Welcome to the 2008 Mackinac Gazette, presented here in our first electronic edition. We hope that you enjoy these stories about your former classmates, friends, and professors. Please note that past newsletters are available through the links at the left. If you have a suggestion for a story for a future newsletter, we would love to hear from you; please feel free to contact any of the editors.

Editors:  

Esther Billings (billinge at gvsu dot edu)

David Austin (austind at gvsu dot edu)

Matt Boelkins (boelkinm at gvsu dot edu)

Though they went in different directions after leaving Grand Valley, Kris Lund, Mark Sheely, and Danielle Wiest find themselves working in the same department at Foremost Insurance. Read more about Kris, Mark, and Danielle

Many students are unsure what career opportunities are available to mathematics majors. If it's travel and adventure they seek, they need only talk to 2006 graduate Nate Burch. Read more about Nate

Enter Becky Bergeon's fifth-grade classroom and you can tell that she is passionate about math. Read more about Becky

Though he was always good at mathematics, Daniel Gorski had no idea that studying mathematics might one day lead to an actual career: Read more about Daniel

The department welcomes its most impressive students and their families to its annual awards banquet on April 4. Read more about the awards banquet

As a Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor, Akalu was warmly welcomed by his MIT colleagues. Read more about Professor Akalu

When Carl Arendsen arrived at Grand Valley in July 1973, he was the math department. Read more about Carl

With thirty-four years of teaching experience, Tish Fackler finds fulfillment in connecting with her students. Read more about Tish

New postdoctoral fellow Firas Hindeleh brings experience teaching in Jordan and Toledo to our department. Read more about Firas

Did you know that The Mackinac Gazette's logo proves the Pythagorean theorem? Read more about our logo