Institution: Troy University

Reporting Year: 2016-2017

Advisor: Kenneth Roblee

Advisor's Email Address: kroblee@troy.edu

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

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: President: Katie Sippel Vice-Presidents: Carlie Spencer and Adhiraj Roka Secretary: Emily Lincoln Treasurer: Roger Rickman

Chapter Website: http://

Number of New Members: 19

Number of Continuing Members: 15

Activities: 1. Thanks to a conference grant from Pi Mu Epsilon, we were able to continue our TROY MathFest undergraduate mathematics conference. This was our 11th such conference. This year, we had about 80 participants. There were participants from 5 different institutions. Activities included the following: Talks by undergraduates (and 1 graduate), a poster session, calculus competition, a Pi Mu Epsilon discussion forum (discussed issues in getting involved in undergraduate research, working on problems, etc.), and invited speaker Professor Vitaly Voloshin, pioneer of Mixed Hypergraph Coloring. His talk was entitled "History of the most Famous Error in Graph Theory." Lunch and refreshments were provided for all participants. 2. We had "Math Game Night." The members brought and played board games, such as Yahtzee, Connect 4, Monopoly, and other games.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? Yes, we have one student planning on attending.

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.
Recent graduates: 1. Brooke Maae, Brandon Tkac, James Nichols are attending graduate school at the University of South Alabama. 2. Justin Huval, Tabitha Turner, and Elizabeth Brazier are attending graduate school at Auburn University. Current Students: 3. Katie Sippel received a scholarship to study abroad in Germany this past year. She will now be participating in an REU at Auburn University this summer. 4. Richard Sizelove will be participating in a summer program in Biostatistics at Emory University this summer. 5.

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.
Thanks to a conference grant from Pi Mu Epsilon, we were able to continue our TROY MathFest undergraduate mathematics conference. This was our 11th such conference. This year, we had about 80 participants. There were participants from 5 different institutions. Activities included the following: Talks by undergraduates (and 1 graduate), a poster session, calculus competition, a Pi Mu Epsilon discussion forum (discussed issues in getting involved in undergraduate research, working on problems, etc.), and invited speaker Professor Vitaly Voloshin, pioneer of Mixed Hypergraph Coloring. His talk was entitled "History of the most Famous Error in Graph Theory." Lunch and refreshments were provided for all participants.