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Dungeon Masters
The programming labs (affectionately termed 'the dungeon') available for computer science students as well as the
discipline servers are supervised and maintained by students who work tirelessly to ensure that the computers are always
running the latest stable software and that the servers are on-line. Typically there are two dungeon masters,
the primary is a younger student who is learning how to manage the labs for the first time, while the secondary
administrator is serving his/her second year in the position and is responsible for training in the new administrator
and providing back-up.
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Primary Dungeon Master
Andy Mitchell (mitc0342@morris.umn.edu)
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Secondary Dungeon Master
There is no secondary Dungeon Master this year.
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Webmaster
The continual maintenance and updating of this website is performed by the discipline webmaster.
Ensuring that the discipline website is always up-to-date with best available information/resources,
the latest events and activities at UMM, and that links are working are but a small part of the webmasters duties.
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Tutors/Teachers Assistants
Computer Science Tutors are generally matched with students on a case-by-case basis as needed. Persons who serve as TA's may also be included on the list of eligible tutors. Preference will often be given to the person who TA's the course for which help is requested. Typically, persons requesting help are in their first two years of the major. Therefore, most help requests are for the 1000 and 2000-level courses. Tutoring assignments must be approved by the Computer Science TA Coordinator and are usually facilitated by that person. If you would like to request tutor assistance, please
contact the faculty member for the course you would like assistance with. Teacher Assistants (TAs) are students that perform a range of tasks including grading, grade reporting, lab preparation, assignment content testing and consultation, and course development. Typically, the work load depends significantly on the instructor, the class and the individual TA. For example, a TA for a 1000 level course is most likely going to concentrate solely on grading and paperwork help. TA's for 2000 and 3000 level courses may help with grading, lab setup and may be asked to attend labs in order to support the teacher in answering student questions. Those who are asked to TA for 4000 level courses will usually be asked to help with course setup and to test out tools and assignments for the class. It is common for the TA of a 4000-level class to also be attending the class since these coures are offered irregularly. Grading is kept to a minimum, depending on comfort level, in the 4000-level course. Normally, newer TA's will be assigned lower-level courses and more experienced TA's will be given the opportunity to work with higher level courses. In order to be eligible to tutor any 3000-level or lower class, the student must have completed the course with adequate grades in a prior term. Every effort is made to attempt to match applicants with courses and instructors that will lead to a successful experience. If you are interested in becoming a TA or Tutor, please contact Elena.
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Student Representatives
Every year computer science majors are given the opportunity to vote for the student that they would would like to have represent their interests to the rest of the discipline. For every fifty votes (or part there of) cast, a student is elected and given full voting rights to all discipline and division meetings. So if fifty students vote, one student representative is elected, one hundred votes gets two representatives, hence the more votes, the better. The current representatives for 2004/2005 are: |
