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Co-President Elections

The time has come to elect the next Co-Presidents of the Statistics Department Graduate Students. These students work as a team to be a liaison between the department faculty and staff and graduate students. A typical list of responsibilities includes:
- Assigning students to a few committees (science fair, communications, graduate information day, etc.)
- Maintaining the CMOOL Blog
- Running the poll to decide the department faculty award and staff award
- Running the election for the next Co-Presidents

Intramural Champions!

In an unprecedented (or at least as long as we can remember) feat, a statistics team has won an OSU intramural championship! Our co-ed basketball team Big Ole Giggly Boys (BOGB) won the Winter quarter A league basketball championship. The team included third-years Grant Schneider, Rob Ashmead, and Casey Davis, second-year Brittney Bailey, first-year Corey Gelbaugh, and a Dentistry-borrowed Lindsay Stutzman. When asked about their accomplishment, Schneider replied, “The real turning point in our season was when Rob turned to the team with a fire in his eyes as red as the beard on his face

April Stat Activity (on March 31st): March Madness

We would like to invite you and your families to join us on Saturday, March 31st at 6PM to watch the NCAA Basketball "Final Four" games. Check your inbox for details.

Pi Day

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate π Day with us! Stay tuned for the next activity!

March Stat Activity: Pi Day Celebration

To make up for all the days of dismissing π as a mere constant of integration, we will join quantitative scientists around the world in celebrating this irrational beast on its very own day! On (you guessed it) Wednesday, March 14 at 1:59PM, take a break from finals week, and grab some pie which will be provided in CH 212. For other π Day related things, check out this site!

Opportunity with Battelle Memorial Institute

Battelle has been running a bi-weekly seminar on a broad range of topics that include (but are not limited to) machine learning, image analysis, and data analysis methods. While to date they have been doing this internally, they would like to broaden their scope to get a sense of what others are doing. In particular, they are looking to bring in graduate students (or faculty) from OSU to give a short 15-30 minute presentation on data analysis techniques they may be researching. In return, students could meet some of the people in Battelle’s department, get some experience giving presenta

Rock-Paper-Scissors Champion

After nearly two weeks of fierce competition, we have a winner! Congratulations to tournament champion Matilde Sánchez-Peña (first-year) and first-runner up Jon Bradley (fourth-year)! Highlights of the tournament included both Co-Presidents being knocked out immediately, a student eliminating her advisor, hot chocolate and cookies for the spectators, and the awarding of THE department certificate to the champion. Thanks to all the participants for an enjoyable and entertaining event!

Rock-Paper-Scissors Finale (with cookies!)

Everyone is invited to cheer on the Rock-Paper-Scissors finalists as they battle to the finish! The last few rounds will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, February 28) at 3:30p in CH 217. If the finale itself is not a large enough draw, we will also have cookies and hot chocolate. Hope to see you there!

February Stat Activity: Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament

We challenge all Statistics Department students, faculty, and staff to participate in February’s Stat Activity: a single elimination Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament! Step outside the world of Bernoulli trials and employ your innate pattern recognition skill to win!

Brand NEW Department T-Shirts are in!

Congratulations to Andy Smith for winning the t-shirt design contest! Students, faculty and staff can purchase the new shirt at cost during the week of 1/30-2/3. We’d like to thank Tom Marker for helping to make the design print-ready. Check your inbox for details!

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