Career, mentorship of Auburn’s Jenda profiled in mathematics magazine
Published: January 19, 2021
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Auburn University’s Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for Special Projects and Initiatives and professor of mathematics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, or COSAM, is featured in the upcoming February issue of the magazine “Notices of the American Mathematical Society.”
Jenda an Auburn professor since 1988 who received the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring last year is profiled in a four-page feature in an article titled, “Overtoun Jenda: A STEM Mentor Extraordinaire.” The article in the acclaimed mathematics magazine was written by his colleagues, Ash Abebe and Brittany McCullough from Auburn University, as well as Suzanne Lenhart from the University of Tennessee, and highlights Jenda’s teaching career, his various
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