News on Return of the UW Math Club...

Thanks to all of you who have responded so warmly to the call for resurrecting the UW math club.

New News:
The deadline for submitting abstracts for Student Speakers and applying for a student travel grant for this year's MathFest is June 28, 2005. The on-line application forms are here.

Old News:
The club just had its first meeting on Thursday, June 9, in the Math Lounge. 14 people came (thanks to all for coming!) We discussed (over cookies) interests and possible activies and directions for the club. Siva Sankrithi has agreed to be the interim club coordinator until election in the fall. So he will now coordinate the meetings and fall election. If you have ideas/suggestions about activities or would like to be involved with particular activities, please send a note to Siva (sivas@u.washington.edu) (or to me and I will forward it to him). A detailed summary of the meeting, nicely written by Siva, can be found here. To make the ideas reality, we hope everyone will get involved. So, come to one of the club meetings (dates and times during summer will be posted, place will likely be the Math Study Center) and/or write Siva (or me).

A group led by David Duncan, Michael Duncan, and Sam Burden has been meeting regularly for math topics. Contact David (pranadav@u.washington.edu) or Michael (ludwig48@u.washington.edu) if you are interested.

This webpage will remain the interim club webpage until the MSCC sets up an account for a permanent club website (hopefully this summer). Then Michael Schmitz will manage the club website, assisted by Paco Cruz, Chris Marusich, and Ted Carroll. (Thanks to them for volunteering!)

FYI :

• Some people asked about math contests besides the Putnam. There is a math modeling contest in February, on which UW had done really well (see Jim Morrow's summary). Other contests are listed at IMC for univ. students, this webpage, and this webpage. Send me an email (tseng@math.washington.edu) if you know of other math contests that may be of interest to club members, and I will post it here.
• Bob Phelps mentions that UW had a chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon from as far back as 1956-58 (when he was a grad student here!)

Below is a list of people that have expressed interest so far (and are hence put on the club member list).
Send me an email (tseng@math.washington.edu) if your name is not on the list and would like to be added.

Eric Aker
Ben Althouse
Tristan Anderson
Jasmine Bayou-Young
Sarah Kaye Berrier
Kristen Bornemann
Ted Carroll
Francisco Cruz
Sarah Davis
David Duncan
Michael Duncan
Mandy Duvall
Jill Eagle
Jeff Eaton
Otoniel Gallegos
Effie Goenawan
Graham Gordon
Mike Greaves
John Hanaway
Patrick Harbert
Dylan Harper
Laura Hodgson
Richard Kelley
Todd Krinke
Dustin Mayeda
Chris Marusich
Alexander Mendez
Elizabeth Muhm
Arthur Patterson
Siva Sankrithi
Michael Schmitz
Daniel Schultheis
Maria Scruggs
Erin Stone
Surekha Sydney
Jacqueline Rene Wilkes
Yanni Wu

The list just keeps growing... This is great!

Possible activities:

• Create a webpage and/or discussion group on math courses, majors, and curriculum. It could, for example, provide guidance to new students going into math on what courses to take (or avoid!) It could also post/share math questions or news. See other math club webpages for more examples.
• Provide input to the math department on math courses and curriculum.
• Create or participate in educational activities for K-12 students (either at the school or at the UW). For example, there is a summer math program for high school students at the UW (as well as the annual Math Day during spring break), so the club could help with that.
• Organize seminars, workshops on math or math education. Maybe there is someone "mathy" you would like to invite to the UW to give a lecture?
• Organize social events, intramural teams, math contests, T-shirt design,...
• Provide math consulting (to the public or local companies).
• Create a local student chapter of MAA (Math Assoc. America). See MAA webpage for details.
• Collecting and sending math books/journals to schools and universities in developing countries.

other math clubs

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Mathematics Department University of Washington