Connecticut Gamma
Fairfield University
2005-2006 Chapter Report

 

Advisor and Officers

Advisor: Professor Joan Weiss

President: Jessica Curtis

Vice-president: Jennie Proulx

Secretary: Edward Reis

Treasurer: Meghan Moses

Number of New Members Inducted:

24

Number of Continuing Members:

15

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

Sponsored the Presentation, "The Numbers Game Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics" by Alan Schwarz, author of the national best seller with the same title.

Sponsored annual review sessions for the Mathematics Comprehensive Exam.

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

No.

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. :

Jessica Curtis, accepted for the Masters in Statistics program at Georgetown.

Amanda Popham, Actuarial Internship during summer 2006

Julie Briggs, McGown Scholarship for partial tuition senior year.

Christopher Miller, PhD Program in Mathematics with an Assistantship