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Actuarial Science and Buck Consultants

February 25, 2014

The Actuarial profession is consistently ranked as a top-rated job(http://www.beanactuary.com/about/best_job.cfm). Most practicing actuaries today have a degree in Math, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Finance or Economics. The Actuarial Science Minor consists of the coursework needed to pursue this profession. Presented by Graham Royer & Chandra Miller Buck Consultants Thursday, March 6, 3:30 VH 1000 […]

Upcoming MAA Events

February 7, 2014

Wed. Feb 12 – vote on club semester activity, figure out Valentines fundraiser Thurs. Feb 13 / Fri. Feb 14 – Valentine Cards fundraiser Fri. Feb 21 – Club game / movie discussion night! -8pm in a BNB lounge Wed. Feb 26 – David Joyce student guest presentation Wed. Mar 19 – joint meeting with […]

Actuarial Science News:

January 24, 2014

Congratulations to Jancee Jarman, Kyle Carmody, Brad Gerling, Molly Dieckman & Eric Volstromer for recently passing Actuarial Exam 1/P. Congratulations to Waymond Johnson for accepting a position as an Actuary and to Jancee Jarman for accepting a summer Actuarial Internship, both will be at Towers Watson in St. Louis.

Actuarial Science News:

January 13, 2014

Congratulations to Duncan Reynolds for recently accepting a position as an Actuary with Buck Consultants in St. Louis.

KME Initiation

December 9, 2013

This past Saturday, KME inducted 7 new members into the chapter. Pictured below are (top Row) Katherine Maxwell, Chris To, Carnahan Lovewell, Matt Short, Evan Datz (bottom row) Teresa Boschert, Alora Bauer.    This brings Truman’s KME chapter total membership number to 554 since it was first installed here at Truman on December 7, 1968.

MAA Texas Hold ‘Em Results

November 19, 2013

It was ladies’ night at this semester’s MAA Texas Hold ‘Em tournament.  Junior business major Anna Price (center) was the overall winner of the tournament held last Friday night.  Freshman math major Katharine Siemer (right) placed second and senior math major Abby Faron (left) took third place.  Thanks to all who came out to play!

MAA Poker Tournament

November 15, 2013

The student chapter of the Math Association of America is hosting a poker tournament at 5:30pm Friday November 15th in the VH common area.  Entry is free, and there will be prizes for the top placing players.  All math, cs, stat, and related majors are invited to come and bring friends.  Food will be provided.

KJUG Meeting Monday November 4th

October 24, 2013

The October KJUG is moved to Monday November 4th from 7-8pm. We’ll meet in the Math/CS computer lab (nerdery) and move from there to a classroom. The topics will be “HTML5 Canvas with KineticJS” and “Ruby Programing!”

Actuarial Science News

October 8, 2013

Congratulations to Dan Wood and Mark Feiner for recently receiving positions as Actuaries and to Anne Fernandez for receiving and Actuarial Internship.  Mark joined Kemper in St. Louis and Dan and Anne joined KC Life in Kansas City.

Lunch with Professors Monday October 7th, 11:30am-1:30pm VH2151

October 4, 2013

Get to know Math/CS professors and students better at Lunch with Profs! Come and go as you please! Bring Your Own Lunch! Monday, October 7th in the VH2151 Conference Room.