WOU Mathematics Department News and Activities

2011-2012 Math News

Events

The Putnam Exam Team will be chosen by Monday, 10/8 at close-of-business.
If you are interested please contact Scott Beaver ( beavers@wou.edu) or Matt Nabity ( nabitym@wou.edu).
Mathematics Fall Alumni Get Together, University House, Friday, October 12, 2012

Ornament Decorating Extravaganza! Willamette Room in WUC, November 26, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
Come join the math club and create holiday ornaments to take home and put on your tree.

Mathematics Holiday Party, University House, Friday, February 1, 2013
Sonia Kovalevsky Day for High School Girls , Saturday, March 2, 2013
Mathematics Spring Picnic, Thursday, June 6, 2013, WOU's Gentle House

Math Club Information

See the WOU Math Club Web Page

(Undergraduates in) Mathematics Scholarship Winners 2012 - 2013

Charlie Dolezal Scholarship:
Tyler McAfee, Category I: First year enrolled at WOU

Ernie and LaVerne Cummins Scholarship:
April Senner, Category II: At least three completed terms at WOU
Ariel Setniker, Category II: At least three completed terms at WOU

Π Μ Ε (The National Mathematics Honor Society)

To learn about how students qualify for membership for Π Μ Ε at Western Oregon University, click here.

To learn more about Π Μ Ε, visit the national Π Μ Ε home page.

Student News

Conferences and Papers 2012-2013

Molly Stubblefield '13, presented a poster at the 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego

Casey Hansen '13, Anna Kralovec '13, Rosanna Mersereau '13, and Madelyn Twain '13 presented papers at the 2013 Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics

Ariel Setniker '13, co-authored a paper "The Complement of Fermat Curves in the Plane" that has been accepted for publication in the journal Involve. This paper involves an original result from research she did over the summer at University of Wisconsin-Stout's REU. You can see proof at the following website:
http://msp.berkeley.edu/ scripts/coming.php?jpath= involve. Ariel also presented on this subject at MathFest held in Madison, WI, 2012 and the Joint Mathematical Meetings held in San Diego, CA, January 2013.

Employment News

Anne Sanders BS `10 MAT '12 teaches algebra and geometry to a mix of freshmen through seniors at North Marion High School in Aurora, Oregon. She offers a daily after school "Math Party" to help students with homework or just to give them a safe, quiet place to work. She also started a weekly "4.0 Club" with two other teachers for students who are striving for better grades and need an adult to help them keep track of things as well as planning for life after high school.

Emily Trigg BS '10 MAT '11 is teaching Algebra and Advanced Topics at North Salem High School.

Graduate School News
David Daniels '10 passed PhD qualifying exams in probability and topology at Purdue University, adding to the algebra and analysis exams he passed earlier. That completes the required qualifying exams. He is studying analytic combinatorics as a possible dissertation area.
Jesse Pence '11 began studies for a Master of Education in Secondary Education at the University of Nevada, Reno in August 2012.
Rob Keene '06 is studying Geomatics at Oregon Institute of Technology. According to Rob, Geomatics is "all about the application of Mathematics to Mapping and Navigation." He adds, "I'm really excited about my Geodesy class! The entire class is basically the application of my Senior Project from WOU."
Internships Summer 2013 ( Internship Announcements)
REUs Summer 2013 (check out the Summer Program for Undergraduates page)

Study Abroad

Molly Stubblefield '13, went fall term 2012 to a Budapest Semester in Mathematics where she is took: Analysis, Intro to Topology, Extremal Combinatorics, Hungarian Art and Culture, a GRE Prep Course (for the subject test) and Hungarian + (basic phrases).

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