Month: December 2015

MCSP’s Bowl Game

In the college football bowl season, Dr. Maggie Rahmoeller offers the following alternative bowling experience.. Math Club got a little crazy one Friday night in December. Oh, it started out normal enough- I mean, how crazy can bowling be? Well, when you get a seasoned Math faculty member to bowl like this, I’d say things…

Holiday Greetings From MCSP!

The Palm Pipe Orchestra of Jan Minton’s Honors 301 class sends greetings from the class and the MCSP department for a wonderful holiday season. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9riI5tSpYPk&w=560&h=315]

Upcycled Theorems in New Hall

If you think that math and art are opposites, you will be surprised by Upcycled Theorems, the gallery created by Jan Minton’s “Mathematics and Art” class, HNRS 301. A wide range of connections between math and art are explored in this course. The students demonstrated three of them in an open house in New Hall…

Simulating stormwater outflow and playing soccer

One of the highlights for any science undergraduate is completing a research project.  Whether or not it is on/off-campus, whether or not it is un/paid, whether or not it is for credit, there is much to be gained through the process of creating new knowledge.  The painful process of submitting the mind to the focus…

And Now, Introducing …

The Roanoke Maroon Stat Crew introduced itself to the RC campus at an MCSP Conversation Series presentation on Tuesday, December 1. The Crew is a group of students, seven strong this fall, who work with the Roanoke College athletic teams to provide useful information to the coaches. The Crew worked with both the men’s and…

The Stat Crew Wants You!

The Roanoke Maroon Stat is a group of students who work with the Roanoke College athletic teams to provide useful information to the coaches. The seven students in the Fall 2015 Crew represent five different majors and range from freshman to senior. An interest in the statistics of sports and a willingness to be part…