Math Department awards

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James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents students Tyler Weber, Kimberly Crain, and Farhan Islam with the Marian Daniells Scholarship.
Marian Daniells Scholarship: Tyler Weber, Kimberly Crain, Farhan Islam

Students, faculty, and staff were recognized in a ceremony on April 28, 2017. The ceremony had a nice turnout of students, their parents, and members of the Mathematics Department. The awards presentation was followed by a reception. At the reception Chris Schultz was also honored upon her retirement for her significant contributions to the math department.

Undergraduate Student Awards

James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents students Tyler Weber, Kimberly Crain, and Farhan Islam with the Marian Daniells Scholarship.
Marian Daniells Scholarship: Tyler Weber, Kimberly Crain, Farhan Islam
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Kelsey Christensen with the Herta & H.T. David Scholarship.
Herta & H.T. David Scholarship: Kelsey Christensen
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Elizabeth Haut with the Alan Heckenbach Award.
Alan Heckenbach Award: Elizabeth Haut
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents students Ben Frankel and Nicklas Day with Gertrude Herr Adamson Awards.
Gertrude Herr Adamson Award: Ben Frankel, Nicklas Day
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education presents students Nathan De Graaf and John Sawatzky with Dio Lewis Holl Awards.
Dio Lewis Holl Awards: Outstanding Junior: Nathan De Graaf, Outstanding Senior: John Sawatzky
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents undergraduate students Shangkun Zuo, Espen Hovland, Misa Hamanaka, Harry Crane, and Renee Layoun with Fred Wright Mathematics Scholarships.
Fred Wright Mathematics Endowed Scholarship: Shangkun Zuo, Espen Hovland, Misa Hamanaka, Harry Crane, Renee Layoun
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Aimee Rodin with the Dierdrichsen Scholarship.
Dierdrichsen Scholarship in Mathematics: Aimee Rodin
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Charles Labuzetta with the James L. Cornette Award.
James L. Cornette Award: Charles Labuzetta
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Alexander Champagne with the pre-service educator STEM Scholarship.
Pre-Service Educator STEM Scholarship: Alexander Champagne
James Wilson, director of undergraduate education, presents Mengyu "Allen" Wang with a certificate in recognition of receiving the Goldwater Scholarship.
Goldwater Scholarship: Mengyu “Allen” Wang
Mark Hunacek, senior lecturer in mathematics, presents the Phi Beta Kappa Initiates: Adam Willerth, Alexander Scheel, Nathan De Graaf, Zachary Greif, John Reisner, Matthew Cleveland, Edel Aron, Renee Layoun, Not pictured: Rachel Brandt, and Thomas Scallon.
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates: Adam Willerth, Alexander Scheel, Nathan De Graaf, Zachary Greif, John Reisner, Matthew Cleveland, Edel Aron, Renee Layoun, Not pictured: Rachel Brandt, Thomas Scallon
Mark Hunacek, senior lecturer in mathematics, presents Zachary Greif with the Phi Beta Kappa Edward Allen Award in the Mathematical Disciplines.
Phi Beta Kappa Edward Allen Award in the Mathematical Disciplines: Zachary Greif

Graduate Student Awards

Sung-Yell Song presents Yi "Jacky" Jiang with a certificate for the Lamber Applied Mathematics Research Award.
Lambert Applied Mathematics Research Award: Yi “Jacky” Jiang
Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics, presents graduate student Pierson Guthrey with a certificate for the Lamber Graduate Assistantship.
Lambert Graduate Assistantship: Pierson Guthrey
Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics, presents graduate students: Chin-Hung "Jephian" Lin, Robert Lazar, and Joshua Carlson with certificates for the ISU Teaching Excellence Award.
ISU Teaching Excellence Award: Chin-Hung “Jephian” Lin, Robert Lazar, Joshua Carlson, Not pictured: Calvin Hotchkiss, Steven Noren
Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics, presents graduate student Chin-Hung "Jephian" Lin with the ISU Research Excellence Award.
ISU Research Excellence Award: Chin-Hung “Jephian” Lin
Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics presents graduate student Feifei Wang with a certificate for the Mathematics Research Excellence Award.
Mathematics Research Excellence Award: Feifei Wang, Not pictured: Calvin Hotchkiss
Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics, congratulates Chin-Hung "Jephian" Lin on receiving the Zaffarano prize.
Zaffarano Prize: Chin-Hung “Jephian” Lin

Not pictured:
J.J.L. Hinrichsen Teaching Award: Shanise Walker
Aggie Ho Research Award: Xavier Martinez-Rivera
Lambert Teaching Award: Stefanie Wang
Wolfe Graduate Fellowship: Chassidy Bozeman

Faculty and Staff Awards

Cliff Bergman, professor and chair of mathematics, congratulates Dawn Walker, academic adviser, on receiving the ISU Award from Early Achievement in Academic Advising.
ISU Award from Early Achievement in Academic Advising: Dawn Walker Chalmers
Cliff Bergman, professor and chair of mathematics congratulates Bonnie Tinker, administrative specialist, on receiving the Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional award.
Professional and Scientific Outstanding New Professional: Bonnie Tinker
Graduate student Alex Schulte presents Sung-Yell Song, associate professor of mathematics, with the Vinograde Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Vinograde Award for Excellence in Teaching: Sung-Yell Song (presented by the Math Graduate Student Organization)

Not pictured:

Promotions:
Timothy McNicholl promoted to Professor (effective August 2017)

Retirements:
Irvin Hentzel – Professor (August 2016),
Gail Johnston – Senior Lecturer (December 2016),
Chris Schultz – Senior Lecturer (May 2017)

Published: May 2, 2017