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The Almagest, Volume 2 No. 5

Monday's Math Colloquium

Would you like to learn about the next big thing long before it is available in stores? The Nielsen Company is the largest market research provider in the world, and each year it tests thousands of new product ideas and helps manufacturers launch products with the best possibility of in-market success. Allison (Topham) Fitzenreiter, Manager of Diagnostic Consulting at Nielsen and an Alma College alumna, will describe how mathematics can be used in a career in market research. Don’t miss it!

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Almagest Volume 2 No. 5 (Word)

The Almagest, Volume 2 No. 4

Monday's Math Colloquium

Are you interested in finding an internship? Would you like to discover what careers might be ideal matches for someone with your skills and interests? Would you like to learn more about the career opportunities available for students majoring in mathematics and computer science? If so, then you'll want to attend our next colloquium. Ms. Lou Ecken, career planning coordinator in Alma College’s Academic & Career Planning office, will be speaking on the services and resources available to students. Don't miss it!

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Almagest Volume 2 No. 4 (Word)

The Almagest, Volume 2 No. 3

Monday's Math Colloquium

The National Security Agency (NSA) makes and breaks codes in order to protect U.S. government information systems and produce foreign signals intelligence. Sandra Speiser, an NSA mathematician and Alma College alumna, will present an overview of the Agency and the work performed by NSA mathematicians. An example from public key cryptography will illustrate an application of math in securing communications.

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Almagest Volume 2 No. 3 (Word)

 

The memory and spiritual ideals of the late Bishop Thomas Makarios remain alive in a figurative sculpture that was dedicated in May 2009 near the center of campus. The Bishop, professor of religious studies at Alma for 25 years, was founder of the American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Church of India and the first Metropolitan Bishop of Canada, United Kingdom and Europe, and South Africa.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Robert Molina

Dr. Robert Molina
Departments: Mathematics

Associate Math Professor Robert Molina has a puzzle obsession. From Sudoku to Rubik’s cubes, he has a vast collection of puzzles in his home - and always brings a table-full to the annual math taco dinner.

Mind puzzles are a branch of his expert field, combinatorics, which is the study of discrete (and usually finite) objects. In other words, it deals with arrangement of items like books on a self, or numbers in a defined set.