The Department of Mathematics sponsored its 24th Annual Mathematics Symposium on the evening of Friday, November 19, and Saturday morning of November 20, 2004. This year's symposiastic theme was "ELEGANT MATHEMATICS:  Discrete, Continuous, and Everything in Between."  Due to the abundant and cheerful contributions of our departmental faculty, this event was clearly a raging success! This symposium completely met its goals and objectives of providing a forum and an opportunity for students, faculty, and mathematics enthusiasts to share their interests and experiences in mathematics and mathematical concepts.  The Department seizes this opportunity to express much thanks and appreciation to the many faculty members who contributed to the total success of this event. A special note of appreciation is hereby expressed to the primary planner and organizer, Dr. Ferhan Atici, and to Dr. Tom Richmond, who obtained financial support for students through the Mathematical Association of America (MAA-RUMC, NSF Grant DMS-0241090).

Without the essential, engaged interests of our participating guests from the many universities, colleges, and schools, this symposium could not have occurred! Hence, our department hereby expresses its humble gratitude to all those wonderful guests who created the success of this event. Without them, of course, no such symposium could have occurred!

The Department hereby proudly presents the below displayed profile data regarding our 24th Annual Mathematics Symposium.

     Attendance:  130+
     Invited Addresses:  03     
     Contributed Papers:  19     
     Student Presenters:  12 (08 undergraduate students; 04 graduate students)
     Universities/Schools Represented:  19 (18 U.S. schools; 01 foreign university=Ege University-Turkey)
     States Represented:  09 (AL, KY, MO, OH, SC, TN, VA, WA, WV) and one foreign country=Turkey
     Book Exhibitors:  05 (Kathleen Fitzgerald with Brooks/Cole; Melissa Valentine with W.H. Freeman; Mike Schenk with Houghton                                       Mifflin; Roz Paul with Pearson Learning Group; and Susannah Sieper with A.K. Peters)
     Invited Speakers:  Dr. Jack Robertson, Washington State University.
                                 Dr. Martin Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla.
 
    In order to read about the Speakers and Abstracts, please select the following Hyperlink to the  Schedule of Events .
    Then, also select the next Schedule of Events link;  there, speaker names are Hyperlinks to the Presentation Abstracts.

     Symposiastic Images LINK: [CLICK HERE]