Mathematics Department

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Klezmer and traditional jazz figure highly for singer who also teaches math at ��	By day, Millie Johnson is an associate professor of mathematics at Western Washington University, teaching such courses as linear algebra or honors calculus. By night, and sometimes on weekends, she sings her heart out with klezmer bands What the Chelm! and Millie & the Mentshn, as…	2012-04-30
Students recognized at international math modeling contest		2012-04-20
Auburn grad Alicia Thompson takes over Auburn Mountainview fastpitch	New Auburn Mountainview fastpitch coach Alicia Thompson wants her team to do well on the field. But more important, she wants her players to grow. “The No. 1 thing I want these girls to learn is life skills as women,” said Thompson, who succeeds Dee Herren this season. “I want them…	2012-03-23
Math instructor creates interactive online algebra textbook		2011-10-21
Study Reveals Cause Of Higher Melanoma Rates In Whatcom County	Medical researchers studying the possible cause of higher melanoma rates in Whatcom County think they may have found an answer. The State of Washington, and particularly Whatcom County, is consistently higher than the national average for melanoma.	2011-10-13
Slocums celebrate 60th anniversary	arold and Loretta Slocum celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25, 2011, with family and friends. The couple met in Snohomish, Wash., in 1949 and were married in Nooksack, Wash., in 1951. Harold graduated from Western Washington University in 1957, where he majored in math and…	2011-10-10
County redistricting affects Bellingham, Lynden precincts	New district boundaries for the Whatcom County Council and Port of Bellingham Commission have been released. They were developed by a bipartisan districting committee of five people. The district boundaries are the same for County Council and the port districts. While there are no…	2011-10-03
��'s Victor Chan awarded grant to study Whatcom County's high melanoma rates		2011-08-04
Arlington artist’s can-do spirit leads to one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces	Growing up, Karen Keith's mother used to say, "Don't try, just do it." It's the kind of life lesson that forged Keith's way as a single parent of three studying to be a math teacher. And that motto gave her the gumption to master several ways of…	2011-07-19
Whatcom County Districting Committee selects chairman, districting master	A former Whatcom County Superior Court judge, Dave Nichols, has been appointed chairman of the Whatcom County Districting Committee. Western Washington University mathematics professor Tjalling Ypma was appointed districting master to work for the committee.	2011-04-25

Klezmer and traditional jazz figure highly for singer who also teaches math at ��

By day, Millie Johnson is an associate professor of mathematics at Western Washington University, teaching such courses as linear algebra or honors calculus.
By night, and sometimes on weekends, she sings her heart out with klezmer bands What the Chelm! and Millie & the Mentshn, as…

2012-04-30

Students recognized at international math modeling contest

2012-04-20

Auburn grad Alicia Thompson takes over Auburn Mountainview fastpitch

New Auburn Mountainview fastpitch coach Alicia Thompson wants her team to do well on the field.

But more important, she wants her players to grow.

“The No. 1 thing I want these girls to learn is life skills as women,” said Thompson, who succeeds Dee Herren this season. “I want them…

2012-03-23

Math instructor creates interactive online algebra textbook

2011-10-21

Study Reveals Cause Of Higher Melanoma Rates In Whatcom County

Medical researchers studying the possible cause of higher melanoma rates in Whatcom County think they may have found an answer.

The State of Washington, and particularly Whatcom County, is consistently higher than the national average for melanoma.

2011-10-13

Slocums celebrate 60th anniversary

arold and Loretta Slocum celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25, 2011, with family and friends.
The couple met in Snohomish, Wash., in 1949 and were married in Nooksack, Wash., in 1951. Harold graduated from Western Washington University in 1957, where he majored in math and…

2011-10-10

County redistricting affects Bellingham, Lynden precincts

New district boundaries for the Whatcom County Council and Port of Bellingham Commission have been released.
They were developed by a bipartisan districting committee of five people. The district boundaries are the same for County Council and the port districts.
While there are no…

2011-10-03

��'s Victor Chan awarded grant to study Whatcom County's high melanoma rates

2011-08-04

Arlington artist’s can-do spirit leads to one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces

Growing up, Karen Keith's mother used to say, "Don't try, just do it."

It's the kind of life lesson that forged Keith's way as a single parent of three studying to be a math teacher.

And that motto gave her the gumption to master several ways of…

2011-07-19

Whatcom County Districting Committee selects chairman, districting master

A former Whatcom County Superior Court judge, Dave Nichols, has been appointed chairman of the Whatcom County Districting Committee.

Western Washington University mathematics professor Tjalling Ypma was appointed districting master to work for the committee.

2011-04-25