Student Recognition
Pictured (L to R): Callie Goyer, Amy Valentine
Award Recipients for 2009
- The Raymond H. Medley, Jr. Outstanding Senior Mathematics Award
2009 Recipient: Amy Valentine - The John von Neumann Mathematics and Computer Science Award
2009 Recipient: Callie Goyer - The Mathematics Problem Solving Award
2009 Recipient: Amy Valentine
Award Recipients for 2008
- The Raymond H. Medley, Jr. Outstanding Senior Mathematics Award 2008 Recipient: Nicole Finuf
- The John von Neumann Mathematics and Computer Science Award 2008 Recipient: Stephanie Bobo
Students Compete in ‘Battle of the Brains'
Six Belmont students competed in the 34th annual IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest, also known as the "Battle of the Brains," regional competition Oct. 24, 2009 at Tennessee Technological University. Tens of thousands of students in more than 90 countries participate in the global competition, and the top 100 regional champions will go on to compete Feb. 1-6, 2010 in Harbin, China.
Team one, also known as "Force Quit," with Ross Buffington, Heather Ellis and Will Proffitt, placed 4th overall by solving 4 problems in 256 minutes. Team two, also known as "Bandits," with Cory Hughes, Trevor Hinesley and Hank Carter, came in 9th overall by solving 4 problems in 434 minutes. Here is a link to all of the results: http://score.cigas.net/cgi-bin/mcpc2009.cgi?view=3
Pictured above: (L to R) Heather Ellis, Will Proffitt and Ross Buffington
Students Take Actuarial Exam
Four Belmont students (Stephanie Bobo, Scott O'Brien, Matthew Perry and Robert Woolsey) took the first Actuarial Exam P/1 in May 2009. This is the first of a series of exams which actuaries must pass in order to reach the top status in the actuarial profession. In preparation for the test, these students took a year-long probability and statistics sequence, and attended weekly problem-solving sessions, organized by Belmont faculty professors Barbara Ward and Daniel Biles.
Dr. Joan Lind, Assistant Professor in the Math & Computer Science department, along with students Sarah Claiborne and Cat Simpson, attended the 2009 CURM Spring conference in Provo, Utah on March 20-21. CURM, which stands for the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, is the agency which awards mini-grants to professors and teams of undergraduate students to conduct year-long undergraduate research projects in mathematics. One of the goals of the conference is to showcase the mathematical research supported by CURM. Since Dr. Lind and her students were awarded a 2008/2009 CURM grant, they presented a talk about their research entitled "Discovering the Curve-Creating Black Box."
