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OFF
ON A TANGENT
A Fortnightly Electronic
Newsletter from the Hope
College Department of Mathematics
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| April 28,
2004 |
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Vol. 2, No. 14
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Kevin Butterfield (a.k.a. Vectorman)
warms up before his multivariable final
exam earlier this week.
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Senior and sophomore prizes in
mathematics given out last week
This year's winners of the Albert E. Lampen Award in
Mathematics
were Benjamin Schoettle and Jonathan Sedon. This award is given
each year to the graduating senior (or seniors) in
recognition of his or her outstanding achievement in the study of
mathematics at
Hope. This year's winners of the John H. Kleinheksel Award in
Mathematics
were Julie Pollock, Rebecca Schewe, Jennica Skoug, and Darren Van
Beek. This award is given each year to students taking sophomore
level courses for their outstanding achievement in mathematics and
promise for future success. The awards are named after two
longtime members of the mathematics department. Kleinheksel was a
member of the department from 1878 to 1916 and Lampen was a member from
1918 to 1957.
Congratulations to our graduating seniors
Fifteen mathematics majors are graduating this year. Their names
and their plans after graduation are as follows. Congratulations
go out to all of them as well as best wishes in their future endeavors.
- Peter Brown is teaching mathematics at Lake Michigan College.
- Leslie Colburn is moving to Washington D.C. and hopes to find a
job
doing statistical work.
- Ben Freeburn plans to become a secondary school mathematics
teacher.
- Martha Graham plans to become a secondary school mathematics and
German teacher.
- Andrew Kiel plans to go into the business world.
- Nathan Kooistra will be attending graduate school in computer
science at the
University of Minnesota.
- Sarah
McEvoy will be looking for opportunities in Colorado Springs.
- Jason Mejeur plans to enter the world of business.
- Benjamin Schoettle is working at Pados.
- Ben Onken will be taking the next year off then possibly go to
graduate school.
- Mark Thelen plans to become a secondary school mathematics
teacher.
- Jonathan Sedon plans to go to law school.
- Justin Shorb plans to go to graduate school to study chemistry.
- Sara
Tatge has a job lined up in Yellowstone National Park for this summer
and will hopefully continue year around.
- Chris VanSlooten plans to become a secondary school mathematics
teacher.
Hope grad receives award
Tammy (Bouwens) Ashby '97 was recently given the Robert C. Seber
Memorial Award at Western Michigan University. The award is given
annually to advanced students in the Master of Arts in the Teaching of
Mathematics Program for outstanding scholarship in mathematics and
mathematics education. Tammy taught mathematics in high school for
several years, most recently at West Ottawa High School.
Errata
Nathan Kooistra a senior majoring in mathematics and computer
science joined the Zeta of Michigan chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa. We mistakenly left his name off the list of mathematics
majors receiving that honor in our last newsletter.
"It
ain't over 'til it's over."
-- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (b.
1925)