Kentucky Gamma Chapter
Murray State University
2002-2003 Chapter Report


 

Advisor and Officers

Advisor: Professor Maeve McCarthy

President: Stacey Lawler

Vice President: Jonathon Watkins

Number of New Members Inducted:

9

Number of Continuing Members:

7

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the PME national meeting at MathFest in Boulder, Colorado?

No.

Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter activities this year:

1:

Induction was held in the Fall at the Christmas Banquet, a joint event with the Euclidean Mathematics Club. The Banquet was attended by 35 people. Dr. Renee Fister spoke about the use of optimal control in biological problems.

2:

The Spring Meeting featured Dr. Tan Zhang, who spoke about the extensions of the Pythagorean theorem to manifolds.

Do you have any news about current students or recent graduates? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences. :

No.