Laredo Community College students and faculty members with a penchant for mathematics joined their counterparts across the nation to celebrate Math Awareness Month at a celebration held last Tuesday.
This year’s observance focused on the connection between mathematics and the cosmos, which was discussed in a talk by Dr. John Winfrey, assistant professor of astronomy at TAMIU.
Highlights of the event included the presentation of a proclamation from the City of Laredo and the recognition of this year’s Math Bowl Award winners.
The Math Bowl has become a popular tradition at LCC, which annually attracts many high school and college students.
In the category of college algebra, Roman Skopal, a recent LCC transfer student now at TAMIU won first place. Other winners were Matthew Foster of United High School, 2nd place; and Briana Castano of United South High School, 3rd place.
Omar Benavides of UHS took first place honors in calculus. Other winners were Rodolfo Santos of Martin High School, second place; and Maria M. Santa Cruz of LCC, third place.
LCC also hosted a poster contest tied to this year’s theme. The winners were Emily Yvette Garza, 1st place; Cristina Staggs, 2nd place; and Alexa Benavides, 3rd place. All are students at Lamar Middle School.
Each winner received a trophy and a gift.
For more information, contact the LCC Mathematics Department at 721-5441.
Laredo Community College annually hosts the Math Bowl, a popular and creative way to promote the importance of math to high school and college students. Matthew Foster accepts a trophy from LCC math instructor Antonio Carranza during last week’s Math Awareness Month celebration. Foster won second place in the college algebra category of the contest. The contest attracted about 75 high school, college and university students. LCC also hosted a math poster contest for middle school students.
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