Fall 2013 Events
The activites below took place during the Fall 2013 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, September 13, 3 - 6 p.m.
- Bronco Bash, Booth 268
- Friday, September 27, 4:30 p.m.
- Putney Auditorium, Fetzer Center
- Service with the US Antarctic Program:
Science, Engineering, Adventure, and Education
- Dr. Robert Melville, Senior Scientist, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jointly sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, Mallinson Institute for Science Education,
and the Departments of Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Geography, Geosciences, Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics.
- Wednesday-Friday, October 2 - 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- in 2275 Rood Hall
- Booksale, Rood Hall Rm 3375
- Tons of math, math education, and statistics books for $5 or less.
- Friday, October 11, 4 p.m.
- Some Famous Mathematicians I Have Known
- Professor Art White, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University
- Friday, October 18, 4 p.m.
- Rood Hall, Rm 1110
- Factorization of Permutations:
From a Matching Game to Mathematical Research
- Public Lecture by Professor Chi-Kwong Li, The College of William and Mary
- Friday, October 18, 6 p.m.
- Fetzer Center
- Pi Mu Epsilon Induction Ceremonies and Banquet
- Friday, October 25, 4 p.m.
- Putney Auditorium, Fetzer Center
- The Combinatorics of Solving Linear Equations
- Prof. Ron Graham, University of California, San Diego
- For more information about Dr. Graham, see his wikipedia page.
- Friday, November 1, 4 p.m.
- Feedback Forum with the Chair
- Professor Gene Freudenburg, Chair, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University
- Friday, November 8, 4 p.m.
- Finite Fields
- Professor Jay Wood, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University
- Friday, November 15, 4 p.m.
- Summer Adventures
- Brian Hadley, Robert Kipka, Victoria Ward, Students, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University
- Friday, November 22, 4 p.m.
- Exploring Geometry ... Part 3D!
- Laars Helenius, Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University
- Friday, December 6, 4 p.m.
- Business Meeting, Dinner, and a Movie
- Movie: The Derivative vs The Integral - The Final Smackdown
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Fall 2013 Officers
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Joshua Withee |
Katie Hillenbrand |
President |
Vice President |
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Trina Hegedus |
Tori Ward |
Treasurer |
Secretary |
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Dan Johnston |
Margaret Potter |
Graduate Representatives |
Faculty Advisors
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Niloufer Mackey
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Steve Ziebarth
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Pi Mu Epsilon Scholarship Committee
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Art White |
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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