Kaitlyn Adams of Underhill inducted into the Saint Michael's College Alpha Chapter of the National Mathematics Honor Society

2013 Oct 11

Kaitlyn Adams, daughter of David and Sherrie Adams of Underhill, is one of ten students inducted into the Saint Michael's College Alpha Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honor society, on Friday, Oct. 11, in ceremonies on the campus of the Burlington, Vt., - based liberal arts college.

Adams, a junior mathematics major, graduated from Mount Mansfield Union High School before coming to Saint Michael's.

This 11th annual induction ceremony featured a lecture on "Some Non-Standard Applications of Mathematics to Sports," by Babson College Mathematics Professor Richard Cleary.

Saint Michael's is home to the Vermont Alpha Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon (PME), established in 2003. PME currently has some 350 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Math students who meet the requirements can be inducted into the society during their junior or senior year.The purpose of the Society is to promote scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions.

About Saint Michael's

At Saint Michael's College www.smcvt.edu students are challenged to do their best, find their niche, take on opportunities to grow, and immerse themselves in academic pursuits. A residential Catholic college, Saint Michael's is steeped in the social justice spirit of its founding priests, the Edmundites. Saint Michael's is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Headed by President John J. Neuhauser, the college has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. A prestigious Phi Beta Kappa institution, Saint Michael's also features an extraordinary Wilderness Program and rare Fire & Rescue Squad, both of which other colleges use as models. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2014 as one of the nation's Best 378 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2014, Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Goldwater, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other awards. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report rankings.