CAMPUS NEWS >> Team members included students Simona Cibotaru, junior, and Dawit Wubshet, graduate student; Vice President and General Counsel Roger Hershey, Web Programmer Tom Hun, Associate Professor Masoom Khawaja, Director of Library Systems Ann Schultis, Webmaster Wade Tripp and Communications Professor Steve Youngblood. Park plans to compete again in 2007.
one of eight finalists in the student web page contest. The students took seventh place out of 18 teams from Missouri universities and colleges in a programming contest. Faculty member Wen Hsin, PH.D., also presented a tutorial titled “Wireless and Mobility, and their Security related issues with enhancement.”
Students and Faculty Participate in Computer Science Conference
More than 4,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide met in New York City in April for the annual Model United Nations conference. Seventeen of those students represented Park. From the Parkville Campus: graduate student Fabio Garcia; senior Andrew Young; juniors Nodirbek Abdoollayev, Simona Cibotaru, Anke Lamby and Adhel Riak; sophomore Gelin Liao; and freshmen Azbilegt Chuluunbat, Olisa Cifligu, Natalie Puhr and Otabek Yuldashev. From the Fort Myer Campus Center: Seniors Rich Barrett,
Park students and faculty in information and computer science and the Association for Computing Machinery participated in the 12th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges-Central Plains Conference, April 7-8 at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo. Josh McKinzie, senior, and Nick Kreeger, sophomore, each presented a student poster on computer networking. Senior Paul John’ss web site was selected
Model U.N. Unites Park Students Across Campuses
Marlene Nucup and Cindy Perez; junior Laurence Smith; and visiting students Joe Ruiz and Terry White. “At Model U.N., students assume the roles of diplomats of a given country,” said Steven Youngblood, professor of communications and Model U.N. adviser. “They then engage in debates, dialogues and diplomacy in a setting that resembles as closely as possible the real United Nations. Our students role-played as diplomats from Mongolia. They researched the positions of Mongolia on world issues and presented those positions at the conference. The students discuss many of the same issues as the real United Nations in an attempt to resolve problems. “The Security Council, for instance, discussed reforming the makeup (membership) of the Security Council, and discussed and acted on the situation in Darfur,” Youngblood said. “Other issues discussed were sustainable development, economic sanctions, nuclear
Students Win Cerner Life Cycle Course Twelve Park computer science and business students recently completed the Cerner Software Development Life Cycle course, with the teams placing first and third place. Park faculty Wen Hsin, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, is the team adviser. Teams representing Park University, William Jewell College, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Baker University took the course. The objective was to develop medical application software that can run on a wireless Dell Axim PDA and a web browser from Cerner’s Millennium Objects Suite. Cerner gave each team an Axim PDA to use for project development. The teams, consisting of a project manager, documenter, tester, software architect, solutions manager and software programmer, met weekly with Cerner employees throughout the spring semester to develop their projects. The students heard from Cerner experts who provided information regarding their roles and experiences. The student teams also met twice during the semester with a Cerner pharmacist, doctor and company executives. On May 3, the teams presented their solution to the Cerner executives. The executives scored the teams according to eight criteria ranging from solution functionality to the ability to answer questions. Park’s teams performed exceptionally well, competing to win the business from the Cerner executives. The winning Park Team Atlas members each received a Dell Axim PDA for their efforts.
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Park Team Atlas - 1st Place Tim Hines, Ph.D., Andrew Romer, Nick Kreeger, Kesiann Francis, Paul John, Amanda Bourland, Daniel Jiregna and Wen Hsin, Ph.D., faculty adviser
Park Team QPA - 3rd place Tim Hines, Ph.D., Kahlia Ford, Virginia Maikweki, Josh McKinzie, Carol Liberty, Denzil Ross, Anna Terranella and Wen Hsin, Ph.D., faculty adviser