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News & Events

Three teams from Southwestern participate in the world’s most prestigious computer programming contest

Competition focuses on using computers to solve real-world problems (10/26/2009)

Wheels and Deals

New class taught by mathematics professor Dr. Marr shows students that game shows aren’t just for entertainment. (10/9/2009)

Math, Spanish major Receives Scholarship to Pursue Teaching Career

This is the 10th year in a row that a student in Southwestern University’s Teacher Certification Program has received a scholarship from the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators (10/1/2009)

Southwestern Welcomes Two Students from Rwanda

Yvette Niyomugaba and Jean Pierre Murenzi are Computer Science majors part of program designed to help rebuild the country. (9/15/2009)

Five Students Give Talks at MAA MathFest

Students give talks at the national Mathematical Association of America MathFest meeting in Portland, OR. (8/16/2009)

Southwestern Student Receives NASA Scholarship

Junior mathematics major Kayla Comeaux is one of 100 students nationwide selected to be a 2009-2010 NASA MUST scholar. (6/23/2009)

Southwestern Student Selected For Prestigious IBM Internship Program

Junior computational mathematics major Daniel Bauer will participate in IBM’s Extreme Blue program this summer. (5/1/2009)

‘Over the Top’

Southwestern students take top honors in international mathematical modeling contest. (4/6/2009)

Southwestern Team designated “Outstanding Winner” in the COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling and receives the SIAM award

Two Southwestern teams competed in an international mathematical modeling contest in February 2009. One team is 1 of 9 out of 1675 teams designated “Outstanding Winner” and receives the prestigious SIAM award.(4/2/2009)