Nebraska Alpha Chapter Report

Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Reporting Year: 2015-2016

Advisor: Daniel Toundykov

Advisor's Email Address: dtoundykov@unl.edu

Has There Been a Change in Chapter Advisor During the Past Year?: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: President: Aaron Calderon Vice President: Cashous Bortner Treasurer: Jack Rodenburg Secretary: Muhammad Hazmi Mohd Ramli

Chapter Website: http://www.math.unl.edu/~math-club/pme

Number of New Members: 9

Number of Continuing Members: 3

Activities: 1. The 9th Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture was given on Friday, Sep 25, 2015 by Professor Michael Dorff from Brigham Young University: "How Mathematics is Making Hollywood Movies Better" 2. Info Session on Research and Internships for Undergraduates, Nov 13. Featured student presentations about their extracurricular activities in Summer 2015, and an information panel about available opportunities.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? No.

Do you have any news about current students or recent graduations? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences, etc.
Aaron Calderon has been awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship to pursue a PhD at Yale University beginning Fall 2016.

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.