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Five Westminster College mathematics professors attended the Mathematical Association of America – American Mathematical Society (MAA-AMS) joint meetings held in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Carolyn Cuff, professor and chair of mathematics, was the moderator for the statistics and education panel discussion. She was appointed a member of the MAA-ASA Joint Committee on Statistics Education. Cuff, who has been with Westminster since 1989, earned her undergraduate degree from Westminster College and her master's and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Barbara Faires, professor of mathematics, was the first vice president of MAA. She attended the strategic planning orientation and is a member of the MAA Board and Executive Committee. Faires earned her undergraduate degree from East Carolina University, her master's from the University of South Carolina, and her Ph.D. from Kent State University.
Natacha Fontes-Mertz, assistant professor of mathematics, attended sessions for Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) and judged posters for the undergraduate research poster session. Mertz earned her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her master's and Ph.D. from Kent State University.
Dr. James Hall, professor of mathematics, attended Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers course and Teaching Linear Algebra with Applications course. Hall, who has been with Westminster since1984, earned his undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University, his master's from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Warren Hickman, professor of mathematics, attended sessions on integrating the history of mathematics into the curriculum and mathematics in education reform (MER). Hickman, who has been with Westminster since 1968, earned his undergraduate degree from Capital University, his master's from Case Western Reserve University, and his Ph.D. from Kent State University.
Contact Cuff at (724) 946-7291 or e-mail ccuff@westminster.edu for more information.
A Halloween organ concert will feature "The Ghost of Hannibal Lector" Friday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Elizabeth A. Keen, a music performance major, will give her senior organ recital Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in Orr Auditorium of Westminster College.
Westminster College announces a Mathematic and Computer Science Colloquium Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in Hoyt Science Resources Center room 152.
Deborah R. Ward, a junior business administration major at Westminster College, recently received the Ann M. Kendlehart Scholarship Fund.
Roberto Clemente Jr., son of the late Hall of Fame baseball player, will be speaking at Westminster College Wednesday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in the Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Westminster College will host the fourth annual Alternative Gift Market in the Carlson Atrium of the McKelvey Campus Center, Dec. 5-6.
Michelle Johnston, a Westminster College senior biology major, completed a summer research fellowship in oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
Dr. Beverly Cushman, Westminster College assistant professor of religion and Christian education, is the author of a paper that was accepted for presentation at the 2009 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).
Dr. David Swerdlow, Westminster College professor of English, will share his experiences during a Semester at Sea at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
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