What is Pi Mu Epsilon ?
Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc (PME), is the Honorary National Mathematics Society. It was founded on May 25, 1914 at Syracuse University and currently has over 300 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States. The purpose of PME is the promotion of scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions.
Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society with high academic requirements for membership. The Georgia Tech chapter is relatively small (a membership list is up at www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/pme) and organizes several events throughout the year. All of our events (other than chapter meetings/induction/elections) are open to the general student body, as well as faculty/staff where appropriate. Each Fall term we host Meet the Math Majors (which you may have attended in the past). The idea is to provide a social setting for new math majors to meet current majors and some of the faculty, as well as to make several announcements. One of the big things we promote is the William Lowell Putnam examination. This is a college math competition that occurs every December. The Math Department has weekly practice sessions through Fall Semester (under the direction of Dr. Yang Wang, and offered for 1 hour of MATH credit starting next year, as well as free pizza weekly). The exam is 12 questi
