Fall Math Events 2004

We invite undergraduate students in mathematics and allied majors, women graduate students, women junior/senior high school students interested in mathematics, alumnae and the women mathematics faculty at UD to join us for Conversations among Women in Mathematics. The event has three parts:

A panel discussion on women in mathematics. The panelists will be
- Marjorie August ('91), senior software engineer at General Dynamics Land Systems
- Amy Bellis, cryptologic mathematician, National Security Agency
- Teresa Dean ('79), senior human resource manager at Procter & Gamble
- Kathleen Dietz ('71), senior mathematics teacher at Calvert Hall High School
- Jane Pendergast ('74), Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Public Health Statistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Iowa
Parallel hands-on mathematics workshops. The workshops will be led by Dr. Amy Bellis (National Security Agency), Dr. Annalisa Crannell (Franklin and Marshall College), Dr. Carol Schumacher (Kenyon College), and Dr. Aparna Higgins and Dr. Becky Krakowski (both on the faculty at UD).
A catered luncheon in the Kennedy Union Ballroom.

We gratefully acknowledge funding for Conversations among Women in Mathematics from the following: The Tensor Foundation, the Association for Women in Mathematics Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day Program (funded by Elizabeth City State University and the National Security Agency), the Leonard A. Mann, S.M., Chair in the Sciences at UD, the UD Women's Center and the Department of Mathematics. We also thank the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics for their support.

The 5th Annual Schraut Memorial Lecture

The 5th Annual Schraut Memorial Lecture will follow Conversations among Women in Mathematics. This year's Schraut Lecturer is Dr. Jane Pendergast ('74), Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Public Health Statistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Iowa. Her talk is titled Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Role of Statistics in Health Research.

The 21st Biennial Alumni Seminar

As in every even-numbered year since 1964, alums of the Department of Mathematics will return to the University of Dayton to gather together and meet with students interested in mathematics. This will give our alums an opportunity to inform students (including all participants of Conversations) about the professions they are in and how their studies in mathematics relate to their careers.

The Schraut Memorial Lecture and the Alumni Seminar are generously supported by donations from our alums.