WKU Mathematics

Math has so many applications!

USA Swimming Has a Secret Weapon: Linear Algebra — The Atlantic Science Meet the mathematician helping Olympic athletes improve their performance. July 21, 2024 This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2014, Andrew Wilson took a front-row seat in Ken Ono’s number-theory class at Emory University, in Atlanta. Wilson was not only ...

Help us congratulate Dr. Özkan Özer, an Associate Professor in WKU Mathematics, who was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Research Scholar award to represent Western Kentucky University in France beginning this fall!

Read more: https://www.wku.edu/ogden/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=12037

Our final graduate spotlight goes to Jacob Moers. Jacob made a perfect 200 score on his praxis exam! We know he’s destined for greatness. Congrats, Jacob! WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU Western Kentucky University

Congratulations to the WKU Class of 2024! 🎓

Our next SKyTeach graduate spotlight is for Dawson Knight! We can't say enough kind words about this fine young man. His future will be bright. Congratulations and best of luck! Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Western Kentucky University Simpson County Schools

This week we will highlight upcoming graduates, starting with Meichelle Paulson! We are proud of her dedication to completing the SKyTeach program. Kudos to you, Meichelle! WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU Western Kentucky University

Today we held a reception honoring our departmental award winners as well as our graduating majors and minors. 🏆🎓

National Science Foundation Grant Awarded: Making Upper Division Mathematics Courses More Relevant for Future High School Teachers Dr. Nick Fortune (Associate Professor of Mathematics) and two colleagues recently had a National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grant funded.

At the 41st annual Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education Conference, Dr. Kanita DuCloux received the Dr. Joseph H. McMillan Faculty Award, and mathematics major Alexis Pinkston received the William C. Parker Scholarship Award.

Congratulations to our 2023-2024 departmental student award winners! We are proud of their achievements and look forward to hearing about their future accomplishments!

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On April 11, the Kentucky Beta chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Mathematics Society held their 2023-2024 new member induction, during which ten new members were inducted.

Pictured: Samuel Blevens, Rachel Black, Kenedi Ashburn, Uthman Rasaq Adeniran, Wesley Blondin, Emma Bunch, and Ethan Huffaker
Not pictured: Ellie Copas, Md Zulfiqur Haider, and Sk Md Ibrahim Khalilullah

Tomorrow (April 10) is the last day to order!

It’s time to order your 2024 WKU Math t-shirts!! Shirts are $12 each. Proceeds from the shirt sale help fund the activities of WKU Math Club.

To order, please go to https://forms.gle/AmFVsY9d7cqmnXNZ9 and complete the order form. You can pay via Venmo or Cash – instructions are included in the order form. The order deadline is April 10.

Several of our students presented research at today’s WKU Student Scholar Showcase. Go Tops!

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Integration Bee: Season 1 is a contest for undergraduate and Gatton students with prizes for the best skills in evaluating indefinite/definite integrals!!! See the flyer for details.

Organized by: WKU AMS Graduate Student Chapter
Sponsored by: WKU Department of Mathematics, Pi Mu Epsilon Kentucky Beta Chapter, & WKU Math Club.

It’s time to order your 2024 WKU Math t-shirts!! Shirts are $12 each. Proceeds from the shirt sale help fund the activities of WKU Math Club.

To order, please go to https://forms.gle/AmFVsY9d7cqmnXNZ9 and complete the order form. You can pay via Venmo or Cash – instructions are included in the order form. The order deadline is April 10.

The SIAM Student Chapter is excited to announce a mini workshop on the "Control of Partial Differential Equations." Please see the event flyer for more details. Following the workshop, the chapter will be hosting SIAM's Game Night, which will also include elections for the Executive Board, including the Presidency.

It was a pleasure hosting members of the WKU Mathematics AMS Grad Student Chapter at the Southeastern Sectional Meeting at Florida State University Department of Mathematics this weekend!

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It’s time to vote for the 2024 WKU Math t-shirt design! Please visit https://wku.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5AqJRVSXsS2XRD8 to cast your vote! Voting ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, March 22.

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Thank you to Taylor (and Aaron) for teaching us how to solve a Rubik’s Cube at tonight’s Math Club event!

Happy Pi Day!!! 🥧

We've extended the deadline to FRIDAY, MARCH 15! Send your t-shirt ideas to [email protected].

We hosted our Second Annual WKU Math Contest this weekend for high school math students on Saturday. The event was triple the size of last year's inaugural contest!

Students from Barren County, Fort Knox, Greenwood, John Hardin, Muhlenberg County, North Hardin, Russellville, and Warren East high schools competed throughout the morning in different categories at their grade levels.

Our overall individual champions were Bryan Browning of Fort Knox Middle High School and Luke Champion of Greenwood High School! For their efforts, they have each been awarded a $500 scholarship to Western Kentucky University.

If you or your school would be interested in competing in next year's contest, please email [email protected]!

The pictures featured are from the awards ceremony Saturday afternoon.

Barren County High School Trojans
Dodea Fort Knox Middle High School
Greenwood High School
John Hardin High School
Muhlenberg County High School
North Hardin High School-Home of the Trojans
Russellville High School
Warren East High School
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Happy International Women’s Day! We’re proud to have a strong group of in our department.

(Not pictured: Karen Hall and Michelle Jackson)

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Priority registration starts after spring break, so schedule an appointment with your advisor ASAP!

In their monthly newsletter, the American Mathematical Society (AMS) highlights one or two AMS Student Organizations. This month they have spotlighted the WKU AMS Graduate Student Chapter! Click https://www.wku.edu/math/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=11808 for details!

AMS Graduate Student Chapter at Western Kentucky University In their monthly newsletter, American Mathematical Society (AMS) highlights one or two AMS Student Organizations. This month they have spotlighted WKU's Chapter! Click here for more.

The WKU Math Club will be selling t-shirts this semester. In order to do that, we need YOUR ideas! Please submit a sketch/rendering of your t-shirt design(s) to [email protected] by end-of-business on Monday, March 11. WKU Mathematics (or WKU Math) must be mentioned somewhere on the shirt. Various t-shirt design apps can be found online; you can also submit a hand-drawn design.

After the submission deadline, we will post a survey so that people can vote on their favorite t-shirt. The designer of the winning idea will get a free shirt! You do not have to be a Math Club member to submit/win.

Click through the album to see our previous shirts!

Join us for our Graduate Seminar as we learn about "A Trainable Approach to Large-Scale Robust Matrix Completion Via Deep Unfolding," the work of Chandra Kundu (MS '20)!

Join us on January 31 for our Graduate Seminar, where the speaker will be Yuhang Jiang (MS '20).