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Program Highlights
Dave Kung spent three days in residence at Winona State University in October. As part of the Lyceum Series, he gave three talks and played a recital.
Student Spotlight
The two rows of mathematics graduates during the 2009 graduation ceremony.
Putnam Team
As always, we field a team for the William Lowell Putnam math competition. Held on the first Saturday of December,the exam consists of 12 difficult problems (see herefor old exams), to be done over the course of six hours. Awards include over $100,000 in cash and a free graduate education at Harvard. For St.Mary's students, the St. Mary's Math Foundation awards the Putnam Prizeto the student earning the highest score. The amount of the award is $10 for each point the student earns. Past years' winners were Demetre Kazaras (2010), Brian Tennyson (2009), John Ross (2008), Liz Hargraves and Kathy Brady (2007), Liz Hargraves and Rachel Johns (2006), Lisa Byrne, Brian Rayburn and Josh Ballew (2005), Peter Lo(2004), Gwyn Whieldon (2003), Kristen Arrildt (2002), Kevin Beanland(2001) and Jason Summers (2000). Every fall we offer a one-credit seminar course as preparation for the Putnam Exam (Math 391). In addition to a lot of problem-solving skills, the seminar reviews math concepts from all sorts of courses(and some concepts you'll never see in a course). All students in the seminar take the Putnam, but many students who aren't in the seminar also choose to participate. Want to take the exam? Sign up here!
2001 marked the first year (and first victory!)in our rivalry with Gettysburg College. The winning team, determined by the sum of all students' scores, is the keeper of the Putnam Lamp. We took honors in 2001 by a 21-0 margin. In 2002 we lost the lamp by a 56-39 margin, before winning it back on 2003's tough test, 16-8. In 2004 we cleaned up, thanks to Peter's fabulous exam, and we have not lost since. Go Seahawks! 2010 marked the first Putnam Rally, an athletics-style event to get participants excited about the exam. We had over 50 students turn out to cheer on the Putnam Team:
Past years' teams:
2011 Putnam Team:
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2010 Putnam Team:
| Carla Bacon | Gary Beverungen |
| Emily Brinker | Jessie Christopher |
| Bobby Cooke | Emma Decker |
| Roger Ding | Tristen Epp-Schmidt |
| Caitlin Grice | Josh Kaminsky |
| Demetre Kazaras | Nate Kent |
| Jennifer Kunze | Jay Massey |
| Matt Miller | Nick Pasko |
| Lucia Randazzo | Christiana Sabett |
| Dana Savage | Daniel Saville |
| Marissa Smith | Michael Snow |
| Brian Tennyson | Kevin Tennyson |
| Dave Tondorf-Dick | Lauren Tucker |
| Cori Wentworth |
Carly Wilson |
Putnam Team
As always, we field a team for the William Lowell Putnam math competition. Held on the first Saturday of December,the exam consists of 12 difficult problems (see here for old exams), to be done over the course of six hours. Awards include over $100,000 in cash and a free graduate education at Harvard. For St.Mary's students, the St. Mary's Math Foundation awards the Putnam Prizeto the student earning the highest score. The amount of the award is $10 for each point the student earns. Past years' winners were John Ross (2008), Liz Hargraves and Kathy Brady (2007), Liz Hargraves and Rachel Johns (2006), Lisa Byrne, Brian Rayburn and Josh Ballew (2005), Peter Lo(2004), Gwyn Whieldon (2003), Kristen Arrildt (2002), Kevin Beanland(2001) and Jason Summers (2000).
Every fall we offer a one-credit seminar course as preparation forthe Putnam Exam (Math 391). In addition to a lot of problem-solving skills, the seminar reviews math concepts from all sorts of courses(and some concepts you'll never see in a course). All students in the seminar take the Putnam, but many students who aren't in the seminar also choose to participate. Email Sandy Ganzell if you want to join the team.
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2009 Putnam Team:
| Diana Abells | Chris Adams |
| Gary Beverungen | Alex Bromley |
| Colin Crowe | Emma Decker |
| Sarah DeSavage | Roger Ding |
| Marshal Eaton | Lydia Garcia |
| Alex Hessel | Nicole Johnson |
| Joshua Kaminsky | Demetre Kazaras |
| Dietrich Kiesewetter | Sonja Kubik |
| Jennifer Kunze | Ian Long |
| Darren McCutchen | Matt Miller |
| Chris Nemarich | Robert Norwich |
| Taren Parsons | Angela Pugay |
| Jake Larrimore | Colby Long |
| Andrew MacLaughlin | Daniel Savelle |
| Amelia Tebbe | Brian Tennyson |
| Ben Thompson | Brent Tomchik |
| Adam Zimmerman |
2008 Putnam Team:
| Lauren Blount | Kathy Brady |
| Bobby Cooke | Michael Correll |
| Marshal Eaton | Brittany Fairley |
| Lydia Garcia | Lauren Gill |
| Kyle Gordon | Demetre Kazaras |
| Jake Larrimore | Colby Long |
| Andrew MacLaughlin | Marty McHugh |
| Jon Noble | Chris Panzarella |
| Rebecca Prasher | Angela Pugay |
| John Ross | Erin Stott |
| Melinda Swain | Amelia Tebbe |
| Brian Tennyson | Brent Tomchik |
| David Yost | Adam Zimmerman |
2007 Putnam Team:
| Max Bloch | Lauren Blount |
| Kathy Brady | Julia Burton |
| Brian Caffey | John Campbell |
| Michael Firrisa | Patrick Gilbert |
| Liz Hargraves | Rachel Johns |
| Demetre Kazaras | Yujing Lin |
| Colby Long | Rebecca Lyzinski |
| Andrew MacLaughlin | Joe McKenna |
| James McSavaney | Drew Mooney |
| Jon Noble | Robert Norwich |
| Brian Rayburn | John Ross |
| Sarah Stevens | Erin Stott |
| Melinda Swain | Dan Tanner |
| Amelia Tebbe | Brian Tennyson |
| Brent Tomchik | Nate Venditta |
| Scott Vieira | Tony Vitez |
2006 Putnam Team:
| Josh Ballew | Joey Bellerose |
| Dan Blair | Kathy Brady |
| Julia Burton | Colin Crowe |
| Karen Farrell | Kyle Gordon |
| Liz Hargraves | Stephanie Hartwick |
| Kendra Hildreth | Rachel Johns |
| Mary Koran | Yujing Lin |
| John Lloyd | Rebecca Lyzinski |
| Joe McKenna | James McSaveney |
| Drew Mooney | Chris Panzarella |
| Erin Stott | Meghan Sullivan |
| Dan Tanner | Katie Toman |
2005 Putnam Team:
| Josh Ballew | Kathy Brady |
| Lisa Byrne | David Clewell |
| Sarah Gilpin | Kendra Hildreth |
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Karen Farrell (from Budapest) |
Rachel Johns |
| Jeff Lee | Peter Lo |
| John Lloyd | Simon Lutterbie |
| Brian Rayburn | Gabriel Rockman |
| Landon Southerly | Erik Stanford |
| Dan Tanner | Katie Toman |
| Mike Vogt |
2004 Putnam Team:
| Lisa Byrne | David Clewell |
| Angela Fao | Karen Farrell |
| Marka Fenske | Dennis Gressis |
| Karina Karakulov | Peter Lo |
| Simon Lutterbie | Kenny Salau (with headlamp) |
| Landon Southerly | Aaron Stout |
| Katie Toman | Alex Tsikerdanos |
| Mike Vogt | Alice Vossbrinck |
2003 Putnam Team:
| Lisa Byrne | Eric Hiller |
| Jan Hilmar | Peter Lo |
| Andrew McDonald | Katie McKone |
| Katie Miller | Jonathan Mulholland |
| Kristine Roinestad | Brian Truesdale |
| Gwen Whieldon | Rachael Wilder |
2002 Putnam Team:
| Kristen Arrildt | Eric Carlson |
| Jan Hilmar | Sara LaRocca |
| Jonathan Mulholland | Kris Naleszkiewicz |
| Andy Neal | Kristine Roinestad |
| Kevin Smith | Craig Stevenson |
| Amber Wagner | Jessie Weiss |
| Gwyn Whieldon | Rachael Wilder |
2001 Putnam Team:
| Kristen Arrildt | Kevin Beanland |
| Billy DeLorbe | Keith Harrison |
| Jonathan Mulholland | Kristine Roinestad |
| Courtney Russell | Jason Summers |
| Jessie Weiss |
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2000 Putnam Team:
| Keith Harrison | Jason Hart |
| Theresa Loeffler | Maureen Shanahan |
| Jason Summers |
