Isaac Hermens(.com)
About Me
Hello, I am Isaac Hermens; thank you for visiting my website.
I am currently a Junior at Southern Adventist University; I am majoring in Computer Science and minoring in mathematics. After completing my Bachelor's degree, I plan to pursue a Master's in Computer Science.
My Life in College
My current class schedule consists of:
Discrete Mathematical Structures (M/W/F 9:00-9:50 AM.)
Organization, Architecture, & Assembly Language (M/W/F 10:00-10:50 AM.)
Organization, Architecture, & Assembly Language Lab (W 2:00-5:00 PM.)
Principles of Networking (M/W/F 11:00-11:50 AM.)
Probability Theory (T/Th 9:30-10:45 AM.)
Christian Spirituality (T/Th 1:00-2:15 PM.)
Since early August of 2011, I have been employed by the SAU Audio Visual Services Department as an AV Tech. Currently, I work 2-10+ hours a week for the AV department.
Since January of 2012, I am also employed by the School of Computing as a tutor. I currently work ~2 hours each week for the Computing Department.
Since April of 2012, I have been employed by the Center for Innovation & Research in Computing (CIRC) as a C#/.Net Software Developer.
Previously
During high school, I was involved in a number of extracurricular activities.
Regarding sports, I played JV2 and JV basketball as a freshman and sophomore, and JV baseball as a senior.
However, most of my activities were not been sports related.
I competed in the Chemeketa Regional Math Competition all 4 years of high school, as well as the BPA Science Bowl as a senior.
I participated in FTC Robotics my senior year; with my team taking 2nd place out of approximate 75 teams across the state of Oregon.
I was a member of National Honor Society since the end of my sophomore year, serving as chapter president during my junior year and secretary during my senior year.
My freshman and junior years, I participated in American Sign Language Christmas Signing, learning a number of Christmas songs and performing them in sign language.
During my senior year, I began to learn and sign music with my friend, Hailey Wilson. We were assisted by our ASL teacher, Mrs. Neikola Farrior.
I was also heavily involved in the work of Lightstream International, an independendant ministry operating out of the McMinnville Adventist Church.
I volunteered on a weekly basis to operate the LS9-32 Digital Mixing Board for live sound, O1V Digital Mixing Board for recording, R-Quest DVD/CD Duplicator,
and PC and Mac computers.
I enjoy school, and take the most challanging classes available to me. Unfortunately, I attended a small high school, so my class choices were often limited.
I was able to take a number of Advanced Placement and College Credit Now classes, including U.S. History, English Literature and Composition, Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry,
Calculus I & II, and College Writing I & II. Due to lack of student interest and budget constraints, Amity cut its A.P. classes the year after I took them.
I devoutly hope that they will be able to reinstate these more challanging classes so that future students will have the opportunity to experience them.
Ministry
I had the opportunity during high school to take classes in American Sign Language during my 9th and 12th grade years. Outside of class, I participated in American Sign Language Christmas Signing
during my 9th and 11th grade years. During 12th grade, I began to learn to sign music on my own, with the assistance of my wonderful ASL teacher, Mrs. Farrior. On several occasions, I signed with
my friend and fellow ASL classmate, Hailey Wilson.
I feel that signing music brings me much closer to the God who I love, and I'm grateful that He blesses my ministry and uses me as a conduit through which to share His love.
The link below leads to a page with videos of most of the songs that I have shared, as well as a recording of the 2011 Christmas Signing group and
one of Mrs. Farrior signing "Blessings" by Laura Story.
American Sign Language Music
Entertainment
Reading.
Naps.
Listening to music.
The occasional (sometimes more than occasional) video game, TV show, or football game.
Principles of Networking Project
Type4Life
(High School) Senior Project
I originally created this website to host the web-based typing software that I created for my high school Senior Project on software engineering. Over time, it will grow to contain more
of my work and personal information.
Typing Game