Who says Math and CS people don’t party
by Kenneth on May.24, 2009, under Sidetracks
This year we had new computer science faculty and they decided to gift us graduation candidates with a token of their appreciation. Of course Computer Science is part of the Mathematics and Computer Science department so the math grads were also included. Above is Steve Strong, our Curriculum Development Specialist, awarding me my abacus. The abacus is a small, brass item which actually has moveable beads and could be used if my TI-89 ever ran out of batteries. They had our name and graduation year engraved on them.
Just before we adjourned to the park for the festivities, Dr. Robeson held a showing of an animated short called Flatland (details here). Afterwards we enjoyed pizza while we waited for our abacus presentation ceremony and the cake that was promised afterward.
My wife accompanied me and after the better part of the evening watching the interaction between the Math/CS grads, the Faculty and our dubious lab manager, Bob (who spent the evening offering shiny nickels to anyone to do a cartwheel ), she was moved to say that just maybe the things I told her about all of these people weren’t quite as exaggerated as she though.
May 30th, 2009 on 9:39 pm
You look a little sinister in that photo.
I think you need to rethink your use of the word “dubious” in reference to me. The word implies that there is some question about characteristics, but everybody always seems so confident about their opinion of me.
Congratulations on the graduation thing, though.