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Mathematics & Computer Science
The Mathematics and Computer Science department offers courses in mathematics, mathematics education and computer science, with majors available in mathematics and computer science.
Our faculty scholars are engaged in excellent teaching, mentoring, and advising within a student-oriented department.
Featured News
Congratulations to our 2012 graduates!
This year the department had twelve graduates in mathematics and eight graduates in computer science. Congratulations and best of luck to each and every one of them.
Two department professors named Outstanding First Year Student Advocates
Dr. Leah Shilling-Traina, assistant professor of mathematics education, and Dr. Thomas Wears, assistant professor of mathematics, were recently named Outstanding First Year Student Advocates. Nominated by current first year students, Shilling-Traina and Wears will have their names included on a plaque outside the Office of First Year Experience & Family Programs and invited to attend the closing program of New Lancer Days 2012.
Congratulations to winners of our 2012 Mathematics and Computer Science Department Awards and Scholarships:
- Badger-Magnifico Award: Luke Acree and Crystal Peoples
- John R. Clark Education Award: Sarah Mayfield
- Merry-Lewis Allen Scholarship: Joseph Gills and Karen Green
- James C. Gussett Scholarship : Jeffrey Anway and Chris Thatcher
- Hull Mathematics Scholarship: William Hollingsworth
- Albert W. and Mary N. Joynes Scholarship: Dominick Pastore and Heather Wilson
- Carol Rezba Award: Julie A. Harris
Mathematics education professor presents at international conference
Dr. Leah Shilling-Traina, assistant professor of mathematics education, presented the paper "Prospective Teachers' Challenges In Teaching Reasoning-and-proving In Their Mentor Teachers' Classrooms" at the 2012 meeting of the American Education Research Association held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Along with co-authors Gabriel Stylianides (University of Oxford) and Andreas Stylianides (University of Cambridge), Dr. Shilling-Traina examined the challenges that three prospective teachers faced in planning and teaching lessons related to the activity of reasoning-and-proving in their mentor teachers' classrooms.
Two majors to partcipate in the NASA LARSS programWilliam Hollingsworth (Computer Science and Math double major) and Richard Noble (Computer Science major) will participate this summer in the NASA Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) Program. Congratulations to both students for being accepted into this competitive summer internship program.
Colloquium Series
All colloquia are from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Ruffner 356. Be sure to join us for a social before the colloquium starting at 3:30 in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department lounge (Ruffner 300A).
Colloquium Talks Resume Fall 2012
Problem of the Month
Congratulations to our Primo PotM Solvers for 2011-2012: Crystal Peoples, Leigh Sexton (tie). Our Primo Faculty Solver was Consuelo Alvarez.
New Problems Resume Fall 2012
Featured Events
Study Mathematics in ItalyThe department wants to offer MATH 320 in Spring 2013, and part of that course involves a trip to Italy. However, we need to know if enough students are interested to run the course. For more information on the course, take a minute to browse through this brief PowerPoint presentation. If you have more questions, please contact Dr. Sharon Emerson-Stonnell.
Fractal Art Display
The department is currently displaying several pieces of artwork by Longwood alumnus Judith Moffitt (1977). These digital pigment prints are part of the Virginia Artists Collection of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts and were a gift of the artist in memory of Benoit Mandelbrot. The photos on this site are by Taylor Dabney.
