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Senior Presents at Conference
Lindsay Moomaw, senior Mathematics and Business Administration major, presented a talk on October 27 at the Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Michigan State University. Her talk, College Desirability: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis, was a result of her summer research at Miami University's SUMSRI program this past summer.  The institute was held June 4 - July 20 on Miami University's Oxford, Ohio campus. Lindsay worked with Andrea Austin from St. Michael's College, Vermont, and Terrell Felder from North Carolina A&T State University, and under the direction of Dr. Vasant Waikar from Miami University.

Alumnus Talks about Law School
Jeff Smith '01 returned to campus on October 24 to share his experiences in his talk Career Path from Math to Law with mathematics students. Jeff, a double major in Mathematics and Economics at B-W, went on to Law School at Case Western Reserve University. Since then, he has been with the firm of Millisor & Nobil Co., specializing in employee benefits.

Alumnus Talks about Law School
On Monday, October 8,  Corey Clay '07, spoke to interested students about his experience as a first year law student at the University of Virginia, as well as the application process. Corey was a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science, with a minor in Political Science. He served as President of the Student Body and was involved in numerous campus organizations and activities during his four years at B-W. In addition, he was named one of  five 2007 Outstanding Seniors.

Professor Joins Department
Beginning in August, Ellen MulQueeny joined the Department as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Professor Mulqueeny is currently completing her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education at Kent State University.
 
Professor Retires
Dr. Gerardus Bouw, Professor of Computer Science, retired at the end of the 2006-07 academic year. Dr. Bouw began his career at Baldwin-Wallace in 1980 teaching Computer Science courses. In more recent years, he has taught courses primarily in Computer Information Systems, many of those in the evening.

Programming Team Takes Second
The programming team of Todd Bailey, Corey Clay and Nathaniel Maier took second place at the First Annual Ohio Wesleyan Programming Contest held on April 21, 2007.  Todd and Corey are double majors in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Professor Gives Lecture
Dr. Richard Varga presented a lecture entitled "Gersgorin and His Circles" on Wednesday, April 18. Dr. Varga is a University Professor and Director of Research at the Institute of Computational Mathematics (ICM), Department of Mathematical Sciences at Kent State University.

Mathematics Honorary Initiates Members
The Baldwin-Wallace Chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon, national mathematics honorary, inducted 24 new members at its annual initiation ceremony on Saturday, March 31. The ceremony, held in the Grindstone Room of the College Union, concluded with parents and friends joining the initiates and departmental faculty for a reception.

2006-07 Student Award Recipients
The Department recognized outstanding Mathematics and Computer Science students at the annual Honors Day Convocation, March 30, 2007.