“After graduating from Tri-State, I attended Bowling Green State University where I received a Master of Science degree in computer science specializing in operations research. After receiving my master’s degree, I worked at Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, GA as an operations research specialist for a year and a half. I currently live in Newnan, GA with my wife Cara and work at The Home Depot as a logistics engineer.

During my time at Tri-State, I developed the technical basis and work ethic that has enabled me to further my education and be successful in my career.”

—Michael Jacob, TSU Math Major, 2003

“While at Tri-State University, I had many wonderful experiences that I have carried with me into my career as a high school mathematics teacher. My professors were very knowledgeable and cared about my education. The door was always open for extra help and occasional chats. One of the benefits of the small school setting and the small class size of TSU was that the professors were able to get to know their students as individuals. My professors were great role models for me as a future teacher in the field of mathematics. In the classroom today, I implement some of their teaching styles with my students. Because of the education I received from this department, I was named the “Outstanding Senior in Mathematics” for the class of 2005. I currently am a second year teacher at Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Indiana. So far, my career has been very successful and I attribute this to my professors at TSU and the knowledge with which they imparted me.”

—Carrie Dunn, Ma-Ed TSU 2005

“I am currently in my fourth year in the PhD program in mathematics here at Central Michigan University. I have passed all of my qualifying exams and am taking teacher education courses to prepare me for a professorship, and am working with my advisor towards a dissertation problem in analytic number theory. I found that TSU prepared me well to tackle the graduate student experience, especially since TSU offered a wide variety of math courses and very good teachers. I found the professors at TSU to be both helpful and knowledgeable, and interested in my progress. I can remember the comfortable classroom environment that they created, and the friendly greetings they would give me when I went to ask them questions during their office hours. In short, my education was a very personal and agreeable experience at TSU, and I would hope that others would take advantage of the many opportunities TSU has to offer.”

—Craig Franze, TSU Math Major 2004