Connecticut Gamma Chapter Report

Institution: Fairfield University

Reporting Year: 2020-2021

Advisor: Laura McSweeney

Advisor's Email Address: lmcsweeney@fairfield.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: Kayleen Litka Vice President: Camryn Colonna Secretary: Thanh Le Treasurer: Tom Cole Historian: Marcus DeFelice

Chapter Website: http://

Number of New Members: 24

Number of Continuing Members: 3

Activities: We were able to have a socially distant, in-person induction ceremony for the 2021 and some of the 2020 inductees, with family, friends and family Zooming in. Dr. Chris Casement gave the PME Karim Foroud Memorial Lecture on "“Graphical Procedures for Statistical Inference with Applications to Basketball Analytics”. The Pi Mu Epsilon leadership organized (virtual) review sessions for the senior comprehensive exam.

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.
Several graduates will be attending Master's programs in Education. Camryn Colonna and Hailey Spinella, presented a poster on "Unexpected Chaos in a Billiar with Focusing Boundaries" at the 2021 JMM.

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