Spring 2015 Math Meeting

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Back row: Peter Schrock, Lucas Harnish, Phil Bontrager, Luke Graber. Middle row: Jon Kaasa, Minah Kim, Deeksha Pagar. Front: Julian Harnish.

Several students competed in the Indiana Colleges Mathematics Contest and attended the Indiana Section Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Spring 2015 meeting held at Taylor University.  Featured speakers included Francis Su, Harvey Mudd and MAA President, telling us about some of his favorite Math fun facts, and Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech, talking about women’s contributions to computing.  In honor of Pi Day, there was also a Pi-Tau debate between Adam Coffman, IPFW, and Andy Rich, Manchester.

The mathematics department often attends the Fall and Spring meetings of the MAA and distributes copies of MAA Horizons to its majors and minors.