The vote collected on May 1 were 10 ballots in favor of the "noscore" version and 9 ballots in favor of the score version. On the basis of that vote, the Personnel Committee proposes its final draft of the Personnel Document as the "noscore" version and will distribute a new ballot  on approval of this draft as the department personnel document. Your votes should be turned in by noon on May 8.

The attached files are two proposed versions of the new department personnel document. Faculty should mark their preference on the ballot distributed to their mailboxes and return them to Shelly in 401 by noon, Wednesday, April 29th.

New Faculty for Fall 2009

The department is pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Mermin, Ph.D. Cornell, and Dr. Jesse Johnson, Ph.D. U. C. Davis, will be joining the faculty this fall. Both currently hold NSF postdoctoral fellowships.

Professor Lisa Mantini Selected for Advising Award

Professor Lisa Mantini will be recognized as the  Outstanding A&S Faculty Advisor for 2009 at the College of Arts and Sciences Awards Banquet on April 24.

If you are considering enrolling in Math 2144, Calculus I, you should take the online test of calculus readiness. The results of this test will be reported to advisors in your college office. The score on this test and other information about your background in mathematics will be used to help decide whether Math 2144 is the correct course for you. If you are a student in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, completion of this test is required prior to orientation and enrollment.

The questions on the test cover topics in algebra and trigonometry: elementary area formulas, surface area and volume of simple solids, perimeter formulas; parabolas and lines; exponential and logarithmic functions and equations; factoring; trigonometric functions, values at special angles, symmetry, basic identities. If it has been a long time since you took courses over this material, you may want to refresh your memory before taking the exam.

Established in 1985 to serve undergraduate mathematics students, the Mathematics Learning Resource Center remains one of the nation's most prominent mathematics tutoring centers. The facility strives to meet all the extra-classroom needs of undergraduate mathematics students.

Directions

The Mathematics Learning Resource Center is located on the 4th floor of the Classroom Building just north of the Student Union. Students needing tutoring assistance must check in at the Information Window, 420 CLB.