Pi Mu Epsilon Wv Beta Chapter: The National Mathematics Honorary at Marshall University
Pi Mu Epsilon Wv Beta Chapter:
The National Mathematics Honorary at Marshall University
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On Wednesday, September 8, 2004 we elected new officers for 2004-2005 year. Congratulations and good luck to John Stonestreet (President), Olivia Sturgill (Treasurer), and Bonnie Shook (Secretary). The position of Vice-President is still open. Please send us your nominations for this position. On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, we had the Joint Pi Mu Epsilon and the Department of Mathemtics Meeting. Congratulations to our 2004 graduating seniors and gradute students , (click to see another photo), showing off their Pi Mu Epsilon stolls and honor cords. 
Graduating Students (from left to right): Nick Wintz, Courtney Green, Kelli Hall, Ashley Brown, Hela Masmoudi, Casey McGee,
Chris Shaffer (is not on the picture) and Tessa Green (is not on the picture)
See more pictures here: Tessa Green Kelli Hall Ashley Brown Casey McGee Courtney Green Hela Masmoudi Nick Wintz At the meeting,
student awards (framed certificates with
cash!) were presented by Dr. Oberste-Vorth.
Five Marshall students (Kelli Hall, Adicus Garton,
Shannon Miller, Ashley Brown, and Mary Diley) and
Dr. Dementieva attended the Ohio Sectional Annual Meeting of Mathematical Association of
America (MAA) on March 26-27, 2004 at the University of Cincinnati. Although neither of
the students
presented on this meeting, we did have attend very interesting and sophisticating
mathematical
presenattions by students and faculty from other Universities. Prof. David Cusick form the
Marshall University
Departmeent of Mathematics presented his talk "Getting (Back?)to Normal". Two of the
invited talks were really exciting.
One was given by Prof. Joe Gallian of the
University of Minnesota Duluth, in which he talked about breaking the code on Minnesota
and other states driver's licences. Another one was given by Kevin Colligan of the National
Security Agency and was about the Breaking the Enigma, German code machine during the World War II.
Below are some pictures from this great trip. On Wednesday, March 10 we had the Induction Ceremony and the Game Party meeting. We had a great time welcoming new members to the club, eating delicious food, and playing interesting funny games. Hope to see everyone of you next time. Welcome to the 7 new members, Spring 2004! The new members are Dr. Peter Saveliev, Daniel McCord, Adam Mottesheard, Christopher Shaffer, Justin Angus, Kari Adams, and Eve Marcum-Atkinson. Congratulations!!!New members and Pi Mu Epsilon Officers (from left to right): Front row: Dr. Yulia Dementieva (PME Advisor), Kelli Hall (PME President), Shannon Miller (PME Treasurer); Back row: Courtney Green, Eve Marcum-Atkinson, Christopher Shaffer, Adam Mattesheard, Andrew Green, and Mike Pemberton (PME Secretary). Two more new members (from left to right): Kari Adams and Dr. Peter Saveliev. On the right Dr. Ralph Oberste-Vorth (Head of Department of Mathematics). Dr. Drost reads the Pi Mu Epsilon policies. Shannon Miller explains to new members what symbols on Pi Mu Epsilon Emblem mean. New members give a pledge to the Pi Mu Epsilon. Faculty members ( Dr. Yulia Dementieva, Dr. Ralph Oberste-Vorth) and student (Elizabeth Duke) play the game "Rummikub". Dr. Saveliev on the left eats delicious pizza. On February 4, 2004, Pi Mu Epsilon had the
"Art and Crafts Evening". Thanks to our officers (Kelli Hall, Shannon Miller,
Mike Pemberton, and Ashley Brown), we had plenty of supplies:
color papers, wood, nails, paints, and threads. We enjoyed delicious pizza, drinks, and
a beautiful atmosphere of creativity. Have a look at the beautiful mathematical designs
created by students and faculty. Designs are made by:
On November 21-22, 2003, six Marshall students: Kelli Hall, Meha Darooka,
Shannon Miller, Mike Pemberton, Ashley Brown, Casey McGee; and
Dr. Dementieva attended the Western Kentucky University 23rd Annual Mathematical
Symposium on Mathematics from Zero to Infinity:
Elementary Topics which Recur in Advanced Settings. The conference was very knowledgable and we
enjoyed talks given by faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students. The most exciting moment was a
presentation by the invited speaker, Dr. Paul Sally Jr., University of Chicago.
On Wednesday, October 22 we had the Induction meeting and
the Game Party. We had a great time welcoming new members to the club, eating delicious food, and playing
interesting funny games. Hope to see everyone of you next time.
Seven Marshall students (Kelli Hall, Adicus Garton,
Shannon Miller,
Mike Pemberton, Nicholas Harbour, Ashley Brown, Corey Cusick), three former Marshall students
(Jason Brown, Carin Clark, Eric Stokes) and
Dr. Dementieva attended the Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Meeting on the Discrete Mathematics at Miami
University on October 3-4, 2003. Kelli Hall presented a wonderful research on Esher's Tilings
and Ribbons that she worked on during the Summer Student Research Program at Maimi University.
You can attend the Kelli's presentation on Mathematical Colloquium at 2:00 PM on
Friday, October 24. Adicus Garton gave an interesting presentation
on "Matrix Optics" where he showed how powerful can be mathematical knowkedge in physics.
Shannon Miller gave a presentation on "The McNagget Problem" that she learned during the
Game Theory Class of Dr. Drost this Summer. The talks were fantastic. Applause to Kelli, Adicus,
and Shannon! It was a great time for all. Ten Marshall students and
Dr. D went to the Ohio Spring Meeting of the MAA at Ohio State
University, April 4-5, 2003. Kelli Hall gave a wonderful presentation
on sphere packing in multiple dimensions. You can see
a poster presention of her results on Sigma Xi day, 4/25, in
the Science Building. Justin Lynd gave a power point presentation
on 'Low order groups realizable as Galois Groups over Q', and
the talk finished with the not very often seen Quaternion group.
Erik Stokes gave a presentation on his
Mathematica code which draws a great circle
through any 2 points on the sphere and then draws a spherical
triangle through 3 random points on the sphere. The talks
were fantastic. Applause to Kelli, Justin, and Erik! It was a great
time for all. You can see the 10 students below communing with the
'numbers'. Our meeting and game party
on Tuesday, February 18, 2003, was great fun. There
were subs nearly (but not quite...) as tall as Erik Stokes.
VBG. Here is a big thank you to Dr. Silver and for the
Game Plan Scholarship money that payed for the extra-special
food that we all enjoyed. And if you are playing Trivial Pursuit,
Dr. Drost is a great partner! During the fall of 2002, we
inducted 8 new members.
The new members are
Adicus Garton, Yoosook Ha, Brie Mauser, Shannon
Miller, Kamala Mulpuri, Lori Newhouse, Mike
Pemberton, and Bonnie Shook. At our meeting on 4/10/02,
student awards (framed certificates with
cash!) were presented by Dr. Silver. |
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created by C. Clark 1/31/2003
Awardees (from left to right): Casey McGee, Kelli Hall, Ashley Brown
