Lynn Reed

Grant Spotlight: Joint Mathematics Meetings

By |2022-03-02T16:37:52+00:00January 22nd, 2019|Spotlight - Grants|

Lynn Reed and Linda Brown Westrick (’04) at the 2019 Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore, MD MLWGS math teacher Lynn Reed is a 25+ year member of the Mathematical Association of America.  "I always enjoy attending the Joint Mathematics Meetings when they occur 'near' Richmond," she says.  As a member of the MAA's Mini-Course Committee, she helped to monitor six mini-course sessions like "Dance and Mathematics" and "Object Based Learning and the Smithsonian

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Grant Spotlight: Professional Development

By |2018-05-03T13:45:22+00:00May 3rd, 2018|Spotlight - Grants|

This year, the Foundation set aside $35,000 to fund professional development for MLWGS faculty.  So far this year, 26 teachers have applied for and received grants to offset costs of graduate coursework and/or conference attendance.  This funding allowed Ms. Stinnett to take a course the history of the motion picture.  It sent Mrs. Reed to "MathFest" in Chicago.  It paid for Mr. McGuire to speak as a guest of honor at the Saskatchewan Teachers Institute

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Grant Spotlight: Guest Speaker Chris Hanusa

By |2018-02-15T17:20:11+00:00February 15th, 2018|Spotlight - Grants|

In February, math professor and mathematical artist Chris Hanusa visited MLWGS, where he worked with students in the Math & Art Seminar, Discrete Math classes, and the Multivariable Calculus class, where he held a Mathematica & 3D Printing workshop.  He also gave a presentation entitled “Using Random Numbers to Create Art” to more than 30 students in the Forum after school.  Professor Hanusa's work at the intersection of two disciplines allows him to program computers

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2016-17 Taylor Teaching Award

By |2022-03-02T19:20:50+00:00January 3rd, 2018|Spotlight - Grants|

We're happy to welcome back English Department Chair Lisa Williams from her Taylor Teaching Award-funded trip to India!  The Taylor Teaching Award is named in honor of Pat Taylor, who dedicated decades of service to the Governor's School as a founder, teacher, and administrator and who we are lucky to have still involved with our school and alumni community after her retirement.  The award is funded by the Foundation, though the recipient is selected by

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