Rhode Island Gamma
Providence College
2006-2007 Chapter Report

 

Advisor and Officers

Advisor: Professor Jeffrey Hoag

Number of New Members Inducted:

17

Number of Continuing Members:

18

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

1) Weekly math problem contest had lots of participation.

2) Induction Ceremony..very well received talk by Catherine Roberts of Holy Cross about her work helping study rafting traffic at Grand Canyon.

3)Four students who did REUs last summer spoke about their experiences one evening.

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

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. :

Graduate School AcceptancesJackie Scholl - Yale University, Rice U.Katherine Ryan - Boston CollegeDeanna Dupuis -Tufts, SUNY-Stony Brook, U. Virginia, Notre DameBernadette Boyle -Tufts, SUNY-Stony Brook, Notre Dame