Register now for the Kettering University Mathematics Olympiad Nov. 21

Prizes include full-tuition scholarship and $1,000 gift card
FLINT, Mich.--(Business Wire)--
One of Michigan`s best math students will win a full-tuition, 4 ½-year
scholarship to the nationally ranked engineering, mathematics, science and
business university in Flint during the Kettering University Mathematics
Olympiad Saturday, Nov. 21. Other prizes, including a $1,000 gift certificate
from Best Buy, will also be awarded during the event on Kettering`s campus on
the corner of University and Chevrolet avenues in Flint.

Dr. Joe Salacuse, professor of Mathematics, said Kettering`s Mathematics
Olympiad is a competition designed to identify and encourage students with
interests and abilities in mathematics. "This will be the ninth Olympiad at
Kettering," Salacuse said. "Our goal is to develop the Olympiad into one of the
most prestigious mathematical competitions in the region. The examination is
designed for students in grades 9 through 12, however any student working toward
a high school degree who is currently enrolled in a public school, private
school or a home-school program can sit for the examination."

The competition consists of four to six challenging problems which are selected
by Dr. Ada Cheng, Dr. Daniela Szatmari-Voicu, Dr. Ruben Hayrapetyan and Dr.
Salacuse and has a time limit of four hours. The problems range from
"mind-benders" that require little mathematical skills to problems that require
the knowledge of geometry, trigonometry and beginning calculus. No calculators
are permitted for this competition.

The top seven contestants of the Olympiad will be awarded gift certificates from
Best Buy. In addition the top two will be awarded academic scholarships to
Kettering University. The scholarships will be awarded to the first and second
place competitors upon admission to Kettering University. Scholarships
recipients are not eligible for any other scholarships awarded by Kettering
University.

For details, including a schedule of events and past examinations with
solutions, visit the Olympiad website at
http://paws.kettering.edu/~acheng/Olympiad/olympiad.html.

Located in Flint, Mich., Kettering University is the home of the country`s most
advanced professional cooperative education program. For more on Kettering,
visit: www.kettering.edu.

Kettering University
Patricia Mroczek
810-762-9533
pmroczek@kettering.edu

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