At the 听Math Department’s annual 听spring picnic held at 听the home of Uma and Ramsh Garimella on April 22, student awards for 2016 were presented. Each awardee received a gift card and 听a certificate of recognition.
O.L. Hughes Award was presented听to Jamie Mullins. This 听award is听presented every spring to a senior in mathematics who has an exemplary academic record. Jamie received her BS degree in pure mathematics at the 2016 Spring Commencement and will join the Department as a graduate student in Mathematics Education in Fall 2016.
Dorothy Long Award was given to Diana Morales. This award 听is presented every year to a junior female mathematics student who has an exemplary academic record. Diana听is听active in undergraduate research听听 and co-presented a poster in January at the national Joint Meetings of AMS & MAA in Seattle, Washington.
Graduate 听students Haley Laffoon and Robert Habimana听were听co-recipients of this year鈥檚 Outstanding Graduate Student Award.听 Haley received her MA degree in Mathematics Education at the 2016 Spring Commencement and will join the Episcopla Collegiate School in Little Rock听as a mathematics teacher. Robert was mentored by late Dr. Clarence Burg and is currently finishing up his master鈥檚 thesis in applied mathematics with Dr. Danny 听Arrigo and is expected to receive his MS degree in August 2016.
Diana Morales with Dr. Garimella
L to R: Haley Laffoon, Dr. Charles Watson, Robert Habimana, Jamie Mullins and Dr. Ramesh Garimella