Colloquia occur on Fridays at 3 pm in 103a Walker Hall. Special times and rooms are announced when needed. We are now scheduling talks for this semester. If you are interested in giving a presentation, contact our Colloquium Director Dr René Salinas (salinasra@appstate.edu).

The Teaching Seminar meets Thur at 11 am in WA 304. If you are interested in speaking, contact either of our Graduate Studies Coordinators Dr Katie Mawhinney (mawhinneykj@appstate.edu) or Dr Trina Palmer (palmerk@appstate.edu). 

• Feb 11th Dr. Scott Marshall (ASU, Geology) "The Mathematics of Earthquakes" (slides ftp)
• Feb. 18th Mr. Peter Ong (Math Sciences) "My Approach to Personal Finance in Math 1010" (MM6_4Student.xlsx Excel file)
• Feb 25th Timothy Shatley, Kyle Thomas, and Andrew Wilson (Math Sciences Students) "Investigating Root Multiplicities in E₁₀"
• Mar. 25th Pollyanne Franz (30 minutes) "ORSP at Appalachian"
• Mar. 25th Dr. Neil Sigmon (Radford) "Using Graphs to Break Ciphers in Cryptography"
• Apr. 1st Dr. Jill Thomley (Math Sciences)
• Apr. 8th Dr. Tracie McLemore Salinas (Math Sciences) "Promising Practices in STEM Education: The AACU Conference in Miami" (LiveBinder folder -- see Dr McLemore-Salinas for the access key).
• Apr. 15th Grad Student Talks
  • Kayla Corkery, "Gender Differences in STEM"
  • Jesse Mims: "The Differences in Study Times of Traditional vs. Nontraditional College Students in Introductory College Algebra"
  • Andrew Wright, "Difference Equations"

Colloquia and Seminars from Previous Semesters