Spring 2013 Events
The activites below took place during the Spring 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, 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 application 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 episode of NOVA
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Spring 2013 Officers
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Richard Hollister |
Joshua Withee |
President |
Vice President |
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Brian Hadley |
Jessica Clifford |
Treasurer |
Secretary |
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Dan Johnston |
Shane Browning |
Graduate Representatives |
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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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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