As the Faculty of Mathematics begins its 50th anniversary celebration, alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends were invited to a kick-off lunch and discussion panel on January 18, 2017.
On January 1, 1967, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ became the first university in North America to have a stand-alone Faculty of Mathematics, as what was once a department in the Faculty of Arts grew in size and reputation. Since that time, Mathematics has welcomed more than 80,000 students from 80 different countries.Â
The kick-off event held at Federation Hall, offered walk down memory lane as past alumni discuss their stories of the Faculty's early years.
The panel, chaired by Steve Brown, included , Bev Marshman, ±Ê²¹³Ü±ôÌý³§³¦³ó±ð±ô±ô±ð²Ô²ú±ð°ù²µ, , Ian McGee and Jerry Lawless, all who were present during the early years of the Faculty as staff or students.Â
Stories ranged from early scholarships and textbook prices to singing the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ recruitment song at high schools, and from how À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ once had the largest computer in Canada to the creation of Canada's first portable computer, WatCOW (À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Computer on Wheels).Â
Along with the panel, attendees had the opportunity to view the University's earliest technology and computers, presented by the .
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