Math Club @ WMU

Spring 2013 Events

Numerous activites take place each semester, held jointly with WMU's chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honors society. Unless specified otherwise, events are held in the Alavi Commons, on the 6th floor of Everett Tower. Refeshments are available at 3:50pm for Friday events.

Every Wednesday at noon: Brown Bag Lunch in the Alavi Commons; Get to know your professors and peers. All students and faculty are invited!
Friday, January 11, 4pm: Pizza Party!
Friday, January 18, 4pm: Amazing Arclength; Dr. Allan Bickle, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, January 25, 4pm
in 2275 Rood Hall: Exploring Geometry; Laars Helenius, Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, February 1, 4pm: Magic Squares; Brian Hadley, Undergraduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, February 8, 4pm: Object recognition and symmetry detection in digital images with applications to jigsaw puzzle assembly and melanoma detection; Peter Olver, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
Friday, February 15, 4pm: Feedback Forum with the Chair; Professor Gene Freudenburg, Chair; Share your ideas to make our department a better place!; Students only.
Friday, February 22, 4pm: A Mathematical Look at Undergraduate Chemistry, Part II; Richard Hollister, Undergraduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, March 15, 4pm: Three Slices of Pi; Celebrate Pi Day with Professor Allen Schwenk, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, March 22, 4pm: On the Histories of Linear Algebra: The Case of Linear Systems; Christine Larson, Peabody College Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University.
Friday, March 29, 4pm: The Reality of Imaginary Numbers; Josh Withee, Undergraduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University.
Friday, April 5, 4pm: Games Night!; Please bring any games you wish to play
Saturday, April 6
Fetzer Center: Pi Mu Epsilon Initiation Ceremonies and Awards Day.
Friday, April 12, 4pm
in 1110 Rood Hall: Venus Transits: A Little Trig Goes a Long Way; Professor Nicolle Zellner, Department of Physics, Albion College.
Friday, April 19, 4pm: Business Meeting, Dinner, and a Movie; Earth From Space; an epsiode of NOVA