2008-2009 Department of Mathematics Honorees
06-30-2009
On May 1, 2009, the Department of Mathematics recognized the following award and scholarship recipients within Mathematics and Actuarial Science.
College of Science Awards
College of Science Outstanding Seniors: Arman Sabbaghi, Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics; Rachel Smith, Actuarial Science and Statistics, minor in Management; Zachary Sylvan, Physics and Mathematics
College of Science Outstanding Juniors: Philip Hebda, Mathematics; Alex Morton, Actuarial Science
College of Science Outstanding Sophomores: Eric Krafcheck, Actuarial Science, Daniel Stratman, Mathematics
College of Science Outstanding Freshmen: Parker Crosby, Actuarial Science, Sung Jun Ma, Mathematics
Mathematics Advisor Award: Peter Cook
Mathematics Awards
Michael Golomb Math Award: Haiyun Zhao
Eugene V. Schenkman Memorial Award: Kun-Chieh Wang
Jerison Memorial Award in Analysis: David Franco
Glen E. Baxter Memorial Award: Philip Hebda, Joshua Rendall
Merrill E. Shanks Memorial Award: Ryan Hoffman, Jessica Markstrom
Senior Achievement Award: Amber Meyerratken, Arman Sabbaghi, Zachary Sylvan, Haiyun Zhao
MAA Math Competition team (4th place): Justin Chen, Eric Haengel, Daniel Stratman
Putnam Exam: Kun-Chieh Wang (61.5 score). Other student participants: Brian Pace, Daniel Stratman
Spira Award for Summer Research: Alex Krzywda
Mathematics Scholarships
Thomas Arai Scholarship: Justin Chen
Leonard D. & Anna W. Berkovitz Scholarship: Jeremy Cunningham
Mark Hoppy Memorial Scholar: Jeremy Cunningham
Andris A. Zoltners Scholar: Remy Spoentgen
Virginia Mashin Scholars: Catherine Cohoat, Christopher Cunningham, Brian Pace, Joshua Rendall, Rebecca Seahorn, Remy Spoentgen, Roger Tabchouri, Robert Winding
Helen Clark Wight Scholars: James Gilmore, Megan Giordano, Linley Johnson, Mark Knight, Kristina Rubiano, Catherine Warner
Actuarial Science Awards
Actuarial Science Outstanding Senior: Rachel Smith
Actuarial Science Outstanding Junior: Alex Morton
Actuarial Science Outstanding Sophomore: Eric Krafcheck
Actuarial Science Outstanding Freshman: Parker Crosby
The Exam Awards were presented on April 6th to the following students: Abdul Rahim Ab Ghani, Robert Fulton, Jacob Libauskas, Divvya Aggarwal, Nicholas Georgopoulos, Kevin Libby, Molly Amstutz, Grant Goedde, Rebecca Lumley, Jennifer Aschenbrenner, Angela Hancock, Lisa McGuire, Robert Astleford, Sarah Haynes, Alex Morton, Steven Balog, Erin Hennessey, Elizabeth Moss, John Carroll, Matthew Hewitt, Brett Newman, Vaidehi Chhaptrapati, Michael Hoyer, Daniel O' Toole, Greg Chomanczuk, Siliang Hu, Katie Poon, Frank Cinfio, Lingbo Huang, Katherine Quinn, Chris Cunningham, Eric Hyland, Xuelu Ren, Jeremy Cunningham, Dhaval Jadhav, Sarah Ryan, Melanee Dallas, Ian Jones, Trent Sahlin, Sally Diesslin, Jacqueline Keller, Brian Schwartz, Darren Doehrmann, Eric Krafcheck, Rachel Smith, Kristen Dyson, Petrina Kusliawan, J. Daniel Stout
Actuarial Science Scholarships
AEGON Scholarship: Eric Krafcheck
Alumni Scholarship: William McCartney
Daniel Rubin Scholarships: Thomas Edson, Trent Sahlin
Swiss Re Scholarships: Angela Hancock, Rebecca Lumley, Elizabeth Moss
Problem of the Week Fall 2008
First Prize award : David Elden
Certificates of Merit – Undergraduate: Michael Burkhart
Certificates of Merit – Graduate Students: Richard Eden, Sambit Palit, Huanyu Shao, Phuong Thanh Tran
Problem of the Week Spring 2009
First Prize Award: Xingyi Qin
Certificates of Merit – Undergraduates: Andrew Bohn, Michael Burkhart, Wenyu Zhang
Certificates of Merit – Graduate Students: Huanyu Shao, Phuong Thanh Tran, James Vaught, Tairan Yuwen
Graduate Awards
Gerald R. MacLane Award: Yu Tsumura
2008-09 Outstanding Teaching Assistants: Sarah Bryant, Robert Bridges, Kuan-Hua Chen, Jia Li, Prahlad Vaidyanathan, Nicholas Wegman
Teaching Academy, Associate Member: Jaebang Kim
Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants: Robert Bridges
(CETA) – Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching: Sarah Bryant. Honorees: Prahlad Vaidyanathan, Nicholas Wegman
Advanced Graduate Teacher Certificate Recipient: Jaebang Kim
Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award: James Price
Keedy Scholarships (incoming students): Deaghan Hallihan, Andrew Homan, James Packett, Anthony Rizzie
Zoltners Graduate Scholarship (incoming students): Alan Legg, Mariana Smit Vega Garcia, Lloyd West
Carl Cowen Exceptional Promise Award: Erin Malloy (incoming)
T. T. Moh Fellowship: Qing Han (incoming)