[grads] An eventful week, thank you for all your support

[Russell Betts]

Thanks to all for making the review committee visit a success
Well done!
Russell

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:59 PM, "Fred J. Hickernell" <hickernell at iit.edu>  
wrote:

> Dear colleagues and students,
>
> It has been an exceptionally eventful and very fruitful week.  Let  
> me recap.
>
> On Monday & Tuesday we hosted Prof. Donald Saari as our Menger  
> Lecture.  He gave a series of excellent talks to students, alumni,  
> faculty and friends.  Prof. Saari, mentioned several times how  
> impressed he was with our students and faculty.
>
> On Thursday & Friday (today) our department underwent an External  
> Review.  The panel consisted of John Tracy (Boeing CTO & IIT  
> Trustee) plus three distinguished professors, Avner Friedman, Yannis  
> Kevrekidis, and Tom Trotter.  Earlier today the panel shared with me  
> their preliminary findings.  While challenging us to reach for  
> greater heights and recommending that we be provided resources to do  
> so, the panel was very favorably impressed by what our faculty and  
> students have accomplished since our formation a decade ago.
>
> Thank all of you who invested time and effort in making these two  
> important events a success.  It is greatly appreciated.
>
> Earlier today about ten faculty and students left for the Midwest  
> Numerical Analysis Day in Des Moines, IA.  Several of them will be  
> giving talks.  This sizable delegation underscores our strength in  
> computational mathematics.  Thanks to Greg Fasshauer, Shuwang Li,  
> and Xiaofan Li for organizing this.
>
> Finally, this afternoon our tenure track faculty candidate signed  
> our offer letter, bringing a successful conclusion to our search.   
> We look forward to welcoming her in August.
>
> Best regards,
> Fred
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Fred J. Hickernell, Professor and Chair
> Department of Applied Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology
> E1 Bldg Rm 208, 10 West 32nd Street, Chicago, IL 60616
> Email: fred at math.iit.edu, Web: www.iit.edu/~hickernell
> Office Phone: 1 312 567 8983, Office Fax: 1 312 567 3135
> Cell Phone: 1 630 696 8124
>
>
>
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