Idaho Alpha Chapter Report

Institution: University of Idaho

Reporting Year: 2015-2016

Advisor: Alex Woo

Advisor's Email Address: awoo@uidaho.edu

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

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: Mark Nielsen

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: markn@uidaho.edu

Officers: President: Shannon Foss Vice President: Alex Wezensky Secretary/Treasurer: Mahalingham Dhamodharan

Chapter Website: http://

Number of New Members: 10

Number of Continuing Members: 19

Activities: 1) We attended the on-campus production of the play "Proof" 2) One of our monthly meetings was called "Games with Math" where we discussed the mathematical framework behind games such as Sudoku and Nim

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.
Four members graduated. Two members attended the Budapest Semesters in Math program.

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