Banquets & Receptions
- MAA-PME Student Reception
Wednesday, August 5, 4:30 – 5:30 pm - Opening Reception
Wednesday, August 5, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
The Association is pleased to hold a reception with a cash bar for all MathFest participants immediately preceding the Opening Banquet.
- Opening Banquet
Wednesday, August 5, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Emcee:- Nancy Neudauer, Pacific University
Outgoing Governor, Pacific Northwest Section
- Ed Sandifer, Western State University
Editor of the MAA online column “How Euler Did It”
Mathematicians agree; a good theorem deserves a good proof. Or even two or three of them. Why do we like to prove things twice? Does it make them truer? Or better? We'll answer this question by showing yet again that Euler's result,
, is one of the most wonderful results in mathematics. It's so nice, we'll prove it twice. Or even three times. - Nancy Neudauer, Pacific University
- Graduate Student Reception
Thursday, August 6, 5:00 – 6:00 pm - PME Student Awards and Banquet
Friday, August 7, 6:30 – 8:00 pm - Ice Cream Social
Friday, August 7, 9:00 – 10:00 pm
Besides cake and ice cream, we will recognize all students who gave talks in the MAA Student Chapters paper sessions, and award prizes for the best of them. All are invited.
- Silver and Gold Banquet
Saturday, August 8, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Emcee:- Afton Cayford, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia
Webmaster, Pacific Northwest Section
- Robert Osserman, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
Special Projects Director, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
An attempt to answer simple questions about the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis has led along a number of intriguing paths, both mathematical and historical. Several of those will be recounted here.
- Afton Cayford, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia