Welcome to the Math Department
| Department Chair: David Koster, (608)
785-8668,
koster.davi@uwlax.edu Department Associate: Karry Auby, (608) 785-6603, auby.karo@uwlax.edu |
The UW-L Math Department
The Mathematics Department consists of twenty-three teacher-scholars who are dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. In addition to our teaching program, department members are engaged in a variety of scholarship, research, and professional service activities, including traditional research-scholarship, support for undergraduate mathematics research programs, participation in national mathematics organizations, and outreach in middle/high school mathematics. Research interests within the department include algebra, fluid dynamics, graph theory, harmonic analysis, logic, mathematics education, numerical analysis, and statistics.
As one of the traditional academic disciplines, mathematics is an integral part of the liberal arts education and is the foundation for many areas of study. In filling many roles at UW-La Crosse the Mathematics Department serves a diverse group of students; we nurture all liberal arts students, give students a solid foundation from which to study both the natural and social sciences, provide the tools needed by students in professional programs, and cultivate mathematics majors. We strive to prepare our majors and minors for careers in teaching, business, industry, government, and graduate study.
Department members regard mathematics as an interesting and lively subject, and an accessible major or minor for any student. Mathematics has both an aesthetic and a practical appeal; the enjoyment of problem solving, abstract thinking, and structural beauty draws many to mathematics, while the challenge and satisfaction of using mathematics to solve real-world problems provides an equally strong appeal. If you enjoy mathematics and want to learn more, we invite you to come study with us.
UPCOMING:
Math Education Candidates:
We will have representatives from the
Search and Screen Committee at the NCTM Meetings November 4-6, 2009, in
Minneapolis; as well as Committee members at the Joint Mathematics
Meetings in San Francisco, January 13-16, 2010. If you would like
the opportunity to talk with someone from the Mathematics Department and
Search and Screen Committee, please contact Dr. Susan Kelly, (608)
785-6610, kelly.susa@uwlax.edu
To apply please go to the Employment link on the UW-La Crosse
Human Resources Page.
Recent Events:
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'Congratulations' to the UW-La Crosse math modeling teams for their success in the first (annual) Wisconsin Mathematical Modeling Challenge (WMMC) held here at UW-L this past weekend. Two UWL teams were among the 8 competing teams from 5 universities from Wisconsin and Iowa. Each team was given 24 hours to develop a model for one of two problems.
The UWL teams placed 1st and 2nd in the written component of the contest and 3rd and 4th in the presentation component.
The two teams were:
Ali Khalili, Hoang Vo, and Vince Zander (1st written, 4th presentation)
Jon Murphy, Trevor Oswald, and Amanda Welter (2nd written, 3rd presentation)