IPC steering committee members (from left): Jamylle Carter, Camille Daniel, Rotunda Floyd, Erika Camacho,
Kimberly Weems, Kimberly Sellers, Lily Khadjavi, Sonya Snedecor, Leona Harris, and Tanya Moore
Many of the attendees of that session will not forget what Dawn
Lott of Delaware State said:
What do the following have in common?
Teeth, Money, Spouse: They will leave you if you don’t
take care of them.
Children, Health, Time: They will be taken away if
you abuse them.
Job, Fear, Envy: They will consume you if you
overindulge them.
Spirit, Family, Career: They will delight you if you
embrace them.
Alicia Carriquiry, an ASA vice president and
Alicia Carriquiry, an ASA vice president and professor at Iowa
conference keynote speaker
State, gave a lecture on statistics and public policy, while Sally
Morton, ASA president-elect, spoke about what you can do with
a statistics degree. Additionally, there were discussions about math
preparedness for graduate schools, mentoring, a woman’s worth and and serves as director of the Center for the Scientific Applications
self advocacy, and forming professional collaborations. A number of Mathematics at Spelman. She joined the Spelman faculty in
of research presentations by faculty and students also were given, as 1974 and was the first African American elected a Mathematical
well as poster presentations by high-school students, undergradu- Association of America section governor (southeastern).
ates, and graduates. Weems said the location for the third Infinite Possibilities has
During the Etta Falconer Awards Banquet, which closed not yet been determined, but the conference will probably move
the conference, Sylvia Bozeman, professor of mathematics at west in 2009. Details and future announcements can be found at
Spelman College, was presented with the Etta Falconer Award for
www.ipcmath.org, and pictures from this year are located at www.
Mentoring and Commitment to Diversity. Bozeman established
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