Articles from:April 2021

  • Excellence in the Teaching of Large Classes: Dr. Bork

    Saturday, April 24, 2021 | By

    Po Ling Bork Teaching Lg Classes Award 2020Dr. Po Ling Bork started teaching the “Integrity & Literacy in the Information Age” course in 2017. Since then, the Computer Science course doubled in size. Always introducing practical and real-world settings in class, Dr. Bork brought a copyright lawyer, a professional engineer, a chief technical officer and chief-of-staff from the private sector. Her enthusiasm in teaching inevitably got students excited about the subjects covered in the course and their careers in IT.

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  • Poling Bork: guiding students in their career path

    Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | By

    Dr. Poling Bork, a COSC Senior Laboratory Instructor and Mentor, develops an essential function in the department, guiding students to find themselves in a successful career path.

    She explains the importance of mentorship to students while sharing relatable life events during her long-term experience at Brock.

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  • COSC Students doing great in the International Collegiate Programming Contest

    Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | By

    Several students from Brock Computer Science recently took part in the East-Central North America Regionals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (https://icpc.global/), competing against teams from Ontario, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Congratulations to all of our teams for their strong showing in this competition: Brock Badgers (Joel Gritter, Kindeep Kargil, and Aditya Rajyaguru), Golden Badgers (Quinn Flavel, Rikveet Hayer and Joel Liju Jacob), and Honey Badgers (Muttaz Fattal, Sam Langdon, and Brandon Wanji Wanmeni).

    COSC would like to proudly recognize the students’ time and efforts to prepare for the contest, representing Brock University and the Department of Computer Science.

    Due to their high placement, the Golden Badgers have advanced to the North America Division Championships to be held on April 22nd, where they will compete against other high-placing teams from other regions of North America. This is a huge achievement for this team. Best of luck!