Januaxy1, 1988thru December31, 1988
Faculty Service to Hope College
Name!q!e{!-!ss!qq
A. ScheduledTeachinc- Courses
Credit
Dept. & No. Hours CourseDe6cription
Spritrg
on sabbatical
Fall
cscl 220
cscI283
/ cscl 480
3
3
3
ComputerScieaceII
Intro to ComputerSyst€ms
Senior Project Seoitrar
Contact OtLer
Hours Cotrta.ct Enroll.
3
3
3
0
0
0
12
13
6
B. AcademicAdvising
Total trumb€r of advisees 35
Major6 9
tr\e8h./Soph. 23
C. Schola.rly
Activity
1, Scholarlg Worh Supported bg Outeide l\nding (list both project deecription ard source of
funding)
Rrview pan€listfor NSF Instumetrtationard LaboratoryImprovemetrtProgram
Book reviewerlor West PublishiagCorrpany
2. OtherScholag Worhand/or General
Prole$ionolDeuelopment
Completed80%of textbook, Progmmming
languoget Stncturesand Modelt
Servedas Progra^m
Chairof the Nineteenth
SIGCSETechnicalSymposium
on Computer
Science
Dducation
in Atlaata,Georgia
Edito! of the Proceedinge
of tbe SIGCSETechnical
SymporiuJ
Servedas Program Chair for GLCA Conferencefor Computer Scietrceeducato$ and Computer Sewicespersotrtrelat DeDisonUtiversity
Reviewerofpapers for NationalEducationalComputingConference
and SIGCSETechnical
Symposium
E. Internal Service
1. StvdentOie
ed
Chec&(/)
Activity
Supervisiotr
of Indepeadent
Btudyor research
Directinga Play
Rrcital6
Coaching
Other(descdbe)
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Total g g oI Studerts
of
Enrolledfor
Students
Credit
3
3
2. Adm;nistr.othe (I;st)
Coordina,torof WoodlowWilsooVisitiq FellowProgra,m
3. Boardond,Contiittce Auignmetr, (Liet)
Chair of Profeeeional
Intere6tComoittee
4, Departmental
(Liet)
Astignrnenie
DepaltmentChai!
Coorditratebu.ildLtrtEtovstion plios for departhent
Studert recruititrg
Farulty reouitilg
E. PublicServico/Coneultirg
Taughtgraduatelevelcoursootr CoEputetsin Dducatioofor WesternMichigat Uaiversity
Selveda^s
coisultant to ValparaisoUliveEity i! the evsluatio!of their MathematicsatrdColoputer
Scietrce
Depa,ltEeDt
F. Other
ScietrceDay Presetrtatiot
Pre6erterat l{igh Achievel8Day spolroled by AdaissionsOftc€
Signatute:
Date: January25, 1989
1988
Self-Evaluatioo
Eerbert L. Demhem
Teaching
Since I .,r'asoo sabbatical il the Spriog seoester, I only tought tbree Ilope College
courses.Duling the Spring I taught a Computen in FducatioD cout€efor WestemMichigan
Uoivereity in the plogro,D offered for teacher€itr cooperation with Eope College. My
teaching il aJI courseswao quite succee*rl. Tbis is best displayed by thc suonary of the
student eva,lustionsfor the three Fall Semestercoursesas given below:
Summary of Fall 1988 Evaluotioos
A A-. B+ CPA
Preparation
23 4
2 3.91
lnstruction
21 5
3 3.88
Stimulationof Intelest 20 6
3 3.8?
Concernfor Students X
1
0 3.99
Overall Evaluation
28 I
0 3.99
The only new course artrongthose that I taught was the Senior Project Semioar. Alihough we taught this courseonce before,the version that I taught contailed somemajor
revisionsincluding a moduledevotedto computerethics.
Scholarship
In this a.reamy majo! work this yelr was in the writing of the textbook progmmming
_
Longr,oges:Slntchnet and,Modch. I have now completed80% of tbis textbook and will
have the final draft complete by March l, 1989.
I also was active io regiomJ aad uational conferencesald proceedingo.I servedas program Chah a.d ProceedingeEditor for the SIGCSETecluicat Sympoeiuo held in Atla.ata,
Georgra, February 23-26. Thie Symposiumwas attended by more thao 1,000 Compuier
ScienceEducators from throughout the world. My worl involved the eolicitation ol papere,
the assigomentof refereeato the papere,m"lring the decisionon acclpta,uceo. rejection of
papers,-coordiaating aud echedulingpaper pr€s€otations,panels, atd tutodsts, ediiiDg the
Proceedingsof the Sympooiu.uland recruitiag a,ndsuperviaiogthe e€ssionchsin. In total I
received171 papers which I sent to 223reviewers. Of tbese, 63 wete acceptedfor incluoiou
iu the Proceedingsand presentatioa at the Conference,The proceedingewere 916 p6ges
in length. There vere 21 papers pres€ntatioas€ssioosat the Conlerelce io additiotr to lb
panels, two tutorids, and 10 birde-of-a-feathereersione. Thie Slmrpoeiumwas evaluated
by many in atteDdanceto be the moet successfrrlever.
I aleo eerved aa the otgenizer and program chair for a GLCA Cooputer Scientiats
-,
Meeting held at Denison Univereity on March 2!26, Tlle meeting w8s sttended by 50
pcople and my dutiee were orga.nizingthe prograrn, obtaining ar outside speaker,eoliciting
preseotationsby GLCA members(there were 18) a.ndcoordinaiiug facilitiee a.adecheduling
with the Deaison people.
Oue additional activity related io schola,rsbipwas a c.on8ultiDgvi6it to Vs,lpara,isou
University in the lall to evsluate their Matheoatics aod Computer Scieoceprogram aod
male recommendationsfor improvements.
Service
I servedon two committees on csmpus this past year, both il leadershiproles. I was
elected chair of the ProfessionalIntdests CoEmitte€ and appoiated to be coordioator of
the Woodrow Wilson Vieitiag Fellow Program.
In addition, I preoenteda talk at thelnductioq cereoony of the Hollend High School
National Honor Society.
Advising
My advising load was fairly heavy this yea.r. For the secoqdyear io a row I took
_
lleshmaq advisees.The e'raluation of my advising wasquite favorabie. On the evaluation
form for advisors, I receivedtwelve A's a.ndfour B,s as a,ooverall ratilg. I also received
ma.nyfavorable commentsftom pareots of Ffeshmanadvieees.
Chairmanship
My most important accomplishuetrt as chair this yea.rwas the designof a model for tbe
..
discipline of computer sciencewhich will serveas a basisfor our curri-culumdevelooment.
I pla.n to submii tbis model for publication in the Dexi yea.r.
Althougb it is also listed under fecclriag, my work in the Senior project Semilar aleo
deservesmeotion here. Thrs year we Etr€ngibetredthe lesearchcompooeit of this eeminar
greatly with the result that four stud€ots completedexteuive resea.rctrprojects.
Other emphasesin my role as chair has been in recruitiag, both of students aod faculty. I
contioued developmentof my 8y8temof mailingi aad phone calls to recruit
flve
outstanding Computer Scieocestudeuts to Hope. I also prepared the position justifcatiou
for our replaceoent faculty positiou and have been active ia recruitini for this poeition.
Review of Goale for 1988
l. Comp-lelelhe Programming Ltrlglrage, tcrlbooki Thie work is 80% completedand the
fflst d&ft will be dooe by Ma.rch1, 1989.
2. Ptodde lead,etfiip tot the codiutcd, sttetgllvning of the departmett't rueorch program: Thia has happened maialy through increasedenpbade oo
reeearcbiD tbe
Senior Project Semina,rand through tbe eubroissioqof io iLI propos8ls.
3. Bc aclite it naliorlal and,tcgioncl gtofetsional organizcldoru:Thb was accomplished
through,my eervicear the progra,o chair lor the SIGCSE Technical Sympoeiuo
aad
the GLCA Coderence for Computer Scieutists
Goals for 19E9
1. Complete Progra.moiry Languagestextbook.
2. Continue otreogthenilg the reeeo,rch
progra^rnof tbe departmeot through the acquisition of funding a^ndthe greatcr involvementrof etud€nts.
3. Work oa reaealch topics in progra,mmingla,oguagea,computaiionol geometry, and
computer ecienceeducatioo.
4. Succeesfullyrecruit aod aeeimilatea new faculty nembor iato the depa.rtaeot.
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
June 25, 1988
Acadenic Advisors
Maura Reynolds, Director
o f A c a d e m j . cA d v i s i n g
During
regi6tration
in
April
6tqdent6
were a6ked to evaluate
their advi6or6,
Attached
i6 a 6u!0!0ary of
re6ponEe6 f,rom your
adviEees.
Studentg
have
rated
four
cbaracteilEtics
of their
'advisor:
availability;
knolrledge of
the College
ana ite
curriculuD;
ability
to refer;
ability
to reLate to the need6 of
advl6ee6.
They have a16o given thelr advj.6or an overall rating.
Copiee of individual
Etudent re6ponge6 ale
kept
in
mv off:.ce;
you ale most riel-coEe to review the6e,
I welcome your coomente and 6uggestl,on6.
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EVALI]ATITIN
Janl(ary
31
Dr.
1989
H.?rb Der-lrhem. Chai rman
Conputar' 5ci ence DeFartment
job as a !€nacher,
He hed a remarL:.rirly
HErb doeE an e)rceptional
aE evidenced
sLrccess{L(I re-entry
into teechinq +ollowinq hi5 s.lbbatical
lrver<lqe an thp l"lath Form {rom three
by a:L99
{oLlt o{ 4,O) overall
a near
coLrrsee.
lrJritten cDmnents providecl hy hi'i !5tL{{jents indicat--d
to
He has a uniqLre abj.tity
unanimoflE .rndorEement o{ hi.s e+fortsm a le d i { { i c L ( l t
mat{-..rial uriderEtandablEi :(nd enjoyable for his studentE'
0dYr,rr,Lrs'
,Jh1I€: I have no q .cntitative
A total
c,f f,S studentF
are adv:iE€'d by Herb'
is flly impreBsion
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r'ol{l, it
in thi6
measLrremEnt to asses5 his
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nLrst aIEo assllne rL:Eponsibi I:itiieg a13 e depar{:mefltal.
9 r [ s ! B L E h iD'
hav€l {oct.riied l.lpon t-hF r^rr_itrnq o+ a
llerb'E firairr Echotarly
autj!jti&rei
B ( 1 7 .c o m P l e t r e d a n d h c r E r h o L r l d
tl:){tboo[.
l{is bcjol.:i!i n6!rr apFroximately
to asl: q eEtianE
+inish
l_ierb i15 beqinninq
tl-,e e+{ort
thls
comj.nq yL:ar,
q
,
i
l
l
tatie hirn once
interestE
o{ hinrsFlf aE to whBre hj.!j scholership
that
Herb cotrld
I believe
hisi bool": writinq
eF{ort
iti conirletc?d.
ben{i+it to a qreat extent i{ he were ts obtein a smaller l€vFl ot
qrowth.
Etaqe o+ pro+eEEional
sLrpport to asEl..-t Irin in hiE tr'"in6j.tion
are the {acLllty
ons sourc€ o{ {Llnd5 th"lt woLlld be most apfrrBpriats
throLrqh {:tre l'1i.d-Stetes ConsortiLrfi FEUJ
delvelopmeint +und6 availaLrle
o+f
iF recognired by individuals
6r'ant.
l-astIy. HFrb'9 Echolership
gerveaj as FroQram Chair and
He succeli'r+ully
c:.lmpll5 in many wayE,
s y n p o E , i L r mh € 1 d i n F e ' b r L l a r y a n d h e
Froceedrriqs Eclrtc)r for a technical
h a r : b r , ' € f ra c t i v e ; s
a leader- {or GLCA comp ter ScientistE.
I
Servi Ee.
on the Hope.amDLrE. In adclr.ron to
Herb has maj or r e s p o n , j i t r r I i t j e s
in
hi.si service
aE chairpersrin
c,f his department he has b(?en active
in the
tflEr r_e.novat i.6n p r o o r a . n f o r V a n d e r W u . r + H a l l a n d h e j . s a c t i v e
lle i 5 no{,,r ererv j ng aq ther.
rFcrLri tnent
i rlto Hope llol I eERo + Etlrdents
Ch;ri rma., n+ the P I I a n d h e i s t h F U o o r d i n a t c ] r c | + t h e l J o o d r c r w L { i l s o r r
L . - , r s l - l y ,h r h r q q i v c n p r F E E n t a t . i o n s { o t
V i s i t i n A F e l l o r ^ JF / o s r a m by H.rpei. and he
other high qchool proqramg; o{fered
.ind corisL(ltant to k'estern l"lichiqan Uni'/elrsity
tea€her
j verE j.ty,
d r r u v d r p d r d L : L ' LJn
A d m in i s t r a t i v e .
to detail!
Herb is an excellent chairflan.
attention
He pays strict
and I can alwAys depend upon him to pull more then hiE weiqht in all
divisional
and he
a++airE,
He shoh,s qreat concern {or his faculty!
has their strsng ElrFport as evidenced by their letters
on his behal{"
9q0Eary-ectiscogrjsR.
l"ly sumnarieed irnpressions o{ HFrb'E 19BB per{orlnarlEe are outlined
below (T=teachingi Asadvi6in0i 5c=scholership! se=€ervicei
Ad=administretive).
L . n E a t1 s + a c t o r y
+ai r
JamBE M. 6enti I e
Dean +or th€ Natural
goocl
Scienceg
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ex cel I ent
1
excspt i onal