Michigan Epsilon Chapter of

Pi Mu Epsilon ChrisT. Poisson, President Peter Buczkowski, Vice President Natasha Shinkel, Secretary Raluca Muntean, Treasurer Oscar Neal, Web page manager Linda L. Eroh, Graduate Representative

1. Friday, 11 September 1998, 4:00p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower

Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Pizza Party.

2. Friday, 25 September 1998, 4:00 p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Raluca Muntean, Western Michigan University student, will present a talk entitled "The Money

Changing Problem". This talk is cosponsored by the Kalamazoo Area Student Chapter of the MAA.

Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m ..

3. Thursday, 15 October 1998,4:00 p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Dr. Joseph Gall ian, Professor of Mathematics, will present a talk entitled "Breaking Driver's License

Codes". Refreshments will be served at 3:45p.m ..

4. Thursday, 15 October 1998,6:30 p.m. in Rooms 157-159, Bernhard Student Center, Annual Pi Mu

Epsilon Banquet and Initiation Ceremony. Punch bowl at 6 p.m. Dr. Joseph Gallian will present

an after dinner talk entitled "The Beatles ".

5. Tuesday, 10 November 1998, through Thursday, 12 November 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00p.m.

each day the Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Booksale will be held in Room 3360 on the Third Floor of Rood Hall.

6. Friday, 20 November 1998,4:00 p.m. in the Alavi Commons Room, Sixth Floor of Everett Tower,

Dr. John Stoughton, Hope College, will present a talk entitled " How Archimedes (287-212 B.C.)

Used his Laptop Computer to Compute the Value of Pi". Refreshments will be served at 3:45p.m . .

7. Friday, 4 December 1998, 4:00 p.m., in the Alavi Commons Room on the Sixth Floor of Everett

Tower, Professor Gary Chartrand, Western Michigan University, will present a talk to a joint meet­

ing of Pi Mu Epsilon and the Kalamazoo Area Student Chapter of the MAA entitled "Research in Mathematics for Undergraduates: How Do We Do It?". This talk will be followed by our end-of­

the-semester pizza party.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

College of Arts and Sciences

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY