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Announcements and Schedule
of Events for Spring 2012

Congratulations

Congratulations to Elsie Campbell, Karl Havlak, and Trey Smith:

  • Elsie Campbell:    Winner of the “Second Annual Greek Award for Faculty of the Year.”
  • Karl Havlak:    Winner of the 2010 - 2011 “Excellence in Teaching.”
  • Trey Smith:    Winner of the 2010 - 2011 Angelo State University “President’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Leadership/Service.”

Student Club Meetings

Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Club Meetings

Anyone interested in mathematics is invited to attend the MAA meetings.

Contact one of the people below for details. Also, the meeting dates and location for the Spring 2012 semester will be posted below when available.

The meeting dates and location for the Spring 2012 semester will be posted below when available:

  •  February 3, 2012; location MCS 215.
Mathematics Teachers of Tomorrow (MT2) Club Meetings

All students, especially those interested in teaching or who are considering teaching mathematics, are invited to attend the MT2 meetings. Lunch is provided, and a short talk or activity follows. The meeting dates and location for the Spring 2012 semester will be posted below when available.

Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society

This national honorary mathematics society exists to promote scholarly activity among mathematics students. The meeting date and location for the Spring 2012 semester will be posted here when available.

Seminar in Mathematics

Presentations on selected topics followed by discussion comprise this seminar. Its purpose is to encourage mathematical discussion among mathematics majors and faculty members but EVERONE is invited to participate. Meeting times for Spring 2012 are Fridays at 3:00 pm with refreshments starting at 2:45 pm. The next presentation is as follows:

Dr. David A. Huckaby
An Angle on Curvature, Part 2
Friday, February 10, 3:00 P.M., in MCS 216

Curvature is fundamental to the study of geometry.  A thorough discussion of the curvature of smooth surfaces requires rather sophisticated mathematics.  Yet we can obtain a great feel for some deep and far-reaching results by studying surfaces that have flat faces and angles (like polyhedra).  In this second part of a two-part talk, we will finish our quest to understand the essence of the celebrated Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, which amazingly connects two branches of mathematics: differential geometry and topology.

Mobius Strip Competition

August Ferdinand Möbius (Nov. 17, 1790 - Sept. 26, 1868) is best known for his work in a branch of mathematics called Topology, and for the two dimensional strip that bears his name. Each fall, the MAA student club in conjunction with the Department of Mathematics hosts a competition in honor of Mobius (and for fun!). Students and professors are invited to attend and to enter a strip in the competion. Professors from the art program judge the entries and select first-, second- and third-place winners. Lunch is served at noon and the competition follows. The 2011 winner was Trey Smith! Congratulations Trey! More information about Mobius can be found at
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Mobius.html.

Mobius Strip Competition

August Ferdinand Möbius (Nov 17, 1790 - Sept 26, 1868) is best known for his work in a branch of mathematics called topology, and for the two dimensional strip that bears his name.

Each fall, the mathematics program hosts a competition in honor of Mobius (and for fun!). More information about Mobius can be found at http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Mobius.html.