Welcome to Kathleen Stone

CCC MATH CLUB

Look at all we did in our first semester!

Math Clubs Spring 2008 Activities

Pi-day (held March 28th due to scheduling)

We celebrated by holding the following events:

Pie-throwing Event: Faculty and staff volunteers had whipped cream pies thrown at them!

Pi-digits Memorization Contest: Held a 50/50 raffle to see how many digits of pi one could remember!

Hula Hoop Contest: Held a 50/50 raffle to see who could hula the longest and then accurately measure the circumference of the hoop using π!

Bake Sale: Sold pi-shaped cookies and pie!

Other Fun Activities: Had informational handouts to learn what π is, used a website to find where in π your birthday or phone number falls, had some π puzzles, some π music, and some π karaoke.

PTK Induction Ceremony April 11th

Catered the induction ceremony for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony as a fundraiser.

We served: Coffees and teas, fruit punch, full sheet cake, 2 cookie platters, 1 pastry tray, 1 tray of fancy brownies, fresh fruit basket (2x1), and chocolates

Workshop Attendance April 16th

Attended the "It’s All About Me" workshop: Leadership is about knowing yourself and how best to work with others. Discover your MBTI preferences and learn how to make them work for you.

Earth Day Activities Tuesday April 22^nd

We had a theme of What You Can Do as an Individual.

Calculation of light bulb savings:

	A computer was set up with an excel worksheet that allowed the calculation of the money saved from switching from standard light bulbs to compact fluorescents.
	We will also provided informational handouts on the light bulbs, including safe handling tips in case one breaks.

Carbon Footprint:

Another computer was set up with a carbon footprint calculator with a form for the participants to record their footprint and have a chance of getting a light bulb that was raffled off at the end of the day..

Bags and purses crocheted from plastic grocery bags:

Jennifer Florentine sat at the table making her plastic bag purses with a display of the bags along with the instructions on how to make them.

Clothing/household item recycling:

	We had people bring in their unwanted clothing/household items that were in good condition, no holes or stains, to be used for a completely money free and rule free swap.
	All items that were not taken at the end of the day were donated to charity.

Calculator Buy-Back Finals Week

Using the money raised this semester we offered students who no longer would need their graphing calculators a chance to sell them to us for $25. We then donated the calculators to the math department to help start the new calculator loan program that will be run through the library. We were able to collect 5 TI-83 graphing calculators and purchase battery replacements.

Have a great summer!! Next regular meeting will be on a Monday sometime in late August/early September

Club Details

Purpose: The main purpose of the club is to get students involved in math and to work on projects to help other students, in a fun, casual, and informal way.

Main Goal: By participating in the club the students will hopefully learn valuable leadership and teamwork skills that will follow them throughout their future education and career, while finding a new appreciation for math and community service.

Meetings: Meetings are held on Mondays from 12-1 in room 301M

Faculty Advisors: Donna Lynch, Kara McBrayer, Kathleen Stone

Officers: Don Olsen: President, Breena Miller: Vice President, Nicole Prevost: Treasurer, Chad Gnass: Secretary, Audrey McKee: Publicist.

Possible/Suggested Activities

Campus Wide Activities

	Fall semester: Create posters and/or campus presentations on how math is used in every day life and on how math is used in other disciplines
	Spring Semester: Create and run an annual pi-day celebration to be held on March 14 and participate in Earth Day activities
	All year: Organize and run fundraising events. Calculator loan program.

Club meeting activities

	Watch films, television, or find other media that uses math and critique them.
	Work in groups to solve challenge problems that are presented by the advisor.
	Discuss fundraising efforts
	Discuss and prepare for current and future activities

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