Student News

• Three of our Math students this semester (Kristy Beam, Eric Hopkins, and Daniel Weisgerber) competed in the 2006 Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest.

• Kristy Beam also entered the annual Putnam Competition on December 3, 2006.

• Several students also acted as volunteers for the Southeastern Regional conference of the CCSC which was held at Lenoir-Rhyne, November 11-12, 2005.

• Math graduate Kat Brownell participated in the James Madison University [VA] "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" in the summer of 2003. This was an  eight-week program supported by the National Science Foundation in which 100 students nationwide did research in the natural sciences and mathematics. Kat's project was in the field of knot theory. In January 2004 she, along with her research partner, presented her results at the combined national meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in Phoenix, Arizona.  Congratulations to  Kat!

Faculty News

• New Professor, Dr. Chris Dometrius, joined the faculty in the fall of 2007.
   
• Dr. Burkholder presented a paper and displayed his mathematical art work at the Bridges Conference in San Sebastian, Spain, in the summer of 2007.
   
• Prof. Hull and Dr. Burkholder attended the Joint Mathematics meetings in New Orleans, LA, in January, 2007.
   
• Prof. Hull and Dr. Burkholder attended the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, TX, in January, 2006.  Dr. Burkholder presented a paper entitled "Parallelogons and Cutting Elliptical Cakes".\

• Dr. Burkholder presented a paper at the Southeastern Regional MAA Conference in the spring of 2006.

• Dr. Burkholder was the Chair of the Student Research committee for the 2005 Southeastern Regional conference of the CCSC and Prof. Hull was Site Co-Chair and Speakers Chair.

• School team finishes second in the 2005 Lenoir-Rhyne Chili Cook-Off
  
  Of course "we were robbed".  We'll be back in the future to reclaim our title!
   
• School team wins the 2004 Lenoir-Rhyne Chili Cook-Off

Powered by Diane Phillips' amazing recipe, the team from the School of Computing Sciences and Mathematics won the 2004 edition of the annual Chili Cook-Off on Thursday, March 11.  It was the first time we had entered but we're sure it was not just beginner's luck.  The team consisted of Diane, Dr. Gail Miles, and Prof. Dick Hull, with additional help from Prof. Pete Stulginskis whose wife provided some great corn bread.

Seated (L to R):  Dr. Gail Miles, Dr. Ron Butler, Diane Phillips, Dr. Bjarne Berg
Standing (L to R):  Prof. Dick Hull, Prof. Pete Stulginskis
Photo by Blenda Clegg

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