| Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter mathematical activities this year: |
| 1.) We had a semester-long Math Competition in spring. The details of this competition are described below. 2.) We had a holiday ornament fundraiser in December. We decorated holiday ornaments with mathematical symbols, words and equations, and sold them to other students and math faculty members. |
| Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the 2012 PME national meeting at MathFest in Madison, Wisconsin? |
| 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. |
| No news yet. |
| If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results. |
| We were awarded the Prize Grant to conduct a mathematics competition in the Spring 2012 semester. Each week, a new problem was posted, and students in the math department submitted solutions. We offered $5 for the best solution each week, and a grand prize of $50 to the student who won the most problems each week. The winner of the competition was Kelsi Espinoza, who was also inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon this year. Quite a few students worked on solutions to problems, and several won cash prizes. The competition was therefore successful in promoting scholarship in mathematics. |
