The REU Program In Mathematics

Alumni of the Program

Photos of participants are available in the Photo Gallery.

We are very interested in what our alumni do after they complete their bachelor's degrees.  This is the most recent information that we have (as of September 2009).

Facebook group:  GVSU Mathematics REU

REU 2009 at GVSU

Derek Olson:  continuing undergraduate studies
Kyle Golembiewski: continuing undergraduate studies
Ana Burgers:  continuing undergraduate studies
Samantha Dahlberg:  continuing undergraduate studies
Rob Castellano:  continuing undergraduate studies
Katherine Varga:  continuing undergraduate studies
Lisa Moats:  continuing undergraduate studies
Tim Ferdinands:  continuing undergraduate studies

REU 2008 at GVSU

Geoffrey Patterson:  graduate student at the University of Hawaii
Emily Marshall:  continuing undergraduate studies
Sara Boyenger:  continuing undergraduate studies
Clara Madsen:  graduate student at the University of Oregon
David Montague:  continuing undergraduate studies
Aaron Shatzer:  continuing undergraduate studies
Haggai Nuchi:  continuing undergraduate studies

REU 2007 at GVSU

Katrina Honigs:  graduate student at Berkeley
Vincent Martinez:  graduate student at Indiana U. -- Bloomington
Daniel Gorski:  earned Bachelor's degree; working for the National Security Agency.
Daniel Guillot:  graduate students at Louisiana State U.
Hanna Komlos:  graduate student at Yale U.
Mark Krines:  graduate student at U. Iowa
Jennifer Lahr:  earned Bachelor's degree.
Anna Castelaz:  graduate student at Wake Forest U.

REU 2006 at GVSU

Timothy Armstrong:  graduate student at Stanford (economics)
Christy Hediger:  graduate student at U. Delaware
Brian Lerch:  earned Bachelor's degree
Jonah Leshin:  currently at Cambridge University (UK), next year a graduate student at Brown U.
Lisa Morales:  graduate student at UC Riverside
Daniel Schultheis:  graduate student at UC San Diego
Liz Smietana:  earned Bachelor's degree
Amanda Taylor:  graduate student at SUNY-Binghamton

REU 2005 at GVSU

Scott Bachman:  where are you, Scott?
Chantel Blackburn:  graduate student at U. Arizona
Amber De More:  graduate student at U. Kentucky (statistics)
Justin From:  where are you, Justin?
Samuel Kolins:  graduate student at Cornell; IMMERSE student at Nebraska-Lincoln, summer of 2006
Beverly Lytle:  graduate school at ETH Zurich
Caroline Yang:  graduate school at Duke U.
Alex Zupan:  graduate school at U. Iowa

REU 2004 at GVSU

Amanda Morris:  graduate school at UC Santa Cruz (theoretical linguistics)
Abby VanHouten:  involved in "financial engineering"
Matt Katschke:  graduate student at Northwestern U.
Jodi Simons:  working at the National Security Agency
Kevin Brink:  graduate student at Texas A&M (aerospace)
Drew Colthorp:  employed by Atomic Objects (software engineering)
Kris Lund:  earned Masters degree from U. Nebraska -- Lincoln; working at Foremost Insurance
Patrick Sigmon:  enrolled at Harvard Law School

REU 2003 at GVSU

Christopher Bay:  earned M.S. from Stony Brook; developing software for AT&T
Amber (Lembcke) Swift:  actuary for Ameriprise Financial
Julie Olsen:  high school teacher and graduate student at Northern Illinois U.
Jesse Windle:  graduate student at Texas A&M
Jen Miller:  graduate student at U. Illinois -- Champaign
Ben Vugteveen:  employed at Epic Systems in Madison, WI
Lindsey Bromenshenkel:  where are you, Lindsey?
Justin Hogg:  graduate student in Pitt/Carnegie Mellon program in Computational Biology

REU 2002 at GVSU

Jon Mayberry:  graduate student at the U. of Southern California
Audrey (Powers) Malagon:  PhD. from Emory U.; faculty at Mercer University
Lisa Driskell:  graduate student at Purdue University
Keith Dailey:  earned M.S.; employed by the National Security Agency
Jon Armel:  graduate student at U. California -- San Diego
Rana Mikkelson:  graduate student at Iowa State U.
Emily Fagerstrom:  graduate student at U. Washington
Noah DeLong:  studying music in graduate school

REU 2000 at GVSU

Dominic Braun:  graduate student at U. Virginia
Amanda Cox:  earned M.S. in statistics; Graphics Editor for the New York Times
Amy Oostdyk:  adjunct instructor at GVSU
Dawn (Ashley) Archey:  Ph.D. from U. Oregon; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ben Gurion University
Hillary Van Spronsen:  Ph.D. from U. Montana; faculty at Michigan Tech
Matt Horton:  Ph. D. from U. California -- San Diego; faculty at Wellesley U.
Tim Pierce:  graduate student at Indiana U.-Purdue U. of Indianapolis.
Courtney Taylor:  Ph.D. from Purdue U.; faculty at North Greenville University (in South Carolina)