Event to Introduce High School Students to College Math
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 17, 2005
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Event to Introduce High School Students to College Math
Sixty students from nine Northern California high schools will be taking part in the inaugural College Math Day tomorrow, Nov. 18, at California State University, Chico.
The goal of the new event is to introduce high school students to college and college-level math in an interesting and challenging fashion. During the day, the students will hear presentations from CSU, Chico faculty and tackle math problems in groups competing against one another.
The students will gather to register in the lobby of the Physical Science Building at 9:30 a.m. Presentations run from 10 a.m. to noon. Problem solving takes place from 1 to 2:30 p.m., followed by an awards assembly in Modoc Hall 114 to honor winning student groups.
The students come from schools in Arbuckle, Chester, Chico, Colusa, Esparto, Hamilton City, Oroville, Paradise and Princeton.
The event is sponsored by the CSU, Chico Math Club, CSU, Chico Math Project, CSU, Chico Project M.A.T.H. (Math and Teaching on the Horizon), CSU, Chico Center for Math and Science Education and the CSU, Chico Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
For more information, contact the co-directors of the event, CSU, Chico math professor Lori Holcombe at 898-4175 or CSU, Chico math professor Jack Ladwig at 898-6367.
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