Can someone explain ...

I am offering a trip after final exams are over to an amazing location (okay, in Minnesota), to an amazing conference where the only expense to the student would be food and have only had one taker out of 85 students.  Especially when going on this trip puts you first in line for an all but food expenses paid trip to New Orleans in November to the national conference. I know that returning to campus Saturday evening may mean the students on tour may not be able to come.  Why is no one interested?

SCH 110 - Exploring LA, Monday

Off to the Getty Villa in Malibu this morning (ancient art in a reproduction of a Pompeiian villa) then perhaps some beach side adventures in Santa Monica and Venice or else visiting downtown LA.

California Zephyr

The SCH 110 students will be boarding the California Zephyr on Friday, March 8 in Emeryville, CA for the trip back to Iowa.  Here are some links with information about their trip:

Amtrak Route Guide  This file has information about everything to be seen on the ride from California to Iowa.

NY Times Article on how to survive a 47 hour train ride  This is along magazine piece on the Sunset Limited which travels from New Orleans to Los Angeles.  A good thing to read when you are traveling along in the California delta before you get to the Sierra Nevada.

Hints:

• Bring spare batteries for your camera
• Bring snacks (Trader Joe's)
• Bring books
• Relax and enjoy the trip

Leave the Wartburg Bubble

This is why we go to college and, when we go to college, we leave.  Good luck to all the Service Trips this week.

Social Justice Planning

The SCH 101 course in Fall 2013 will focus on Social Justice, so it is on my mind.  I was impressed this morning when I woke up and listened to a radio show on KUNI called Voices of Our World that was talking about the benefits to us in learning about others.  They have a whole collection of radio casts on different Social Justice issues.  There is a Scholars Culture point opportunity in listening to one of these shows and writing a reflection on the show as well as a recommendation on whether or not this would work well in SCH 101.

Wartburg Scholars Alumni

When students graduate, you know they are going to do great things, but it is wonderful to see your beliefs fulfilled.  Jessica graduated from the program in 2008 with a Scholars Project titled Knoxville Summer 1915 by Samuel Barber.

MCSP Seminar Tuesday, March 12

The next MCSP Seminar will be on Tuesday, March 12 at 11:30 in SC 134.
The featured speakers will be a team of three Wartburg students who competed in the national Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) last month.  Jonathan Juett (4Y in Mathematics and Computer Science), Alyssa Hansen (3Y in Mathematics), and Paul Masterson (3Y in Mathematics and
Physics) considered geometry, calculus, thermodynamics and other approaches in order to model and create a design for a brownie pan that would produce the most uniform cooking and most efficient use of space within the oven.  They will discuss their model in their presentation entitled, "The Ultimate Brownie Pan."  (See below for the abstract.)  As always, refreshments (cookies and beverages) will be provided.  We hope to see you there!


MAR 12 SPEAKERS:
-Jonathan Juett (4Y in Mathematics and Computer Science, Wartburg Scholar) -Alyssa Hansen (3Y in Mathematics) -Paul Masterson (3Y in Mathematics and Physics)

"The Ultimate Brownie Pan"

We participated in the national Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) from January 31st through February 4th.  Our mission was to create a model and design for a pan that will produce the best results in uniform cooking and space efficiency. Our process consisted of comparing regular-polygon-shaped pans by how efficiently they take up space and distribute heat. To find the area the pans took up, we created formulas to examine how much area was lost for each shape. Additionally, we wrote a program to graphically analyze the heat distributions of the different shapes. Our efforts allowed us to reveal the pan that would yield high-quality brownies in high quantities.