Spring 2012 Events
The activites below took place during the Spring 2012 semester as part of a joint program
between the Math Club @ WMU and the mathematics honors society Pi Mu Epsilon.
Unless otherwise stated, events were held in the Alavi Commons Room on the 6th floor of Everett Tower.
- Every Wednesday at noon
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Brown Bag Lunch in the Alavi Commons
- All students, staff, and faculty are invited!
- Friday, January 20, 4pm
- "Math and Poetry: Unexpected Connections"
- Professor Art White, Department of Mathematics, WMU
- Pizza Party to follow
- Friday, January 27, 4pm
- Hondatron: An Amateur Electric Vehicle Conversion
- Professor Paul Pancella, Dept. of Physics, WMU
- Location: Rood 1118
- Friday, February 3, 4pm
- Python Workshop
- Thomas Lake, Student, Computer Science Department, WMU
- Friday, February 10, 4pm
- Maple Workshop
- Professor Jay Treiman, Department of Mathematics, WMU
- Location: 3396 Rood Hall Computer Lab
- Friday, February 17, 4pm
- Feedback Forum with the Chair
- Professor Steve Ziebarth, Interim Chair
- Share your ideas to make our department a better place!
- Students only.
- Friday, February 24, 4pm
- LaTeX Workshop
- Professor David Richter,
Department of Mathematics, WMU
- 3396 Rood Hall Computer Lab
- Friday, March 16, 4pm
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On the Party Problem and Other Fascinating Putnam Questions
- Dr. Andrzej Dudek, Department of Mathematics, WMU
- Friday, March 23, 4pm
- Mathematical Modeling of Nonlinear Systems
- Professor Frank Severance, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, WMU
- Friday, March 30, 4pm
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Math and the Geosciences: Numerical Simulation Models
- Earl Yetman, Department of Geosciences, WMU
- Saturday, April 7
- Pi Mu Epsilon Initiation Ceremony and Banquet
- Friday, April 13, 4pm
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The Reals, Complexes, Quaternions, and On!
- Adriane Ware, Dept. of Mathematics, WMU
- Friday, April 20, 4pm
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Business Meeting, Dinner and a Movie
- Movie: Presidential Debate
- Addresses the burning question: Which mathematical concept should be the next
president of the United States of Mathematics?
- Featuring Colin Adams and Thomas Garrity
- Produced by the Mathematical Association of America
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Spring 2012 Officers
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Joseph Walsh |
Adriane Ware |
President |
Vice President |
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Richard Hollister |
Josh Withee |
Treasurer |
Secretary |
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Vasilije Perovic
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Shelley Speiss
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Graduate Representatives
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Faculty Advisors
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Niloufer Mackey
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Melinda Koelling
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Pi Mu Epsilon Scholarship Committee
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Steve Mackey
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Jay Wood
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Chapter History
Our chapter was established in 1988. Before a chapter can be established at an institution,
the PME National Council requires clear evidence of an ongoing history of student mathematical activity outside the classroom,
and adequate support for these activities.
We were the fifth chapter to be established in Michigan,
and hence were assigned the fifth letter of Greek alphabet: epsilon.
Thus, our official name is:
The Michigan Epsilon Chapter
of Pi Mu Epsilon
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