The Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy “showcases the best pedagogical practice and research in higher education today.” It should be no surprise, then, that Roanoke College mathematics professors Adam Childers and Dave Taylor regularly present their work at this conference, hosted by the Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research (CIDER) at Virginia Tech. This…
The Wall of Fame on the second floor of Trexler celebrates student research. The independent thinking that goes into such work benefits students tremendously, and research is a great line item on a resume! Senior math majors Jon Marino and Heather Cook talked about their research last night (2-6-14) as part of the MCSP Conversation…
One of the reasons to keep exploring new ideas in mathematics is the frequency with which stars align and one of these ideas turns out to be central to the operation of the universe. That overstates the case, of course, but we all know that deep feeling when something that you just discovered starts appearing…
The Math Club (more officially, the Roanoke College Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America) meets every other week to fellowship and enjoy mathematics. There are various events to plan: this spring, we have student research talks, Pi Day events – the popular pieing of professors and the Piathlon competition – piling up, club…
There’s a new sheriff in town! Dave Taylor is now the chair of the MCSP Department. Trexler Hall second floor has taken on a new look, as students have commemorated Dr. Taylor’s rise to power with a poster. The good citizens of the newly renamed Taylor Town seem to be taking the change in stride…
Roanoke College had a strong presence at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in Baltimore January 15-18. Dave Taylor, Karin Saoub, Adam Childers, Jan Minton, Anil Shende and Roland Minton all attended. Karin Saoub presented “A Tour Through Graph Theory: Projects for a Liberal Arts Math…
Roanoke College sophomore computer science majors Randall Pittman and Thomas Lux won the student research competition at the Southeastern Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges at Furman University (Greenville, SC) on November 15-16, 2013. Junior physics major Maya Shende placed second in the competition. In addition, the programming team of Pittman, Lux,…
