WA Epsilon Chapter Report

Institution: Gonzaga University

Reporting Year: 2018-2019

Advisor: Bonni Dichone

Advisor's Email Address: dichone@gonzaga.edu

Has There Been a Change in Chapter Advisor During the Past Year?: No

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: Chapter Advisor: Bonni Dichone // Permanent Faculty Correspondent: Bonni Dichone/Michelle Ghrist // Additional Scholarship Committee Members: Shannon Overbay (as Department Chair) // President: Kyle Black // Vice President: Emma Kar // Executive Committee: None // Secretary-Treasurer: Bonnie Harper  

Chapter Website: http://www.gonzaga.edu/college-of-arts-sciences/departments/mathematics/about-the-department/honors-awards

Number of New Members: 14

Number of Continuing Members: 12

Activities: 1. Sponsoring and hosting the second PiMUC (Pacific Inland Mathematics Undergraduate Conference). // 2. Members participated in Gonzaga's Saturday Morning Tutoring program for local K-12 students.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? Unfortunately, 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.
Spring 2019 Graduates: Kyle Black, Rachael Kuhn, Micahela Bruns, Emma Kar, Maxwell McKee, Anna Pfluger, Hannah Tolson, Andrew Zenoni, Alex Pihl, Jeffrey Varness // Carsrud Award Winner (Outstanding Senior Award): Hannah Tolson // Service Award: Emma Kar // Rising Junior: Benjamin Bladow // Multiple conference presentations

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.
We were awarded a PME Conference Grant. The funds were used to sponsor the second PiMUC conference, held at Gonzaga. Funding was used for facilities, food, and prizes for best presentation and poster. // We were also awarded a PME Prize Grant used to help award: Carsrud Award (top graduating senior), Junior Awards, Service Award, and Freshman Award. We held the departmental awards ceremony in conjunction with the PME induction.