Fall 2008
Chapter
News
The Newsletter for Advisors of Student Chapters of the MAA
The Newsletter for Advisors of Student Chapters of the MAA
2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings
In January 2009, faculty and students will meet in Washington, DC for the Joint Mathematics Meetings. This national meeting of the MAA and the American Mathematical Society (AMS) will bring together many opportunities for students to present their research, network with faculty and meet other students. Faculty will have opportunities to gather information about organizing activities for math clubs and MAA Student Chapters. See the articles below for more information.
Math Fest 2008
Students congregated in
Madison, WI July 31 - August 2, 2008, for MathFest 2008. A record
number of students presented talks in the Undergraduate Student Paper
Sessions. Students attended Laura Taalman's presentation "Sudoku:
Questions, Variations, and Research" during the MAA Lecture for
Students. Students had the choice of two Undergraduate Student
Activities: Dr. Ezra (Bud) Brown's "What is the Color of my Hat?" and
"Mathematics in Forensics" by Dan Russel. For information about these
events, please see the articles below.
| Undergraduate
Student
Paper
Sessions by Lyn Miller |
Undergraduate
Student Activity: What is the Color of My Hat? Dr. Ezra (Bud) Brown by Daluss Siewert |
Undergraduate
Student Activity: Mathematics in Forensics Dan Russel by Linda Braddy |
| MAA
Lecture for Students: Sudoku: Questions, Variations, and Research Laura Taalman by Kay Somers |
Student
Hospitality Area by Richard Neal |
Math Jeopardy by Robert W. Vallin |
| Special Lecture by
Timothy Pennings by Kay Somers |
MAA-PME Reception by Jacqueline Jensen |
US National
Collegiate Mathematics Championship by Richard Neal |
Other Information
Student Paper Contest, Sponsored by HOM SIGMAA
How to Reach the MAA
For Membership Information, Subscriptions and Publication Orders, contact:
The MAA Service Center
P.O. Box 9112
Washington, DC 20090-1622
800-331-1522 or 301-617-9415
Fax: 301-206-9789
For the MAA Headquarters:
1529 Eighteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1385
800-741-9412 or 202-387-5200
Fax: 202-265-2384
Suggestions, concerns and/or contributions for the CUSAC newsletter may be sent to the newsletter Chapter Newsletter Editor:
Jacqueline Jensen
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Sam Houston State University
Box 2206
Huntsville, TX 77341-2206
936-294-3517
jensen@shsu.edu