Advisors and Officers
Advisor: Stephen Hartke
President: April Christensen
Vice President: Jay Cummings
Treasurer: Rachael Farrar
Secretary: James Carraher
Webmaster: Asif Hazrat
Number of New Members Inducted:
5
Number of Continuing Members:
11
Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter activities this year:
For our Second Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture, Gwen Fisher of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo spoke about Visualizing Symmetry: How I Use Symmetry Groups in My Art. The talk was attended by about 80 people, and was well received. The Nebraska Alpha chapter received a PME grant for prizes for our “Problem of the Fortnight.” Every two weeks, a problem requiring a deeper level of insight (but not mathematics beyond the calculus level) would be posted. The best solution was awarded a $10 gift certificate to the UNL Dairy Store. In most weeks we had about 5-7 submitted solutions. The contest was run by two graduate students, Brian Kell and Derek Boeckner. The Problem of the Fortnight was very successful in generating conversation among students, and faculty too!
Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the 2009 PME national meeting at MathFest in Portland, Oregon?
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?
J. Travis Johnston won the Math Department Chair’s Prize for outstanding graduating senior in mathematics; he will be attending graduate school at the University of South Carolina in the fall.
If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.
The Nebraska Alpha chapter received a PME grant for prizes for our “Problem of the Fortnight.” Every two weeks, a problem requiring a deeper level of insight (but not mathematics beyond the calculus level) would be posted. The best solution was awarded a $10 gift certificate to the UNL Dairy Store. In most weeks we had about 5-7 submitted solutions. The contest was run by two graduate students, Brian Kell and Derek Boeckner. The Problem of the Fortnight was very successful in generating conversation among students, and faculty too!