Our Region 4 recipient of the Regional Sponsor of the Year Award is Dr. Julia S. Arnold. Dr. Arnold has been teaching math at Tidewater Community College for 31 years, and has been her chapter's lead sponsor for 10 years. Dr. Arnold (who earned a black belt in Chutoku-Rye Karate alongside her grandson!) collects cartoons of math and Noah's Ark, and she and her husband of 44 years recently took the trip of a lifetime to Israel with her church. Her words of advice ring clear and true: "Use...
Our Region 2 recipient of the Regional Sponsor of the Year Award is Dr. Tamika Williams. Dr. Williams has been teaching for 22 years, and her advice for MAT members is that they should, "learn as much as they can about mathematics…a strong math student translates into many future opportunities in their careers and in academia." When she isn't teaching Algebra 2 (her favorite!), Dr. Williams loves eating at The Cheesecake Factory and playing the violin. Next year, she and her chapter will be...
Select students from Doral Academy Charter School recently competed in the 49th annual Mu Alpha Theta National Convention, held in Las Vegas, and placed sixth out of 50 schools — ending the week-long competition with 40 trophies. The winning students from Doral Academy included Anirudh Rahul with six trophies; Allan DoLago, Alberto Alvarez, and Amanda Miyares with four trophies each; Diana Bishop, Tae Lee, Marc Marquez, Raul Valle, and Christian Villa with three trophies each; Manuel...