Dr. Melvin Moeschberger  passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at his home.  Mel was a 1962 graduate of the math department and has many family members associated with the Taylor community including son, Dr. Scott Moeschberger (’97), daughter-in-law, Jennifer Moeschberger (’96) and four grandchildren who are current students, Abbie, Josh, and Kendra Roth and… Continue reading Distinguished Taylor Math Department Alumnus Passes Away

Our MAT392 Math Seminar class recently finished giving their presentations of semester long research on a topic of their choosing. Listed below are our presenters along with a description of their talk. Allie Ternet, "Modeling Cancer: The Role of Mathematics and Statistics within Oncology" Cancer research has greatly progressed over several years, and new discoveries… Continue reading Our Fall 2018 MAT392 Presentations!!

Dr. Colgan traveled down to Orlando, Florida to present on his research at Disney’s Coronado Spring Resort at the 44th annual AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges) Conference. Title:    Simple Ways to Begin and End Math Class that Make Learning More Fun       Session summary: Participants will consider simple and fun ways… Continue reading Dr. Colgan recently presented at the AMATYC conference in Orlando!

Dr. Patrick Eggleton, Associate Professor of Mathematics, published the article Meta-Teaching:  A Great Tool for Methods Courses in the Fall 2018 issue of the HAMTE Crossroads.   The article highlighted a “meta-teaching” activity used by the students taking Secondary Mathematics Methods where they reflect on 25 different teaching methods demonstrated by faculty in their different classes. … Continue reading Meta-Teaching: A Great Tool for Methods Courses

Dr. Patrick Eggleton, Associate Professor of Mathematics, presented “Great Desmos Math Activities” at the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Conference on Sunday, November 4, 2018.  The session highlighted Desmos activities Taylor University Mathematics Education majors explore in their class “Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools”.