Mathematics Department Celebrates Our 2020-2021 Graduates

Bethany Taylor is from Medina, TN and graduated in December of 2020. She is looking to begin her career as an Underwriter and wants to be an expert in this field so she wan be the person other people go to for help and questions. One of her favorite memories was taking Calculus 2 with Dr. Ossama Saleh. She also enjoy group study session with other math majors.

Nathan Sheppard is from Morgan Hill, CA and is graduating in spring 2021. He hopes he can find a position where he can try to make a difference in his community and provide for his family. He favorite memory has been how the mathematics faculty has helped him succeed in school despite everything else going on in his life.

Alyse Rietveld is from Syracuse, Indiana and is graduating in spring 2021. She will be pursuing her Master’s degree in Mathematics Education in the fall here at UTC. Her favorite memory was her time as an orientation leader. It was her responsibility to show new math majors the department and help prepare them for the next 4 years.

Alexis Jackson is from Hixson, TN and is graduating in spring 2021. She is a graduate of the UTC Undergraduate program here at UTC and has been a Scholar Intern at Unum’s Voluntary Benefits Pricing and Experience Analysis actuarial team since June 2020. She hopes to work full-time at Unum in the Finance or Underwriting department. Her favorite memories involve the Math Club events such as Mathsgiving and Pi Day.

Danielle Layne is from Arlington, TX and is graduating in spring 2021. She plans to teach at the Community College level or at a University. Her favorite memories included the Pie in the Face Pi Day celebration sponsored by the Math club where she got to pie two of her professors in the face and assisting the math department to move to their new location.