Department of Mathematics

Welcome!  The Department of Mathematics, located in Everett Tower, is one of the largest and oldest academic departments at Western, being among 12 departments listed in the University's first bulletin, published in 1904. We offer major programs in mathematics, applied mathematics, and secondary mathematics education at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels, in addition to numerous minors and general education courses. The Mathematics Faculty is dedicated to excellence in teaching, and maintains its strong reputation for scholarship through an impressive level of research and grant activity. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
Gene Freudenburg, Department Chair

Ledyaev Named Distinguished Scholar The Department is proud to acknowledge Professor Yuri Ledyaev as recipient of the 2008 WMU Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award. This is the highest honor that Western bestows on any of its faculty members. Yuri has been a member of the Department of Mathematics since 1997. His selection was based on his outstanding scholarly output and international recognition in the area of nonsmooth analysis and control theory. See the WMU news article http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2008/10/084.html for the full story.

News, Announcements, and Events. Go to the Department Updates page to read about the following items

• Three retire in December
• Steve Mackey joins tenure-track faculty
• Eenigenburg and Zhang recognized by College
• Chartrand and Zhang debut new book
• Dutta receives Frostic Award
• AMS meeting brings international attention to Western
• Department inaugurates new minor in Actuarial Science