A Departmental e-Newsletter
 
Issue #05 / April, 2006

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WKU MATHEMATICS STUDENTS
GARNER AWARDS AT CEREMONY


Photo of Ngoc Nguyen and Lan Nguyen
Outstanding Graduate Student
Receives Award


At the OGDEN COLLEGE Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony which transpired during the afernoon of Sunday, April 23, 2006, Ms. Ngoc Nguyen, one of the graduate students completing a Master's Degree in Mathematics, was named the DEPARTMENT of MATHEMATICS Outstanding Graduate Student for 2005-2006.  The Department of Mathematics hereby extends enthusiatic congratulations to Ms. Nguyen as the recipient of this award.  In recognition of her excellent work, she received a monetary award from the Department which was presented by her thesis advisor, Dr. Lan Nguyen.  Ngoc plans to attend graduate school at Bowling Green State University where she will begin work on her Ph.D. degree in Statistics.

UNDERGRAD AWARDS EVENT
STUDENTS HONORED AT CEREMONY


Bowling Green.
  Five students pursuing a major in mathematics were honored for their academic excellence in mathematics at the annual Ogden College Awards Ceremony which was held in the Knicely Center (at the South Campus) on April 23, 2006.  During that event,
Dr. Bruce Kessler (the Assistant Dean of Ogden College)  presented 54 awards to students from the nine academic departments of Ogden College.   At the ceremony, the award recipients, relatives of the honorees, family friends, and others recognized these talented students from those nine academic areas of science and engineering for their academic excellence.   The total attendance at this annual awards ceremony numbered more than 250.

Prior to the awards ceremony, the award winners were asked to select from among their professors the one who most inspired them.   Those "most inspiring professors" enjoyed the honor of presenting the awards to their students, and are pictured with their student award recipients.  

The Department of Mathematics is very proud of these award recipients who have demonstrated superior and excellent academic performance in Mathematics; the Department is equally proud of those faculty who have distinguished themselves as "favorite and most inspiring" professors as declared by their award winning students.

Award Recipient: Stephanie Micallef
Classification: Freshman
Home Town: Lexington, KY.
Presenter: Dr. James Barksdale

Award Received:--
             Robert C. Bueker Award
             for Outstanding Freshman
Photo of Stephanie Micallef & Dr. Barksdale
Award Recipient: Robert Hume
Classification: Sophomore
Home Town: Tompkinsville, KY.
Presenter: Dr. Tom Richmond

Award Received:--
                Pi Mu Epsilon Award
             for Outstanding Sophomore
Photo of Robert Hume and Dr. Richmond

Award Recipient: Cody Lorton
Classification: Junior
Home Town: Glasgow, KY.
Presenter: Dr. Wayne Tarrant

Award Received:
--
                 Outstanding Junior
                    Mathematics Award

Photo of Dr. Tarrant and Cody Lorton
Award Recipient: Chris Brassfield
Classification: Senior
Home Town: Bowling Green, KY.
Presenter: Dr. Bruce Kessler (far left)
                               & Dr. Mark Robinson


Award Received:--
       Henry M. and Zula G. Yarbrough           Award for Outstanding Senior                      Mathematics Major
Photo of Dr. Bruce Kessler and Chris Brassfield and Dr. Mark Robinson
Award Recipient: Ngoc B. Nguyen
Classification: Graduate Student
Home Town: Hanoi, Vietnam
Presenter: Dr. Lan Nguyen

Award Received:--
                Outstanding Graduate
                      Student Award
Photo of Ngoc Nguyen and Lan Nguyen

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