Michelle HardwickInspiring the Next Generation — NCWIT AwardsIn April 2022, I had the privilege of being part of the Northern Utah affiliate awards ceremony for NCWIT Aspirations in Computing. This…Jun 2, 2022Jun 2, 2022
Michelle HardwickSome of our many accomplishments in Data Science & Analytics at Salt Lake Community CollegeOur Data Science & Analytics team has been quite busy over the last few years creating amazing data products that have had a big impact on…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickMoving at the Speed of the Pandemic: Developing a Tool to Allow our College to Open SafelyIn Summer 2020, our college wanted to return to in-person classes for Fall of 2020 but it was important that this was done in a safe way…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickUsing machine learning to focus advisor efforts each weekAt our college, we are working to improve the retention of students. To accomplish this, our advisors are going to be more actively…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickAcademic Insights: Assisting our academic administrators with timely, relevant dataFollowing the successful rollout of our Teaching Insights tool, we developed a tool for Academic Administrators that we called Academic…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickTeaching Insights: Improving Classroom Instruction through Insights for FacultyOne of the largest data products that the Data Science & Analytics team has built to date is our Teaching Insights tool, essentially a…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickOne place to find all reports at our organizationAt our college, we use a few different tools for our data products: Tableau Online, Tableau on-premise, Cognos, PDFs, and Oracle APEX. We…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Michelle HardwickConnecting Tableau to Oracle CloudI wanted to connect my Tableau desktop client to an Automous Database that I setup in the Free Tier of Oracle Cloud. Unfortunately, it was…Nov 16, 20201Nov 16, 20201
Michelle HardwickFarewell to my Grandma GraceLast week my 96-year-old grandma passed away. She was a remarkable woman with so many traits that I adore and that I like to think I…May 28, 20201May 28, 20201
Michelle HardwickWhere to start in Data Science if you are a DBAI was recently asked by a DBA about what kind of path I would recommend to him to build up his Data Science skills and knowledge. Here’s my…Aug 16, 2018Aug 16, 2018