Albion College
Mathematics and Computer Science

Steps in creating your Math/Computer Science portfolio for the World Wide Web:

In a Web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer, view the Web page http://www.albion.edu/mathcs/portfolio.htm. Select "Save As" from your browser's file menu to copy this file to your h: drive.
Open Microsoft FrontPage and choose Open Web from the File menu. Then type http://people.albion.edu/your-user-id/ in the Folder Name box.
Enter your network username and password as requested.
Import the file h:portfolio.htm (use the Import command under the File menu). Replace the sample entries with your own. Feel free to adapt the format to suit your needs. Be sure to include your name and the current date at the bottom of the file.
Contact any member of the Math Department for help with Web page formatting or advice about the content of your portfolio. The Survey of Computing lab on FrontPage has some basic information about editing Web pages.
Save the modified file as portfolio.htm.
Reload http://people.albion.edu/your-user-id/portfolio.htm in your Web browser to verify your changes.
Include a link <a href="portfolio.htm">Mathematics/Computer Science Portfolio</a> from your personal Web page (if you have one) to your Math/CS portfolio.
Delete these instructions from your Web page.
Inform the chair of the Math Department that you have completed your portfolio. We will link to your page from our departmental listing of student Web pages.

Mathematics and Computer Science Portfolio

Your Name

Coursework in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Student employment for the Department of Mathematics.

Awards and participation in math and computer science competitions and conferences.

Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition (second place team), spring 2002.
Denison Spring Programming Contest (second place team), spring 2002.
Mathematical Contest in Modeling (honorable mention), spring 2002.
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (placed 256 in the nation), December 2001.
ACM East Central Region Programming Contest (second place team), fall 2001.
Michigan Autumn Take-Home Challenge (second place team), fall 2001.
Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Miami University, fall 2001.

Academic and related activities that exemplify the spirit of my liberal arts education.

Kresge Fellowship for research exploring multivariate Gaussian quatrature, summer 2002.
Organized Math Field Day for Albion High School students.
President of Kappa Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary society, 2001-02.
Math Camp participant, fall 2002.

Books and articles I have read that are related to my academic interests.

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter increased my understanding of the interconnectedness of all areas of human awareness.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott. This stirring adventure in pure mathematics led me to be more accepting of new ideas.

A problem or topic of particular interest.

How I was introduced to this problem.

My approach to solving it.

Why I think it is interesting.

Link to Albion College.
Link to the Albion College Department of Mathematics.

Modified March 22, 2002, by Your Name