Members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics were active at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), the largest annual math conference in the world, held January 16-19 in Baltimore, Maryland. JMM is a joint meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Assistant Professor Jon Beagley gave a talk entitled […]
Category: Faculty
News about the faculty of the Valparaiso University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
MST faculty win campus-wide awards
Two MST faculty were recently recognized with campus-wide awards for their work beyond the classroom. Professor Patrick Sullivan was named the 2021-2022 Valparaiso University Excellence in Campus Citizenship recipient. He received this award for his frequently unsung work and commitment to the well-being of the university and its system of internal governance. Professor Lara Pudwell […]
Capaldi elected as statewide MAA representative
In March 2020, Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi was elected as the Indiana Section representative to the national Congress of the Mathematical Association of America. Professor Capaldi will serve a three-year term (from 2020 through 2023), meeting annually with representatives from the other 28 Sections of the MAA. Congratulations Professor Capaldi! […]
Kolba honored for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Tiffany Kolba was one of two Valparaiso University faculty honored with the 2019-2020 Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is determined annually by the university’s Committee to Enhance Learning and Teaching. Professor Kolba’s award recognizes her significant contributions to curriculum development, especially via the statistics colloquium. More information can be found at: https://www.valpo.edu/news/2019/04/18/two-valpo-professors-recognized-for-excellence-in-teaching/ […]
Math major Tina Kalafatis and Professor Lara Pudwell inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
On Friday, May 17, senior mathematics major Tina Kalafatis and Professor Lara Pudwell were initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. Professors Tiffany Kolba and Patrick Sullivan currently serve as the vice president and secretary, respectively, of Valpo’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. You can learn more about […]
MST active at Mathfest 2019
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics was active at Mathfest, the annual national summer conference of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), held in Cincinnati, Ohio July 31-August 3. Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi organized sessions entitled “Enhance Your Teaching through Best Practices That Align with the Instructional Practices Guide” and “Teaching Mathematics Through Games”. […]
Collaborative publications from MST
Two recent publications were the result of collaboration within the MST department. Professors Alex Capaldi and Tiffany Kolba recently published a paper titled “Using the sample maximum to estimate the parameters of the underlying distribution” in PLOS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215529 Also, Professor Lara Pudwell and students Michael Bukata, Ryan Kulwicki, Nicky Lewandowski, Jacob Roth, and Teresa […]
MST at the Spring 2019 Indiana Section MAA meeting
Six faculty and six students from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics attended the Indiana Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America held April 5-6 at University of Indianapolis. Associate Professor Tiffany Kolba gave a talk entitled “Estimation of the Population Mean with the Sample Maximum.” Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi led a workshop for […]
Valpo MST faculty active at Mathfest 2018
Several Mathematics and Statistics faculty were active at Mathfest — the annual national summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) — held in Denver August 1-4, 2018. Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi coorganized a session on “Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching” and gave a poster presentation on the Establishing Practices Integrating Commuter Students (EPIC) program. […]
Valpo Represented at International Conference on Permutation Patterns
Lara Pudwell, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, attended the Sixteenth International Conference on Permutation Patterns July 9-13, 2018 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. At the conference, Prof. Pudwell gave a talk entitled “On the distribution of peaks (and other statistics)”, chaired a session, and participated in the conference series steering committee meeting. […]