester. This winter break, look for reflections on the fall semester and my semiannual report on pre-registration.
Photo essay: Commencement 2021
I got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine just in time to volunteer for Commencement on May 23. I was assigned the role of Faculty Marshall, which meant I got to help students line up in the correct order to receive their diplomas. Then while walking Gwendolyn to daycare in the morning, I saw the first stages of on-site planning for Whitman’s first (and hopefully only) socially distanced Commencement. I decided to start taking photos of the preparations.
Exactly two months later, I am finally sitting down to put them together into a photo journal. Here it is.
The Home Stretch
At Whitman we’ve faced a sudden uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases on campus, from 0 to 4, in the wake of two large student gatherings off campus. I asked if we should make a departmental plea for judiciousness, and my colleague John stepped up to the plate. I’m grateful. What he wrote is perfect, as I knew it would be from the email he wrote at the start of the pandemic.
John has given me permission to share his email below. Hopefully this is the last such needed for a while.