Who is Jackie Fortino?</h1> <article> <h1>Who is Jackie Fortino?</h1> <p>ygay — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 20:08:52 +0000</p> <span>Who is Jackie Fortino?</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-01-05T15:08:52-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 15:08">Tue, 01/05/2021 - 15:08</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Name: </strong><a href="/jackie-fortino" target="_blank">Jackie Fortino</a></p> <p><strong>Department and location on campus:</strong> Computer Science and Anthropology Departments in the King Building</p> <p><strong>Job title:</strong> Department Administrative Assistant</p> <p><strong>What does your job entail?</strong> Support staff for all faculty and students in CSCI and ANTHRO. I have been the backup support for multiple departments, including the Math Department. Everything from preparation of catalog copy, budget, supplies, communications, and arranging events to assisting students in their needs. Plus everything in between.</p> <p><strong>How many years at 91ֱ��?</strong> 20 years</p> <p><strong>What are your hobbies?</strong> My most favorite thing to do is spend time with my three grandchildren. I'm a season ticket holder to the Cleveland Playhouse (second only to NYC). Traveling and dining with my husband and friends.</p> <p><strong>Nickname(s)?</strong> Jackie is short for Jacqueline</p> <p><strong>Favorite food?</strong> Anyone who knows me knows my go-to snack is pretzels. I do not travel without them, haha.</p> <p><strong>Favorite Quote?</strong> It is hard to choose, but I would have to go with the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” Matthew 7:12. Adding my mother’s tagline to that: Don't expect anything in return. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-01-05T12:00:00Z">Tue, 01/05/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Can you guess what Jackie Fortino’s favorite thing is about 91ֱ��? It’s the people.</p> <p>“It is great to see students become successful alums. I am currently working with two alums who are now my colleagues,” says Fortino. “The hardest part of this pandemic has been the lack of personal interaction with the students and faculty. I have always felt that 91ֱ��'s greatest assets are the people.” Read more about Fortino in this installment of Who Am I?</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=24656">Anthropology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/anthropology" hreflang="und">Anthropology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Jackie Fortino.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Bryan Rubin ’18</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Computer Science Students Compete in Programming Contest</h1> <p>anagy — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:03:54 +0000</p> <span>Computer Science Students Compete in Programming Contest</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-03-15T11:03:54-04:00" title="Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:03">Fri, 03/15/2019 - 11:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Computer science students showed a strong performance in the 29th annual <a href="http://personal.denison.edu/~lalla/DSPC/results19.html">Spring Programming Contest</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> at Denison University on March 2.</p> <p>The department sent eight teams that competed with 21 teams overall from four other Ohio schools, including Baldwin-Wallace University, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan University, and the University of Akron. 91ֱ�� had three teams finish in the top five: Jakob Cornell ’19, Anders Cornell ’20, Julia Cornell ’22, and David Hansen ’19 placed second; Seraphina Gibson ’20, Adina Johnson ’19, Sage Vouse ’19, and Jad Seligman ’19 placed fourth; and Colton Potter ’21, Minh Lam ’20, David Gold ’21, Khang Nguyen ’21 placed fifth.</p> <p>Assistant Professor of Computer Science <a href="/sam-taggart">Sam Taggart</a> helped prepare the students and accompanied them to the four-hour competition. Students were asked to solve problems that tested their knowledge of both specific programming and general problem-solving skills. A new batch of problems is designed for each contest.</p> <p>Taggart says this year’s contest involved several board games; the hardest problem required students to write a program to play the board game <a href="https://gamewright.com/product/IOTA">Iota</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span> optimally.</p> <p>“Placing in the top five is great,” Taggart says. “This is also the largest group we’ve brought to a programming contest. Every team was able to solve at least one of the problems, even those for whom this was their first contest. This is something to be proud of as well.”</p> <p>91ֱ�� competes in three computer science contests per year and has done so for many years.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-03-15T12:00:00Z">Fri, 03/15/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/sam-taggart" hreflang="und">Sam Taggart ’12</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">91ֱ�� students participated in the annual spring programming contest at Denison University.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of 91ֱ�� Computer Science Department</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Computer Science Students Earn OCWiC Conference Awards</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:20:09 +0000</p> <span>Computer Science Students Earn OCWiC Conference Awards</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:20:09-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:20">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:20</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor, along with several students studying computer science, <a href="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/2015/02/ocwic-2015/">attended the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) conference</a> February 20 and 21 in Sandusky, Ohio. The conference offers a rare opportunity for women in computing to interact and share experiences in a collegiate and collaborative environment. 91ֱ�� was one of 29 Ohio colleges and universities represented.</p> <p>At OCWiC, undergraduate student attendees had the opportunity to display research they have undertaken during a poster session. Christine Antonsen, whose research concerned Dynamic Selfish Routing, was one of two students awarded $1,000 to attend the upcoming <a href="https://ghc.anitab.org/">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a>, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists after which OCWiC is modeled, in Houston, Texas.</p> <p>Honorable mentions were awarded to Samantha Mater, Krista LaFentres ’14, Stephen Checkoway, and Cynthia Taylor for “The Use and Misuse of Disposable Email.” Students Elizabeth Bentivegna, Ilona Brand, Nora Hayes, and Amanda Strominger also attended the conference.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-03-16T12:00:00Z">Mon, 03/16/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25321">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/computer-science" hreflang="und">Computer Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Samantha Mater stands by her poster at the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) conference.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>