Welcome to the Department of Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics contributes to the Concordia community by encouraging recognition and understanding of math in the world around them. We offer the advanced math student an evolving blend of classical methods and modern techniques to prepare them for professional careers or graduate study.
Math Day 2009 is Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Click for more information.
Interested in studying math at Concordia University? We are now accepting applications for scholarships in math and science. Please e-mail Dr. Robert Krueger at rkrueger@csp.edu for more information. Apply for admission to Concordia today!
Mathematics Convocation on Wednesday, September 24 at noon in the BEC
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Do Dogs Know Calculus? Bifurcations at the Beach
Dr. Tim Pennings, Hope College
We will show that dogs - at least my dog, Elvis - knows calculus. That is, Elvis can find the optimal - fastest - route to a ball thrown into the water some distance down the beach. But what happens when Elvis is positioned in the water and retrieves a ball that is also in the water? When should he swim straight to the ball, and when should he swim in to the shore, run along the shore, and then swim back out to the ball? What is the bifurcation point for the change in optimal strategy? Does Elvis bifurcate? Does his fur bicate?
Dr. Elvis (he has an honorary doctorate degree) will be in the building demonstrating that he's indeed the King of Calculus - and much more than a hound dog. |
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The 2008 Academic Honors Convocation
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mathematics students who received Departmental Scholarships were also recognized for:
Dean's List
Paula Bangert, Amy Bjornson, Amy Blom, Brittany Brandt, Melissa Burrows, Staci Christensen, Laura Dale, Kellie Doble, Tiffany Goodchild-Winchell, Bryan Gustavson, Daniel Harris, Octavia Henkels, Laura Hillman, Joshua Huber, Kirk Ingram, Paul James, Sandra James, Jalmar Kurki-Fox, Adam LeMay, Maggie McNamara, Christine Mennicke, Matthew Morgan, Molly Noser, Carol Olson, Kyla Rentch, Emily Van Siclen, Shae Wallin, Kelsey Walt
Erlo Warnke Math/Science Scholarship
Amy Blom, Paul James
Service-Learning Student Community Building Brick Award
Laura Hillman
Carl and Wilhelmina Toensing Scholarship (Theatre)
Joshua Huber
Academic All Conference (NSIC)
Kirk Ingram, Paul James, Sandra James, Maggie McNamara, Kyla Rentch, Shae Wallin, Kelsey Walt
Outstanding First-Year Mathematician Award
Sandra James
ESPN Academic All Distric Third Team
Maggie McNamara
Paul W. Stor Biology Scholarship
Kelsey Walt
Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholarship Teams
Kelsey Walt
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We have a new math professor!
We welcome Sharon Mosgrove
to the math department
starting in the fall of 2008. |
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