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Albion College [reported by Robert Messer]
Mark Bollman and Darren Mason have been granted tenure in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. • The Math/CS Department at Albion encourages everyone to celebrate International Plaid Day on April 28, the final Friday of Mathematics Awareness Month. Join people from around the world by wearing plaid in a show of support for mathematics. [ram@albion.edu]
Alma College [reported by Mel Nyman]
Zhewei Dai joined the department in August 2005. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from MSU in 2005. We are pleased to welcome Zhewei to our department. Robert Molina plans to be on sabbatical leave for the 2006–2007 academic year. • John Berry of the University of Plymouth and Professor in Residence at Wells Cathedral School visited the Mathematics and Computer Science department from February 10 to February 17. • Mel Nyman received a 2005 Posey Award for Faculty Excellence. This was one of five Posey Awards made by Alma C for the 2005–2006 academic year. • Aklilu Zeleke is now on the faculty of the Lyman Briggs College at MSU with a joint appointment in the Probability and Statistics Department at MSU. [nyman@alma.edu]
Alpena Community College [reported by Dan Rothe]
The 2006 Spring semester is off to a productive start for the Math/Science Department. Meghan Cameron was changed from temporary instructor to regular instructor (0.6) at our Huron Shores Campus in Oscoda. We look forward to Spring events, including the Regional Science Olympiad and Physics Olympics. We were proud to have one of our students, Rebecca Rasmussen, win the MichMATYC student scholarship this past Fall. [rothed@alpenacc.edu]
Andrews University [reported by Don Rhoads]
Keith Calkins, a teacher in the Berrien County ISD Math and Science Center, which is sponsored by Andrews University, received his Ph.D. in Physics under Carol Tanner. • Robert C. Moore, Professor of Mathematics at Southern Adventist U in Tennessee, will be the new Chair of the Department of Mathematics, replacing Don Rhoads, who is retiring at the end of the Spring semester. Don has chaired the department for six years. [dhr@andrews.edu]
Central Michigan University [reported by James Angelos]
Arthur Powell, Department of Urban Education, Rutgers-Newark, spoke in February. Shyamal Peddada, Director of Statistical Consulting Division, Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Science also spoke in February. • Sivaram Narayan received an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates grant for the next three years. Working with him will be Ken Smith, as well as Sid Graham, John Daniels, and Boris Bekker from St Petersburg, Russia. [angel1jr@cmich.edu]
Grand Valley State University [reported by Reva Kasman]
Mary Ellen Barber retired from the department. Edward Aboufadel and David Austin were both promoted to Prof., and Esther Billings, who is currently on sabbatical, received tenure and was promoted to Assoc. Prof. We have welcomed new visiting faculty Jacob Heidenreich and Joe Fox, and new affiliate faculty Tatiana Mihaylova and Lindsay Henning. Jody Sorensen is on a leave of absence. • Edward Aboufadel is the new Secretary of Section A (Mathematics) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His term of office runs through February 2010. • Once again GVSU is hosting an REU program in mathematics during the Summer of 2006. Students will research projects on wavelets, Hausdorff metric geometry, San Gaku geometry problems, and optimization. The faculty mentors this summer are Ed Aboufadel, Steve Schlicker, Clark Wells, and Will Dickinson. [kasmanr@gvsu.edu]
Hope College [reported by Todd Swanson]
We are happy to report that Aaron Cinzori was granted tenure and promoted to Assoc. Prof. • Hope will host the 30th Annual Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition on Saturday, April 1. Teams of up to three students compete in this state competition solving ten challenging problems. Contact Aaron Cinzori at cinzori@hope.edu for more details. • We will also host the 9th Annual Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on Saturday, October 21. We hope that faculty who work with undergraduate students on research projects encourage them to present their results at this popular conference. For more information about the MUMC contact Darin Stephenson at stephenson@hope.edu. • We would like to thank the mathematical community of Michigan for the condolences and kind words given to us following the death of Janet Andersen this past Fall. [swansont@hope.edu]
Lawrence Technological University [reported by Mike Merscher]
The World Robofest 2006 championship will be held at LTU on May 13. Top qualifying teams from regional and international competition will vie for the world title. C.J. Chung heads up the festival. • The 37th Annual LTU High School Mathematics Competition will be held on April 23. Mike Merscher authors the competition. • Guong-Chong Zhu has been instrumental in organizing a faculty seminar series of interesting talks in fields of mathematics, science, and the humanities. • We are being visited this semester by 24 students from Saudi Arabia, who are being guided by Gus Azar. [merscher@ltu.edu]
Schoolcraft College [reported by Randy Schwartz]
Schoolcraft C will be hosting the 13th annual conference of the Midwest Institute for International and Intercultural Education (MIIIE) on April 21–22. Two of the sessions will take up multicultural dimensions of mathematics education, with presenters Javad Abdollahi-Alibeik (WSU), Khadija Ahmed (Monroe County CC), Amy Jeppsen and Jenny Sealy (UM-Ann Arbor), Barbara Jur (Macomb CC), and Randy Schwartz (Schoolcraft C). Information and registration forms can be accessed at orgs.kvcc.edu/Midwest. [rschwart@schoolcraft.edu]
University of Detroit Mercy [reported by John O’Neill]
A number of programs for high school and grade school students will be held at UDM from March through August: STEPS, Dapcep, Unite, etc. There is even a program investigating the Rouge River Watershed: its problems, causes and cures. Those interested should contact Dan Maggio (maggiodd@udemercy.edu or 313-993-1435). [oneilljd@udmercy.edu]
University of Michigan-Flint [reported by Steven C. Althoen]
Joan Hellmann is retiring this semester after 30 years service as a
lecturer. • Richard Alfaro and Steve Althoen have assumed the co-editor position for the Classroom Capsules section of the College Mathematics Journal. [salthoen@umflint.edu]
Western Michigan University [reported by Paul Eenigenburg]
Henry Escuadro successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, “Detectable Colorings of Graphs”, under the supervision of Ping Zhang. [paul.eenigenburg@wmich.edu]
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