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On Monday we welcomed the new academic year and new members of our WMU math department community with a kickoff luncheon...
09/01/2026

On Monday we welcomed the new academic year and new members of our WMU math department community with a kickoff luncheon with mathematical games and puzzles!

We got to know each other and also got to preview a small sample of the activities we will have at the Kalamazoo Math Carnival this coming November 21st, an event organized by math department faculty member, Dr. Mariana Levin and hosted by the WMU Mathematics Department.

Looking forward to a wonderful year ahead!

These are some pictures from the Mathematics Department TA Orientation last Tuesday and Wednesday. We will continue this...
08/29/2026

These are some pictures from the Mathematics Department TA Orientation last Tuesday and Wednesday. We will continue this Monday with the last day of training.

We are ready and happy to start this year. Remember, classes start on September 2nd. Wishing you a great and successful 2026-2027 academic year!

🇮🇩 🇺🇸.:: Pujiyanto's Dissertation Defense ::. 🇺🇸 🇮🇩On July 23rd, Pujiyanto successfully defended his dissertation titled...
08/12/2026

🇮🇩 🇺🇸.:: Pujiyanto's Dissertation Defense ::. 🇺🇸 🇮🇩

On July 23rd, Pujiyanto successfully defended his dissertation titled "Developing Symbol Sense: An Analysis of Students’ Reading Through Symbols of Algebraic Equations in a Developmental Mathematics Course."

Puji has markedly supported research and teaching on student algebraic symbol sense during his doctoral journey, impacting multiple classroom spaces in our department and beyond.

Congratulations to Dr. "Puji"!!! We are so thrilled with the amazing work you have done, and we are looking forward to seeing your upcoming professional achievements and contributions to our field.

Dissertation Committee:
Dr. Jon Davis (Chair)
Dr. Mariana Levin
Dr. Tabitha Mingus
Prof. Abraham Arcavi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

07/25/2026

📚 Let’s Heal the World Together! 🌎❤️‍🩹
:: “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson ::

"Together, we're strong." (Arciaga, n.d.)

The Quadrants (2026, left to right):
🇳🇬🎹 Isaac Adeoye, M.A. ’26, Mathematics Education
🇺🇸🎸Justin Sciullo, Ph.D. student, Department of Mathematics
🇮🇩🎤 Pujiyanto, Ph.D. ’26, Mathematics Education
🇹🇭🎤 Nitchada Kamlue, Ph.D. ’26, Mathematics Education

🤎💛

Please join us in revising this song to include more of the world's languages. Contact Nitchada at [email protected] for more information or to get involved in this project.
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🎉 Nitchada’s Graduation Celebration 👩🏻‍🎓 | May 3, 2026 | Cooper’s Glen Auditorium, Kalamazoo Nature Center 🇺🇸

Congratulations to PhD candidate Offir Romero Castro for winning the 2025-2026 WMU College of Arts and Sciences Diversit...
06/08/2026

Congratulations to PhD candidate Offir Romero Castro for winning the 2025-2026 WMU College of Arts and Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Student Writing Prize for his paper, "The DisPer Framework: Describing Mathematics Teacher Perceptions Toward Disabilities and Students with Disabilities"! 👏

The first Arabic Edition of the Kalamazoo Math Carnival held this past weekend was a success!This event was organized by...
05/25/2026

The first Arabic Edition of the Kalamazoo Math Carnival held this past weekend was a success!

This event was organized by Dr. Mariana Levin and WMU Math Ed Masters student Seham Al-Sidran and hosted by the WMU Math Department.

Seham is a gifted teacher in Saudi Arabia with a passion for mathematics and making mathematics accessible to others. After Seham and her children attended the Kalamazoo Math Carnival last November, Seham approached Dr. Levin about working together in the spring. They developed the idea of creating Arabic language versions of some of the materials from the first carnival and then piloting the materials in a small-scale culminating event for families in the Arabic speaking community in Kalamazoo as part of a course project. With the success of this first event, they are now dreaming about what is next!

Stay tuned for other events and join us Saturday November 7 for the next carnival.

.:: Celebration of Excellence ::.Hosted by the WMU Office of Diversity and InclusionThe celebration is held a week befor...
04/26/2026

.:: Celebration of Excellence ::.
Hosted by the WMU Office of Diversity and Inclusion

The celebration is held a week before commencement each fall and spring semester to recognize the challenges that international students from various regions around the world face and overcome to achieve this milestone.

Congratulations to all graduates! We’ll see you on May 2nd at Miller Auditorium as you walk across the stage together! 🎓🤎💛

For more information about this celebration, please visit: https://wmich.edu/diversity/events/celebration

Please note that a few Math Department graduates attended the morning session. Featured in these photos (left to right) are:

🇮🇳 Rit Chatterjee (PhD in Math ’26, Summer)
🇦🇪 Enas Shatnawi (MA in Math Ed ’26, Spring)
🇮🇳 Irene Barejiya (MS in Applied and Computational Math ’26, Spring)
🇹🇭 Nitchada Kamlue (PhD in Math Ed ’26, Spring)

Not pictured:
🇳🇬 Isaac Adeoye (MA in Math Ed ‘26, Spring)
🇮🇩 Pujiyanto (PhD in Math Ed ‘26, Summer)

💡 Nitchada Kamlue (PhD ’26; 2024 MI-AMTE Graduate Student Representative) invites you to join the 2026 MI-AMTE Graduate ...
04/21/2026

💡 Nitchada Kamlue (PhD ’26; 2024 MI-AMTE Graduate Student Representative) invites you to join the 2026 MI-AMTE Graduate Student Experience Panel Discussion, where she will facilitate a conversation with panelists about their lives as graduate students in the U.S. 🇺🇸

🗓️ When: Friday, May 8 at 3 PM EST on Zoom

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/2026miamtepaneldiscussion

To view the 2025 panel discussion, please visit: https://youtu.be/GR1p2_3ikqM?si=GDBsDEwT40RtWk3M

04/21/2026

Replacing parts of the song with other languages is incredibly powerful. Thanks to Pujiyanto (Ph.D. candidate) for this brilliant idea! 💡

This is our second—and final—rehearsal. 🙂

Join the Quadrants (Justin, Isaac, Puji, & Nitchada) in celebrating all the Spring and Summer graduates on May 2 at 6:30 PM at Alavi Commons. 🤎💛

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Mariana Levin on receiving the 2026 Excellence in Research Scholarship Award from the WMU Offic...
04/20/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Mariana Levin on receiving the 2026 Excellence in Research Scholarship Award from the WMU Office of Research and Innovation.

💡 Dr. Levin is an expert on methodologies for studying mathematical learning processes. She is passionate about promoting public understanding of mathematics and in her role as a teacher educator, understanding how recreational mathematical experiences can support future teachers in deepening their relationship to mathematics.

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