In the department...
Zsolt Lengvarszky arrives at LSUS.
The LSUS Department of Mathematics is delighted to announce that Dr. Lengvarszky, formerly at Claflin University, has joined the department as of June 2008. He began teaching Calculus II immediately upon arrival — he had arrived in town only the day before the summer semester started. Welcome aboard, Zsolt!
Elliot Stonecipher speaks at LSUS:
"Predicting the Outcome of Elections using Actuarial Science"
BH 442 (Bronson Hall), Wednesday, April 23, 12:00-1:00pm.
Click here for more info.
Jared Vicory
is the LSUS "Outstanding Math Student" for 2007-08! He received his award at the Academic Awards Convocation, April 11, 2008. Congratulations, Jared!
Professor Roger B. Nelsen visits LSUS!
(March 29, 2008)
Click HERE for an abstract of Professor Nelsen's talk.
COS Dean, Dr. Paul Sisson, receives
Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award
COS Student Research Symposium, April 25, 2008
We hope you did not miss Jim Roberts Week at LSUS!
(March 9-13,2008)
Carlos Spaht named U.S. Professor of the Year
Dr. Tibor Szarvas joins the LSUS Department of Mathematics as
professor and chair.
Dr. Szarvas is a native of Hungary with a doctorate
from the University of South Carolina (1997) and comes to LSUS after
heading the mathematics department at San Diego Christian College for
the last ten years.
Dr. Szarvas arrives in Shreveport with his three young sons and his
wife, Dr. Anita Szombathelyi, who has a doctorate in secondary math
education (also from USC) and is presently serving as an adjunct
lecturer in the math department.
Congratulations go to Dr. Debbie Shepherd, who was awarded tenure and
promoted to Associate Professor in 2007. The LSUS Department of
Mathematics deeply thanks Dr. Shepherd for also serving as department
chair for the last two years. She is relieved in this duty by Dr.
Szarvas (and is she ever relieved). Dr. Shepherd continues to admister the
BORSF grant, "Enhancement of the Undergraduate Actuarial Science
Concentration at LSUS" (now in its third year).
Mr. Keith Neu, who has been an instructor in the department for the
last few years, has accepted a position at Angelina College in nearby
Lufkin, TX. Keith is a graduate of LSUS and received a Masters degree in
mathematics at the University of Kentucky. We wish him all the best.
LSUS receives $68,000 HP Technology Grant for Teaching. The grant
allows for the fitting of a classroom with HP wireless Tablet PCs to
enhance learning in engineering, math, science, or computer science.
Tablet computers obtained through this grant will be used at LSUS in the
design or redesign of courses in both math and physics. A new math
class entitled "Wavelets, Mathematical Art, and Complex Numbers" is
being taught by Dr. Paul Sisson (Professor of Mathematics and Dean of
the LSUS College of Sciences) using tablet technology to integrate the
guidance, creation, and display of student artwork. For more, see the
press release.
Ms. Wanda Moseley, LSUS Instructor of Mathematics, has been elected
the 2007 - 2008 State President for Kappa Kappa Iota, a national
education organization.
Read about other recent
Math Department news.
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