Computer Science Assistant

Rachelyn Farrell *** Twin Oaks Cove n Oxford, MS *8655

662-***-**** n *******@*****.***

I am an honors graduate in Computer Science with an emphasis in writing and linguistics. I have experience

Skills with database systems and web development, and working in Unix/Linux environments. My language

proficiencies include Java, C, C++, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL. I have some

experience with functional programming languages, primarily Common Lisp and Scheme. I also speak

Spanish at an intermediate level and read it at an advanced level.

B.S. in Computer Science, University of Mississippi University, MS, 2012

Education Graduated Suma Cum Laude: 4.0 GPA in core curriculum; 3.9 GPA overall

Minor in Linguistics

• Outstanding Computer and Information Science Senior Award

Academic • Outstanding Computer and Information Science Junior Award

Awards • Computer Science Fall 2009 SAP Scholarship Award

• Freshman Student Achievement Award

• Advanced Database Systems

Courses • Speech Processing

of Interest • Symbolic Logic

• Vice President of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Mississippi Gamma Chapter 2011-2012

Activities • Gillespie Business Plan /Android App Design Competition Finalist, University of Mississippi 2011

• Association for Computing Machinery member 2010-present

• Moderator of Protagonize, an online collaborative writing community 2010-present

• Active contributor to Protagonize and one of its top 3 Most Recommended Authors 2008-present

Assistant Network Administrator

Work University of Mississippi Computer Science Department University, MS, Summer 2011

Experience I spent a summer working as the assistant network administrator for the CS department. My duties included

maintaining accounts, monitoring the labs, and upgrading the department’s website. In addition, I was in charge

of a project we did for the TREE program (http://tree.olemiss.edu) to donate computers to a public school

system in a nearby county. (For more information on this project, see: http://tree.olemiss.edu/news/show/4)

Teaching Assistant

University of Mississippi Computer Science Department University, MS, 2010-2011

For two semesters in my junior year, I worked for the Computer Science Department as a Teaching Assistant for

the first and second semester introductory programming classes, using the Java programming language. I taught

weekly lab sections, either by myself or with another TA, and many times I wrote the lab assignments that the

students were asked to do.

Owner

Magnolia Concierge LLC Oxford, MS, 2007-2008

In 2007, my husband and I started a concierge business in Oxford, MS. We offered a variety of services to our

clients, including computer help, web design, media conversions, errand running, pet sitting, and dog training.

We supported ourselves this way until we were able to go back to school, at which point we closed the business.

Contact this candidate