Students Attend ECC Undergraduate Math Competition

Eight Westminster College students recently attended the ninth annual East Central Colleges Undergraduate Mathematics competition held at Mount Union College.

"The competition consisted of students taking a three-hour exam in teams of three or four, working as a group," said Dr. Barbara Faires, professor of mathematics at Westminster College.  "The exam was written and graded by a mathematician at Concordia College of Minnesota specifically written for this contest.  It consisted of 10 problems, ranging from a problem or two that nearly everyone should have been able to solve, to a couple which were of Putnam level and were likely to separate out the most exceptional students."

Contact Faires at (724) 946-7293 or e-mail faires@westminster.edu for more information.

Team Daubechies: (L-R-front row) Shannon Ecklund and Anna Maria Sparacino; (L-R-back row) Allison Rook and John Cochran.

Team Iota: (L-R) Andrew Polack, Nicole Panza, Jacob Flickinger, and Bryan Bischof.