2005 WSIA participants: Top row, left to right: Mike Lawlor (Wabash College), Mollie Kerrigan (Merrimack College), Michael McGowan (John Carroll University), Linda Scalici (Bucknell University), Chris Jackson (Wabash College), and Tristan Brand (Harvey Mudd College). Front row, left to right: Jacob Carson (Lafayette College), Catherine Crompton (Agnes Scott College), J.D. McKeel (University of Evansville), Josean Figueroa (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus), Paige Rinker (Kalamazoo College), and Marie Jameson (Harvey Mudd College).
Tristan Brand (Harvey Mudd College '06)
Tristan Brand
graduated from Harvey Mudd in 2006, and is now in graduate school at the
University of Oregon. He is interested in both research and educational
aspects of mathematics, and plans on teaching at the college level. He
is originally from the rural town of Whitefield, Maine, and is enjoying
the chance to experience a new environment for college. His other
academic interests include literature and history. On the non-academic
side, he likes to play computer games, read, and practice the piano.
Jacob Carson (Lafayette College '06)
Catherine Crompton (Agnes Scott College '06)
Josean Figueroa (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus '06)
Josean
Figueroa graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2006, and he is
now in a masters degree in pure mathematics at the University of Puerto
Rico at Mayaguez
Chris Jackson (Wabash College '06)
Originally from Griffith,
IN, Chris Jackson graduated from Wabash College in May 2006 with a
mathematics major and economics minor. After a summer of umpiring
baseball and taking courses at Purdue Calumet, he accepted a job offer
as a project manager at Epic Systems, an electronic medical records
company in Madison, Wisconsin.
Marie Jameson (Harvey Mudd College '07)
Marie Jameson
graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a mathematics major in 2007. In
the summer of 2006, she participated in a mathematics REU at the
Claremont Colleges. She is currently a graduate student at the
University of Wisconsin. She eventually would like to earn her Ph.D. and
become a professor.
Mollie Kerrigan (Merrimack College)
Mike Lawlor (Wabash College '06)
Mike Lawlor graduated from
Wabash College in May 2006 with a mathematics-Spanish double major and
economics minor. He is currently at Purdue University working on a master's degree in statistics with a minor in computational finance.
Michael McGowan (John Carroll University '06)
Michael McGowan
graduated in May 2006 summa cum laude from John Carroll University with
a double-major in mathematics and computer science and a minor in
philosophy. In the fall of 2006, he began graduate school at the Johns
Hopkins University where he hopes to earn his Ph.D. in mathematics.
J.D. McKeel (University of Evansville '06)
J.D. McKeel
graduated summa cum laude from Evansville in May 2006 with a BS in
predoctoral mathematics. He is currently in the graduate program in pure
math at UC Davis. He has not yet decided whether to pursue a Ph.D. or to
complete my MA and earn a teaching credential.
Paige Rinker (Kalamazoo College '06)
Paige Rinker graduate
from Kalamazoo College in June 2006 and entered the Ph.D. program at
Dartmouth College. In addition to coursework and preparing for
qualifying exams, she is working on translating the Euler-Goldbach
correspondence with a team of students in the department.
Linda Scalici (Bucknell University '06)