Spring 2005

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Scholarship Ceremony

The 2005 Department of Mathematics Awards Ceremony was held this past April in McKenny Union. Over 100 students, faculty, and parents attended in addition to Dr. Chris Hee, Dr. Don Buckeye, and EMU President Dr. Craig Willis. The ceremony began with Dr. Barbara Britton’s “Magical Moments in Mathematics”. Dr. Britton is a real magician and uses her illusions to highlight key moments in the history of mathematics.

We want to congratulate all the students that were honored for their achievements and contributions to the Department of Mathematics:

Donald A. Buckeye Scholarship
Jacqulyn House

Bradley M. Harris Scholarship
Seth Hoxworth

Hilton G. Falahee Scholarship
Ali Hussain

Sandra J. Lobbestael Scholarship
Michelle Mitchell

Carl M. Erikson Scholarship
Katherine Williams

Mabel Jarvis Leib Scholarship, Secondary Mathematics Education
Maria Cioban
Amanda Korotney
Jamie McAdam
Kayla White

Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Education
Steve Davis
Lisa Malboeuf
Nate Nickerson
Theresa Stokes
Angela Trent

Mabel Jarvis Leib Scholarship, Elementary Mathematics Education
Sarah Gilson
Lindsay Goodwin
Tiffany Hallis
Jennifer Proevski
Jennifer Service
Kathleen Sophiea

Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Elementary Mathematics Education
Brenda Gillies
Sister Emmanual Gross
Sarah Rotarius
Paula Wilks-Wright

Doc. M. Scholarship
Brian Keathley

Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Advanced Mathematics
Mohammed Abouzahr

Award for Excellence in Developmental Mathematics
William Hudson

Award for Excellence in Developmental Mathematics
Jennifer Rich

Award for Perseverance in Developmental Mathematics
Brandy Lewis


Archimedes Challenge Mathematics Competition
Second Place Award
Alex Barbieri
Second Place Award
Brian Keathley
First Place Award
Mohammed Abouzahr

Undergraduate Research Symposium Participation Award
Amy Doss
Valerie Grier
Edward Kmett
Gian-Yu Lee

Putnam Mathematics Competition Participation Award
Edward Kmett
Daryl Posnett
Ryan White

Award for Earning one of the Top Five G.P.A.s in Mathematics
Jason Idalski
Anjal Keiser
Bryan Kucharek
Gian-Yu Lee
Layla Potts

Award for Earning one of the Top Six G.P.A.s in Secondary Mathematics Education
Alex Barbieri
Nancy Bergum
Heather Diesing
Sara Nance
Nicole Slosser
Denise Thoune

Award for Earning one of the Top Five G.P.A.s in Elementary Mathematics Education
Christine Allen
Staci Boos
Jennifer Lenhart
Kathleen Sophiea
Cortney Vaughan

Award for Outstanding Service as a Graduate Assistant
Rebecca Dibbs
Xiaokui Gu
Jakob Koch
Daryl Posnett
Jyotsna Rawal
Jing Su
Guanjun Zeng
Yuanyuan Zhao

Award for Outstanding Service as a Mathematics Tutor
Chris Allen
Zaza Aziz
Joel Bacon
Celeste Bogan
Matt Cole
Chris Dibbs
Rebecca Dibbs
Jacqulyn House
Kanthi Kaza
Sung-Hee Victor Lee
Colleen Lingler
Nui Moreland
Caleb Orr
Matt Pine
Ashwin Rebbapragada
Jason Templeman
Jason Trumble

Award for Outstanding Service to the Math Den and Countless
Math Students

Ali Hussain
Edward Kmett
Daryl Posnet
Ryan White

Dr. Barbara Britton, the magician
Jacqulyn House and Donald Buckeye
President Dr. Craig Willis with Jen Proevski and Lin Goodwin
Katie Williams and Dr. Jay Ramanathan
Dr. Buckeye and Dr. Ginther
Dr. Hee enjoying the ceremony

From left to right: Theresa Vernette,
Theresa Stokes, Ana Zakrzewski, Lisa Malboeuf, Steve Davis, Dr. Joanne Caniglia