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If you have any questions about it, please contact me.
What? You say you’re a Chrome user. Here’s the extension for Chrome-based browsers.
Here are my courses and teaching schedule for the Winter 2025 quarter at Clark College. If you have any questions about these courses, please get in touch with me.
This class will have mandatory attendance at Clark College Room SHL 124 from 10:30 AM to 12:50 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.
The following days meet, in person and have mandatory attendance:
This class will have mandatory attendance at Clark College, Room SHL 124, from 3:00 to 4:50 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays.
The following days, meet in person and have mandatory attendance:
This class requires mandatory attendance at Clark College Room SHL 125 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30 to 12:50 p.m.
The following days, meet in person and have mandatory attendance:
This class if entirely online and never meets.
At Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, I recently brought a taste of community to our online and remote coding classes—through pizza and a little piece of the iconic CS50! This pizza party wasn’t just about food; it was a chance to unite students who usually connect only through screens. There’s something about sharing pizza that goes beyond filling our stomachs. It breaks down barriers, opens up conversations, and lets us see the human side of coding, a profession often steeped in virtual interactions and code blocks.
Pizza is almost a universal language, and even in a digital classroom, it creates a sense of camaraderie. From coding newcomers to seasoned tech enthusiasts, students gathered, laughed, and bonded over slices, sharing their coding challenges and side-hustles. Moments like these highlight the importance of community—reminding us that while we work individually, we’re part of a larger team learning and growing together.
And what’s a coding celebration without a twist? Each attendee walked away with a CS50 Rubber Duck. In case you’re wondering why a rubber duck, it’s not just a quirky gift—it’s a legendary problem-solving tool in coding circles! Rubber duck debugging encourages students to explain their code out loud, often helping them uncover solutions simply by verbalizing their thought processes. Now, every student has a little buddy to “talk” to while tackling their toughest challenges.
Whether solving bugs or sharing a laugh, we’re more connected, engaged, and inspired than ever. Here’s to pizza, ducks, and the strong coding community we’re building at Clark College!
During the Winter 2024 quarter, five Clark College students enrolled in CTEC 121 Intro to Programming and Problem Solving earned college credit and a certificate from CS50 at Harvard University.
Please join me in congratulating them!
Here’s an article on the Clark College News site announcing that the Clark College Board of Trustees granted Bruce Elgort of Vancouver, Washington, tenure.
At the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Clark College Board of Trustees voted to grant faculty member Bruce Elgort tenure. During the meeting, the trustees discussed the matter and then voted.
Bruce Elgort 