Austin Peay State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics

"We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics." —Katherine Johnson

Our last research seminar of the semester will be held tomorrow at 2:30pm in MMCS 242, featuring Dr. Brad Fox on "Happy and Elated Numbers"

Two of our students presented at the TN Academy of Sciences Conference last week at Cumberland University. Jackson Lewis earned 2nd place in the Math and CS session with “Minimal Surfaces: An Introduction to Differential Geometry," and William Keener's "Differential Geometry from a Calculus Perspective" earned 4th place in that session. Their projects were both mentored by Dr. Ben Ntatin.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics honored our top students yesterday, presenting awards for their outstanding academic achievement and research success. Congratulations to the following recipients!
- Kemeliz Fuentes, who will soon earn a degree in Data Science, the recipient of our Department's Outstanding Senior Award
- Kyra Lander, a second-year Math Education major, for earning our department's Outstanding Sophomore/Junior Award
- Christine Jator, who is in her third year of our Data Science program, for being this year's recipient of the Nell Rayburn High Impact Practice Award
-Anthony Thai and Monsuru Durojaiye for earning the Graduate Student Awards for our Mathematical Finance program
- Gabrielle Burnett and Megan Oelgoetz who received the Graduate Student Award for our Master's program in Predictive Analytics
- Alice Guardo and Leah Winter who earned the Graduate Student Awards for our Mathematics Instruction program

The last Math & Stats Research Seminar of the semester will be in one week on Thursday 4/25 at 2:30pm in MMCS 242. Dr. Brad Fox will be presenting on the fun number theory/recreational math topic of "Happy and Elated Numbers"

One of our great math faculty was featured in APSU's CAFE Newsletter

Congratulations to the six newly inducted members into the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society! Jason Frederick, Christine Jator, Jackson Lewis, Megan Oelgoetz, Joseph Williams, and Dr. Mary Akinyemi are well-deserving on this honor.

Come by Maynard this morning for coffee, snacks, and some cool C.S. activities!

Make plans to join us Monday morning to start your week with , hosted by ! ☕ 🎩

Tomorrow afternoon is our next Math & Stats Research Seminar featuring APSU alum Dr. Daniel Jeske, who is a Professor of Statistics and Vice Provost at UC-Riverside. Come for refreshments and an excellent talk at 3:30pm in Maynard 244.

Exciting opportunity for our department chair Dr. Jackie Vogel, as she will be presenting this Friday at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Her talk on an "Analysis of Proportional Reasoning for Students" will be live as part of the Mathematics Seminar Series and on Zoom at the link in the flyer.

APSU hosted over 250 students this week for each of the TMTA Middle School and High School Mathematics Contests. Great job to all the competitors, and thanks to all the faculty and volunteers who helped run the contest!
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Four math students presented a poster at the Student Research Symposium yesterday: Briauna Bonney and Sage Patten on Odd Graceful Labelings with Dr. Fox, Samuel Whitaker on Analysis of Heat Waves in Phoenix, and Autumn Schneider on Oil Production and Price in the US with Dr. Sahi. Excellent work by these students and their research mentors!

Three of our graduate students presented at the APSU Student Research Symposium: Olayinka Ugwu - Study of U.S. Crude Oil Prices and Geopoliticial Factors, Megan Oelgoetz - Time Series Model to Predict Gastrointestinal Illnesses in Tennessee, and Monsuru Durojaiye - Quantifying Credit Risk in the Lending Industry. Great work by them and their research mentor Dr. Sahi!

Today is APSU's Student Research Symposium. We have three graduate students giving oral presentations at 9:20am in the MUC and four undergraduate students with poster presentations between 2pm and 4pm this afternoon

Next Tuesday April 9th, the Cigna Group is hosting an information session with our students about their Actuarial Executive Development Program. This is a great opportunity for students interested in this field from 2:30 - 4:30 pm in Sundquist E106A.

See y'all tomorrow at Science on Tap, hosted by Strawberry Alley Ale Works! Drs. Sullivan and Dunkle have an excellent presentation on deck for everyone who makes it out. Doors open at 5 and the event begins at 5:30! 🔬🍻

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Next Wednesday APSU alum Dr. Daniel Jeske, a Professor and Vice Provost at UC-Riverside, will return to campus as a speaker at the Math & Stats Research Seminar. His talk on "Improving the Usefulness of Statistical Classifiers" will be at 3:30pm in Maynard 244.

We had a great turnout of students at yesterday's Math & Stats Industry Seminar. Our speaker was Austin Wheeler, an APSU alum who works as a Senior Business Information Analyst at Elevance Health.

Several of our Math & Stats students will be presenting at the Research Symposium next Wednesday. Come by to see posters of their research projects!

Reminder about this fantastic event this afternoon

Our second Industry Seminar of the year will be held on Wednesday from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm in Maynard 244. Our speaker is Austin Wheeler, an APSU alum from our Math Finance program. He is currently working at Elevance Health as a Senior Business Information Analyst.

Our second Industry Seminar of the year will be held on Wednesday from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm in Maynard 244. Our speaker is Austin Wheeler, an APSU alum from our Math Finance program. He is currently working at Elevance Health as a Senior Business Information Analyst.

CoSTEM Coffee.

Friday.

Sundquist Atrium.

Hosted by the APSU Department of Agriculture.

See y'all there.

A terrific group of 3 faculty and 12 students attended the MAA Southeast Section Conference at UT-Knoxville this weekend. Four of the students - William Keener, Ben Bruyns, Jackson Lewis, and Jazz Kreuser - competed in the Math Jeopardy competition.

Four students presented in the student or contributed paper sessions - Samuel Whitaker, Olayinka Ugwu, Megan Oelgoetz, and Monsuru Durojaiye - while Jackson Lewis presented in the student poster session.

And three of our Math professors presented on their research or innovative teaching methods - Drs. Nicholas Kirby, Kelly Buch, and Brad Fox.

APSU's Math Jeopardy team competed today at the MAA Southeast Section Conference at UT-Knoxville. Great job by William Keener, Benjamin Bruyns, Jackson Lewis, and Jazz Kreuser!

Follow the digits of pi over to the Maynard lobby this morning for free coffee and pie in celebration of Pi Day!

Start your Pi Day celebrations with coffee and pies tomorrow morning starting at 9am in the Maynard Lobby

Come celebrate Pi Day with events ranging from a 3.14 mile race at 3:14pm on Thursday, a pie eating contest, and a 3.14-legged race!

APSU to celebrate Pi Day in style at Fortera Stadium APSU's Department of Mathematics and Statistics is inviting students to celebrate Pi Day with pie-eating contests, races and more. Registration is open to all students, regardless of major.

Some cool events after spring break to mark on your calendars: CoSTEM Coffee on Pi Day (3/14) hosted by our department from 9-11am, the Pi Day Irrational Race at 3:14pm on 3/14 hosted by the Chemistry Department, and our next Math & Stats research seminar on Tues 3/19 at 2:30pm