Michigan Epsilon Chapter of

Pi Mu Epsilon

Raluca Muntean, President Sarah Laarman, Vice President Daniele Bortolotti, Secretary Jennifer Sikorski, Treasurer Vince Castellana, Graduate Rep. Niloufer Mackey, Faculty Advisor

http://www. wmich.edu/math-statfpimuepsilon

Program for Fall Semester 1999 1. Friday, 17 September 1999, 4:00p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Pi Mu Epsilon Pizza Party. All are invited.

2. Friday, 8 October 1999, 4:00p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Ed Moylan, Ford Motor Company, will present a talk entitled "Mathematical Mindsets and

Toolsets".

3. Friday, 15 October 1999, 4:00p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Thomas Hales, University of Michigan, will present a talk entitled "The Kepler Conjecture".

4. Thesday-Thursday, 19-21 October 1999, the Pi Mu Epsilon book sale will be held in 3368 Rood

Hall (location may change).

5. Friday, 5 November 1999, 4:00p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Frank Morgan, Williams College, will present a talk entitled "The Soap Bubble Geometry

Contest: Questions, Answers, Demonstrations, and Prizes".

6. Friday, 5 November 1999, 6:30 p.m., PME Initiation Banquet, President's Dining Room, Bern­

hard Center. After dinner talk by Frank Morgan, Wiliams College, entitled "Students and

Mathematics in the News and on TV".

7. Friday, 19 November 1999, 4:00 p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Mark Crawford and Oscar Neal, Western Michigan University students, will jointly present a talk entitled "Using the Right Directions to Find Trees, Stars, and Other Interesting

Objects".

8. Thursday, 2 December 1999, 7:00p.m., Movie and popcorn in 1104 Rood Hall. Jointly sponsored

with the Physics Club.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics College of Arts and Sciences

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