Michael Bowen's VC Course Pages
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Michael S. Bowen
- Education:
- M. S. Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988
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B. A. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1981
- Great Distinction in General Scholarship
- Phi Beta Kappa
- General education and other transfer requirements at Moorpark College, California, 1977–1978
- Academic Experience:
- Ventura College (mathematics), full-time, 2005–present
- Mathematics/Science Division representative on Curriculum Committee
- Chair of the Technical Review Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee
- Oxnard College (physics, mathematics, astronomy), full-time, 1991–2005
- Natural Sciences Department representative on Academic Senate, Curriculum Committee, and Technology Committee
- Ventura College (physics, mathematics), part-time, 1989–1991
- University of California at Los Angeles (physics), teaching assistant, 1988–1989
- Ventura College (mathematics), full-time, 2005–present
- Industrial Experience:
- Mission Research Corporation, now the Mission Systems Group of Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (scientist/engineer), Santa Barbara, California, 1989–1991
- IBM Corporation (scientific programmer), Westlake Village, California, 1981–1987
- Invited Talk:
- "Oxnard College Curriculum Committee Web Pages", presented at the Academic Senate for California Community College Curriculum Institute, 12 July 2002, San Jose, California
- Interests:
- Computers and the Internet, the natural sciences, classical music, gardening, reading, travel
- Volunteer textbook reader at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (now known as Learning Ally), Santa Barbara, California, 1990–2005
- Family:
- Lives in Ventura, California, with talented and beautiful wife Carolyn, Jasmine the chihuahua, and Mei Li the feisty Siamese.
Michael S. Bowen
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