Mathematical honor society adds 13 new members

Rest assured; the correct number of chickens were cooked and side items calculated at this year’s Kappa Mu Epsilon induction ceremony.

Georgia College & State University’s mathematical honor society inducted 13 new members for the 2003-2004 school year. All members are required to have taken nine hours of mathematics with a 3.0 GPA in the classes.

The national society was founded by Dr. Emily Wyant in 1931, and has since then grown to 118 chapters located in 34 states with over 61,000 members.

Georgia Beta, GC&SU’s chapter, was installed April 25, 1998. Senior Luke Niday is currently serving his first year as president.

“We inducted our new members at the ceremony and our chapter advisor, Dr. Hugh Sanders spoke. We also had dinner in the Hoke Dinning Hall. We had chicken, because everyone loves chicken,” said Niday.

KME seeks for the members to have maintained standards of scholarship, have professional merit and have attained academic distinction.

Dr. Hugh Sanders, associate professor of Math and Computer Science, is also the chapter advisor. He feels very strongly about how students can benefit from their involvement.

“It gives recognition to people who have excelled in mathematics. When you are applying for a job, having been a member of an honor society is a symbol for them that you are someone who is well trained in that particular area,” said Sanders.

“We have also had speakers the last two years who have graduated from GC&SU in mathematics at the induction ceremony. They tell of how their math background here at GC&SU has been helpful to their careers,” said Hughes.

Blair Dietrich highlighted the night as the guest speaker.

“We were happy to have him come in and speak to all of our members. He was a graduate of GC&SU in mathematics. He challenged us on using mathematics in the real world, in retail industries and in teaching jobs. It was good to hear from someone who has had success in our field,” said Niday.

Kappa Mu Epsilon will continue to train and honor students in mathematics and computer science, in hopes that they will be better prepared for their future. In the words of Luke Niday, “I’m all about some training and honor.”

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