She has taught mathematics as an adjunct faculty member at MCC and Oakland CC for the last ten years. There is a program for dinner on Friday, October 15, but the actual conference will be Saturday, October 16. A call for speakers and presiders will be issued soon, and the conference notification will be sent out in late August or early September. This time of year is lovely, with the changing of the fall colors. For the fourth year, the department will conduct a Summer Mathematics Institute for outstanding high school students.
Participants earn eight college credits in advanced mathematics.
The first set of students completed the General Examination for the new PhD program in Applied Mathematical Sciences this January. This winter the department continues its Industrial Mathematics and Statistics seminars, a joint venture with local industries. Datta Kulkarni is on leave for the winter at the General Motors Global Research and Development Organization. Both team and individual prizes are awarded. The first mathematics-dedicated computer lab at Schoolcraft was installed last summer.