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As far as we know, mathematics is as old as civilization itself. In a sense, to do mathematics is at the heart of what it means to be human. Here at Emory & Henry we try to put the human into mathematics. Small class sizes, committed available professors, and great camaraderie among the students who work, study and play together produce a great environment for learning this sometime difficult but important and always gratifying subject.
Degrees
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Bachelor of Arts, Education- Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Elementary and Middle School PK-6,6-8
To offer an interdisciplinary program of study with a broad foundation in mathematics and to enable students to meet Virginia requirements for licensure to teach in the elementary and middle schools.
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Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Teacher Preparation- PK-6,6-8
To offer an interdisciplinary program of study with a broad foundation in mathematics.
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Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics
To offer a broad foundation in theoretical and applied mathematics. To provide the necessary preparation for teaching, graduate study, or related work in a number of vocational fields.
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Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
To offer a broad foundation in theoretical and applied mathematics. To provide the necessary preparation for teaching, graduate study, or related work in a number of vocational fields.
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Minor, Mathematics
A student may minor in mathematics by completing Mathematics 151, 152, 201, and 253, and two additional courses at or above the 300 level, not including 311, 312, 420, 460, 470, or 480.
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Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics- Teacher Preparation- Secondary 6-12
To enable students to meet Virginia requirements for licensure to teach mathematics.
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Bachelor of Science, Mathematics- Teacher Preparation- Secondary 6-12
To enable students to meet Virginia requirements for licensure to teach mathematics.
Student Research
- <h4 class="lw_blurbs_title">Relationships Between Climate Change and Salamander Lengths</h4><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><picture class="lw_image lw_image403 lw_align_left"><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/500/height/667/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/2/width/500/height/667/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/500/height/667/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/2/width/500/height/667/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img width="611" height="815" alt="Zane Moran '19, pictured left, out conducting research." data-caption="Zane Moran ’19, pictured right, out conducting research." src="/live/image/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg" title="4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598 2" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/2/width/611/height/815/403_4ECB12B6-02B3-49A7-A753-23E98E51C598_2.rev.1501684939.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2400" data-max-h="3200" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></p><p> Mathematics and Economics double major, <strong>Zane Moran ’19</strong>, is exploring the relationship between climate change and salamander length, hoping that any relationship that can be observed through the research may help serve as future indicators of climate change. </p></div>
- <h4 class="lw_blurbs_title">Topology as a Means of Inferential Analysis</h4><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><picture class="lw_image lw_image2146 lw_align_left"><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/28/width/500/height/223/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/28/width/500/height/223/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/28/width/500/height/223/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/28/width/500/height/223/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 501px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img width="611" height="272" alt="" data-caption="<strong>Josh Hess, '18 </strong>is using the abstract mathematical techniques of topology to analyze large medical data sets." src="/live/image/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg" title="Persistent Homology" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/28/width/611/height/272/2146_Persistent_Homology.rev.1516065089.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2025" data-max-h="900" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></p><p> </p><p><strong>Josh Hess, ’18 </strong>is using the abstract mathematical techniques of topology to analyze large medical data sets</p></div>
- <h4 class="lw_blurbs_title">How Long is the Devil’s Staircase?</h4><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Mathematics minor <strong>Jane Groseclose</strong> attempted to find the lengths of particular sets of Devil’s Staircases, mathematical functions that increase in a non-continuous manner.</p></div>
Meet Our Alumni
- <span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/675-anne-driscoll"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,960/269_1912405_682582264006_8756799307793601402_n.rev.1496850332.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,960/269_1912405_682582264006_8756799307793601402_n.rev.1496850332.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,960/269_1912405_682582264006_8756799307793601402_n.rev.1496850332.jpg" alt="Anne Ryan Driscoll (right)." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,960/269_1912405_682582264006_8756799307793601402_n.rev.1496850332.jpg 2x" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="960" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_profiles_headline"><a href="/live/profiles/675-anne-driscoll"><p> Anne Ryan Driscoll ’06 Honored for her Teaching and Research at Virginia Tech</p></a></h4><div class="lw_profiles_description"><p> A press release from Virginia Tech has announced the 2016 Dr. Carroll B. Shannon Excellence in Teaching Awards presented to faculty members in the College of Science and the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.</p><p> Emory & Henry’s Anne Ryan Driscoll (’06) was among the honorees for her work in the Department of Statistics.</p><p> Anne majored in Mathematics and Physics at Emory & Henry and played basketball and tennis as a student athlete, and did all this while maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA. Anne was a 3-time ODAC All-Academic selection and a 2-time ITA Scholar Athlete. She and her tennis teammates finished 2nd in both the ODAC regular season and in the ODAC Championship tournament in her junior year, where she played #5 singles and #3 doubles. Anne was also a member of Kappa Phi Alpha sorority and Sigma Mu Honor Society.</p><p> After graduation, Anne went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Statistics and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Virginia Tech. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses in research and statistics. Anne has received other professional awards at Tech that honor her Outstanding Departmental Citizenship and twice was selected for an Excellence in Teaching award. She has published numerous scholarly articles related to research methodology and statistics. Additionally, Anne has collaborated on projects for the Department of Defense and with NASA.</p><p> An excerpt from the press release is listed below, and you may read the entire press release at the Virginia Tech webpage <a href="http://vtnews.vt.edu/content/vtnews_vt_edu/en/articles/2016/08/science-shannonteachingaward.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p><p> August 3, 2016 – Four Virginia Tech faculty with the <a href="http://liberalarts.vt.edu/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">College of Science and College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</a> have received the 2016 Dr. Carroll B. Shannon Excellence in Teaching Award.</p><p> The awards were presented to: Anne Ryan Driscoll, an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Statistics; Michel Pleimling, a professor with the Department of Physics and director of the Academy of Integrated Science; and Gordon Yee, an associate professor with the Department of Chemistry, all in the College of Science; and Marian Mollin, an associate professor in the Department of History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.</p><p><br/> The award is made possible by an endowment established by Peter and Carroll Shannon, of Wilmington, Delaware, and is given annually to College of Science and College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences faculty members who demonstrate outstanding teaching skills, innovative methods, and dedication to learning. The colleges once formed the College of Arts and Sciences, which split in 2002.</p><p><br/> “Virginia Tech gave me the opportunity to become someone who I would never have become if it had not been for the university,” said Peter Shannon, who graduated from Virginia Tech in 1969 with a general science degree and who named the award in honor of his wife, Carroll, an educator for her entire career.</p><p><br/> “Outstanding teachers have the opportunity to be change agents in the lives of students. They inspire a love of learning, encourage students to reach their potential and discover their career path,” said Carroll Shannon, who worked in education for the state of Delaware. “Most importantly, they guide students in becoming contributing members of society who will impact positively the lives of others.”</p><p><strong>Anne Driscoll</strong><br/> Since joining Virginia Tech’s faculty in 2011, Driscoll has taught eight courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the <a href="http://www.stat.vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Statistics</a>. She also has collaborated on projects for the U.S. Department of Defense and with NASA, and she chairs the department’s corporate partners program, which is a cooperative outreach venture that links the department with 11 different companies.</p><p> Of Driscoll’s nomination, the college committee said, “The committee was particularly impressed with the strength of your teaching’s impact on your students and their careers.” Her research focuses on statistical process control, health care surveillance, and industrial statistics.</p><p> She earned dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and physics from Emory & Henry College in 2006, followed by master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics from Virginia Tech in, respectively, 2007 and 2011. Her awards won at Virginia Tech include the Jesse C. Arnold Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010-2011, and the Rose Costain Award for Outstanding Departmental Citizenship, 2010.</p></div><a href="/live/profiles/675-anne-driscoll" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div>